After Jordan Poole, the Warriors extend Andrew Wiggins!

Big day in the offices of Golden State. Because after extending Jordan Poolethe Warriors also negotiated a new contract with Andrew Wigginsfor $109 million over four years!

The winger, who was to be an unprotected “free agent” at the end of the season, is therefore now linked to the club until 2027, even if he will be able to test the market from 2026, his last year of contract being a “player option”.

With Klay Thompson still under contract until the summer of 2024, and Stephen Curry until 2026, Golden State has thus secured its hard core for the next few years. Even if the sums invested will make the bill for the payroll and the “luxury tax” extremely high.

Will the Warriors also be able to keep Draymond Green under these conditions, while ESPN has calculated that the club would have to pay almost half a billion dollars (483 million with 215 million in salaries and 268 million in “luxury tax”) if the strong winger activates his “player option” at 27.6 million for 2023/24?

Because even if Andrew Wiggins’ extension is ultimately rather interesting, the Curry – Thompson – Poole – Wiggins quartet alone will receive more than 150 million dollars over the 2023/24 season. This is almost the amount at which a team will start paying the “luxury tax”, estimated for the moment at 162 million dollars.