2:16 pm: Spencer’s contract covers the remainder of the season, tweets Shams Charania of ESPN, and will be worth the prorated veteran’s minimum ($857,804), which is all the Warriors could offer him, per cap expert Yossi Gozlan (Twitter link).
Spencer is on track to become a restricted free agent this summer, notes ESPN’s Bobby Marks (via Twitter).
1:46 pm: The Warriors have officially converted Pat Spencer‘s two-way contract into a standard deal, per NBA.com’s transactions log.
The 6’2″ point guard is now eligible to play the rest of regular season. Spencer is playoff-eligible as well, which wasn’t the case on his two-way deal.
Golden State had two openings on its standard roster after Thursday’s trade deadline. The team now has one open standard spot (the Warriors are reportedly eyeing Lonzo Ball) and one two-way vacancy after converting Spencer’s contract.
A former lacrosse star at Loyola Maryland who didn’t play college basketball until he was a 23-year-old graduate student at Northwestern, Spencer is having a career year in his third season with Golden State, averaging 5.8 points, 2.9 assists and 2.2 rebounds on .423/.431/.833 shooting in 36 games (14.4 MPG).
Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reported earlier on Saturday that Golden State was working to promote Spencer, who scored a career-high 20 points and knocked down a career-best six three-pointers in Thursday’s win at Phoenix (story via Kalyb Champion of the team’s website). Thursday marked Spencer’s 50th active game of the season, which is the limit for two-way players.
Spencer, 29, has played a modest role when Stephen Curry has been healthy in 2025/26, but has seen a major uptick in playing time when the superstar guard has been sidelined, averaging 11.0 PPG, 5.3 APG, 3.9 RPG and 1.0 SPG in 13 games (25.3 MPG).
Marc Stein reported in December that Spencer’s promotion was viewed as a near lock, then noted in January that it was likely to occur after the deadline. Spencer also had his two-way deal converted into a standard contract last year.
Why they traded away TJD to make space for Spencer
traded tjd because they don’t need 4 centers. got lakers 2nd rounder for it
Most of the ranters here. The Crybabies. And Especially ALL the haters ———. Take a good F N look at this player. And update your knowledge ….
Pat Spencer 29 yrs old — Born 7/4/1996
Came into L at 27 yrs old and played 6 gms his first yr.
So go SWALLOW this in the RestRoom so you can be ready to dump all your hate and knowledge of 20-26 yr olds. …. That you come here to trash …🤫🤫🤫 update NOW
Who hurt you
Hurt ???? Who woke you up …
Al is the Queen of Hoopsrumors. You can’t question her authority. LOL.
Says the guy who hated on JK, Wiseman, and now Raynaud. I apologize for running the haters out. Your banging buds
Uh…I don’t see how Raynaud can help the Warriors. I never hated Wiseman. I have always defended him. JK needs some maturity. He needs to be a solid rotation player before he can become an All-Star.
Who is hating Pat Spencer? He is a good player. Brings a lot of energy. You must hate him because Kerr developed him. LOL Didn’t start playing hoops until grad school. Was the Lacrosse player in the country twice. His brother plays for the Grizzlies.
It’s a pat Spencer summer, boys
The make a wish kid has been quite valuable to the Warriors. A good story and good for him.
The make a wish kid? He is talented athlete.
I didn’t give him that name. He’s been balling for a good while. He’s handy and been important rotational piece for the Warriors. Good for him.
Was one of your warriors homers. Next day Spencer had close to a career night, lols. Been solid ever since.
About damn time! I hope he stays with GSW throughout his career.
Why not multi year non guarantee min contract?