Warriors guard Donte DiVincenzo will decline his $4,725,000 option in order to become an unrestricted free agent, Kendra Andrews of ESPN tweets.
It was almost a foregone conclusion that DiVincenzo would not pick up his option. He figures to have plenty of suitors in free agency after a solid season with Golden State.
DiVincenzo appeared in a career-high 72 games, including 36 starts, with the Warriors. He averaged 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 steals in 26.3 minutes per game. The 6’4” guard, who made a career-best 39.7% of his 3-point attempts, also appeared in 13 playoff games this spring.
The Timberwolves, Rockets, Knicks and Lakers are reportedly among the teams who might pursue DiVincenzo, who could command the full $12.4MM non-taxpayer mid-level exception.
That would easily top what the Warriors can offer — a four-year, $23.2MM deal — due to cap restrictions. They only held Non-Bird rights, preventing them from offering a higher starting salary than $5.4MM, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets.
DiVincenzo signed a two-year, $9.225MM contract with the Warriors last offseason, which included the player option. He spent three-and-a-half seasons in Milwaukee and also had a 25-game stint with Sacramento during his walk year.
Those 4 teams are targeting Bruce Brown too
If keeping Conley, Wolves can only offer $6mm MLE
I’m happy for Donte
Actually they can let go of TP, Jmac, and Knight and offer the full MLE
Sounds like he already has a pre Tampered deal with the Knicks for most if not all of the non tax payer mid level
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Or Philly, but Daryl Morey has his head so far up James Harden’s rear, that all he can see is the inside of James’ rectum. So I doubt he will be able to even see this opportunity.
Ditto Knicks with regards to being a dumb otganization, plus they have too many guards as is. Resigning Josh Hart should be a priority for them.
Fire the GM that signs this man to a full MLE deal. That is lunacy
I agree …..
That why I hope the Wolves focus on Bruce Brown instead
Now we know why you are not a NBA GM.
Agree. But that is the price.
I don’t think 4/$48 is absurd at all. With more playing time, his age and his skill set he’s more likely to match his value than some of these quasi all-stars getting $40-$60 mil. If he can manage 46/38/80 with 12-15 points and 4 and 4 with a steal a game then that’s perfect. I don’t knee if he should be penciled in as starting SG for a championship contender but he might surpass a 6th/7th man off the bench role.
So glad I don’t have to watch this choker ever again. Whoever gets him next: get ready to watch him wilt when the pressures on.
Strange as he was completely awful vs sac ( like bottom 5% in league awful ) , looked like he had the yips and the nerves of a virgin on prom night – Looked like a vet min
But he looked really good in the back half of te laker series … a guy worth full Mle fir sure in this market
I like the player tho abd it’s hard to get that upset about a 1 yr deal
Coming from a guy who stated that Poole was as good as Curry and Thompson, I think we can easily dismiss your scouting report on Donte.
Still liking your own comments!? Sad.
Donte was great all year. He was a bit inconsistent in the playoffs, but his role changed and he didn’t adjust well.
Warriors don’t make the post season last year without him.
No Kerr hate in this post? How out of character.
Give it a minute
OKC should take a look at signing him.
Why does every player who has played in the Final Four and the NBA playoffs indicate, when asked, that the Final Four was far more pressure? The reasons should be obvious. Based on that, I’d say DV can handle pressure just fine.
Whether DV is the best use of the MLE for the NYK, I can’t say without seeing the alternatives. But he’s certainly a better NBA player than many guys who make more, and certainly nobody is getting fired for giving that to him.