2:50pm: The options have been officially picked up, the Warriors announced (via Twitter).
12:29pm: The Warriors are exercising their 2023/24 rookie scale options on center James Wiseman, forward Jonathan Kuminga and wing Moses Moody, sources tell ESPN’s Kendra Andrews (Twitter link).
All three players will have their contracts for next season fully guaranteed. Wiseman will earn $12,119,440 in year four, while Kuminga and Moody are set to make $6,012,840 and $3,918,480, respectively, in year three.
Wiseman, the second pick of the 2020 draft, has been limited to 46 career games due to a series of knee injuries and setbacks, but he’s back and healthy again to start the ’22/23 season, averaging 8.7 points and 4.4 rebounds through seven games (14.6 minutes per contest). The 21-year-old will be eligible for a rookie scale extension next summer after having his fourth-year option picked up.
Following a promising rookie year that saw him average 9.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in 70 games (16.9 minutes), Kuminga has struggled to gain traction early in his second season, averaging just 2.7 points and 1.8 rebounds in six games (10.8 minutes). Still, the seventh pick of last year’s draft just turned 20 years old earlier this month, so he has a lot of time to improve.
Moody played less as a rookie compared to Kuminga last season, appearing in 52 regular season games (11.7 minutes), but he’s playing more in year two, averaging 6.4 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 36% from deep through seven games (17.0 minutes). Moody was the 14th pick in 2021.
Today is the deadline for teams to exercise ’23/24 rookie scale team options. As our tracker shows, the defending champions were the last team with decisions to make.
Well, moody earned it
Other two still tbd …..
I think James Wiseman has earned it as well with his work and Rehab and gutting it out and being around the team and doing everything that’s asked of him.
I think Jonathan Kuminga has earned it as well with a fine rookie season. Definitely deserves the third year to be picked up, even if he’s hit a roadblock in the first two weeks of his second season.
First Homer take of the day LOL
Earning more than 20 mil as a rookie thru first 2 season and only play less than 40 games isn’t earning it. I just pray he don’t become street clothes II…
He’s gotta be an all-star big before he becomes ‘street clothes II” otherwise he’ll just be a bust
Earn millions just by rehabbing and following directions?
Casorgreener what more do you want him to do?
Unless you’re saying NBA players make outrageous salaries then that’s a whole different story.
Kerr giving all the playing time to the g leaguers over the NBA players is so disgusting.
Play Wiseman 30 MPG you imbecile.
Maybe wiseman broke the code
If you prefer a lottery team, then sure, play Wiseman 30 mpg
Maybe you need to watch the games more closely. Wiseman made a lot of mistakes rotating to the player he is defending. He has hardly played in a long time so he is nowhere near a starter until he gets used to rotations.
Dude got 3 fouls in 5 mins! Game is too fast for him right now. But I’m all for 30plus mins if he can stay out of foul trouble
They all made more money than Poole last year and will all make more than Poole this year as well. :)
That’s what they get paid next year which is less than Poole next year.