Golden State might be sending Philadelphia a 2031 second-round choose (through Dallas) as a part of the transaction, sources inform Charania.
The second-rounder being despatched to the 76ers is being acquired as a part of the Klay Thompson
sign-and-trade with the Mavs. That means the strikes might nonetheless be folded collectively into one multi-team mega-deal.
Nevertheless, the Warriors might additionally full the collection of transactions individually, making a commerce exception for Thompson’s outgoing 2024-25 wage and buying Kyle Anderson (through sign-and-trade with Minnesota) and Hield inside that TPE. Anderson will reportedly obtain a three-year, $27M deal, with the ultimate season being non-guaranteed.
In accordance with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Hield will obtain a four-year contract that can pay him a assured $18M over the primary two seasons. The deal encompasses a partial assure of $3M in Yr 3, whereas the fourth yr is a non-guaranteed participant possibility.
Charania reported on Tuesday evening that the Warriors had been pursuing Hield, and now a sign-and-trade has come to fruition.
In 2023-24, Hield appeared in a league-high 84 regular-season video games, exceeding the everyday 82-game restrict because of a midseason commerce that despatched him from Indiana to Philadelphia. He averaged 12.1 factors, 3.2 rebounds and a couple of.8 assists in 25.7 minutes per sport for the Pacers and Sixers, with a .386 3PT%.
Hield, 31, has by no means been recognized for his protection, however he’s a top-tier ground spacer with a profession mark of .400 from lengthy distances (on excessive quantity). He ranked No. 24 on our checklist of 2024’s prime 50 free brokers.
The Warriors have been very busy this offseason, signing De’Anthony Melton to a one-year deal for the complete non-taxpayer mid-level exception and buying Anderson and Hield within the wake of Thompson’s departure.
Hield is at present competing for his dwelling nation, the Bahamas, in an Olympic qualifying event in Spain. If the workforce wins the event (it has already superior to the semifinal), the Bahamas will advance to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, which begins on the finish of July.
Cap professional Yossi Gozlan initiatives the Warriors, who’re laborious capped on the first tax apron, to be proper at that wage threshold ($178.1M) with 14 gamers below contract.
