MAY 13, 3:38pm: Toscano-Anderson has officially signed his new contract with the Warriors, the team confirmed in a press release. Bell’s two-way deal is also official, according to a second release from the club.
MAY 13, 11:51am: Toscano-Anderson will receive a two-year contract that is worth more than the prorated minimum in 2020/21 and includes a fully guaranteed minimum salary for ’21/22, according to Charania and Slater (Twitter link). He’d then in be on track for restricted free agency in 2022.
With the Warriors set to complete their two roster moves, Bell is expected to be available for the team on Friday night, Slater adds (via Twitter).
MAY 7: The Warriors intend to promote two-way player Juan Toscano-Anderson to their 15-man roster and will sign big man Jordan Bell to a two-way contract to replace Toscano-Anderson, according to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link). The two moves will likely be completed next week.
The report doesn’t come as a real surprise. Having dipped to 13 players on standard contracts following the expiration of Gary Payton II‘s 10-day deal last week, Golden State has to add a 14th man by next Thursday. Slater had previously suggested this exact scenario, noting that Bell had been linked to the team and Toscano-Anderson has earned a promotion from his two-way deal based on his play this season.
Toscano-Anderson, 28, has emerged as a reliable rotation player for Golden State over the course of the 2020/21 campaign, averaging 5.4 PPG, 4.2 RPG, and 2.6 APG with an impressive .584 FG% and .408 3PT% in 48 games (19.9 MPG). His performance has been crucial for a team missing some players on the wing, including injured All-Star Klay Thompson.
According to Slater (via Twitter), the terms of Toscano-Anderson’s new contract are still being finalized, so it’s unclear how much money beyond this season will be guaranteed or how many years the deal will cover. Golden State still has a portion of its taxpayer mid-level exception left, which could be used to lock up JTA for up to three years (through 2022/23).
As for Bell, his familiarity with the Warriors and Steve Kerr‘s system will allow him to step in right away and potentially contribute in the play-in tournament and/or the postseason, adding some depth to the Warriors’ frontcourt. Since this is his fourth year in the NBA, it’s the last season in which he’s eligible to sign a two-way contract.
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JTA is a Bay icon already, lol
I was worried they were going to blow it and not sign him to a contract he deserves. Good bench player that can multiple positions. high energy guy that gives you 100% every game. You know other NBA teams would go after him in the offseason. Bell is also a good signing a big guy that can rebound for them.
Toscano definitely is a great find that GSW were basically forced to sign him due to this current situation they’re in, if it were up to them he would have spent max time in the G League while giving 30 minutes to massively worse players than him.
Lee out for the year, Payton gotta come back now, right?
They could have used Payton against the Pelicans. It cost them in a win in the second game.
Agree we could use Gary Payton Jr. back. We still have an Open roster spot for either him or Justinian Jessup. Not sure when Jessup’s season in Australia ends though.
Huh? He’s been with the Warriors a few years now. He’s just finally earned a better contract.
Lee isn’t out for the year bud
He probably isn’t returning.
Yes he is
Toscano-Anderson is just so talented, underrated player. Glad he is staying put. Well deserved…
I think it tells you how poor player development is in the NBA. He is literally a walk on player. He persevered.
He literally developed due to the G league. What are you thinking lol!!!
He wasn’t drafted. He started his career in Mexico. He wasn’t scouted. He got his first contract in the G-league by attending an open tryout. It was his perseverance that got him there.
Reiterating your point doesn’t make it correct.
reno Chris, I know it’s very difficult to hold back from responding to these dolts, but I’ve done my best to resist and you should too. There’s a difference with knowing what one thinks they know versus known facts. God knows where/why they get their ideas.
I did want your thoughts on the Twolves. These media writers want the twolves to finish worse to increase GSWs chance for a top 5 pick. But IMO I think that the twolves will be much better next year with a first this year. So I’d rather GSW get a top 6 or 7 pick this year than get a later pick next year so I’ve been hoping twolves finish better than 3rd worst this year. If the Twolves finish 6Th worse this year then their chance of getting a top 3 pick is about 34%.
But if you look at the Tankathon table there’s a dramatic difference if there are ties or not. With ties 3rd worst thru 6th worse have the same 34% chance of getting a top 3 pick. I don’t know of what to hope for. Your thoughts?
Huh? Who drafted him? He didn’t play in Mexico? He wasn’t on the Mexican National team? He didn’t get signed after an open tryout? My only point is there are probably a lot players that get passed over because they don’t fall into the 1st half of the 1st round that could be useful to a team. JTA might have been a 3rd, 4th, or 5th round pick in the old draft. He might have developed sooner.
Steph is putting this team on his back this season, but Dray, JTA, Looney and Wiggins have all balled out too to help him.
So thats four high IQ players and Wiggins and Oubre and the rest is g-leaguers, brutal season but ultimately satisfying, due entirely to post-tailbone injury Steph.
Can’t wait to see this version of MVP Curry ascend even more to Playoffs Curry!
Agreed Marty, although we now can expect the other teams to mirror what the Suns did the other night to Steph with the quadruple-team.
There may be 1-2 keepers from this year’s second-tier players to make next year’s squad, and they have to figure out what they plan to do about Oubre, and even Wiggins and Wiseman for 2021-2022 when Klay returns at (hopefully) 85% of where he was. And they may luck out with their draft slots as well.
Honestly, the way Wiggins has been so lethal at that midrange jumper, and even Draymond when taking it to the rim, the 4-on-Steph (lol) defense probably isn’t ever going to be a legit option.
I’m on the fence with blowing up this squad of mixed pieces in favor of ones that suit Steph/Klay/Dray/JTA, because just by adding two from the top 4-17 picks from this stacked draft could even help mold the roster better, as long as they go after Haliburton-type, ready-now pieces, no longterm projects like Wiseman.
I think my personal pref is to trade Wiseman for a star and also ship Oubre, Bazemore, Smailagic, Mannion, Lee and Mulder out and bring in as many high IQ veterans as possible to replace them. Klay will be back fully, but not until next season’s postseason, so GSW will need big numbers from someone to replace him all year long, as he eases his way back into game shape. Wiseman can bring in someone like that, and can probably bring in someone high IQ to help ease in Klay while going off themselves, I guess I’m crossing my fingers for a Beal-Wiseman trade but I’m also open to all ideas here. Gunna be a hot summer for sure.