JULY 8: The Warriors have officially signed DiVincenzo, the team announced today in a press release.
JULY 1: The Warriors and swingman Donte DiVincenzo are in agreement on a free agent deal, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, who reports (via Twitter) that DiVincenzo will sign a two-year, $9.3MM contract with the team. It will include a second-year player option, Charania adds.
Given the Warriors’ cap situation and the numbers reported by Charania, it appears the club will use a portion of its taxpayer mid-level exception to complete the signing.
DiVincenzo was a full-time starter on the Bucks team that won a championship in 2020/21, averaging 10.4 PPG, 5.8 RPG, and 3.1 APG on .420/.379/.718 shooting in 66 games (27.5 MPG) during that regular season. However, a major ankle injury sidelined him for most of the postseason and for a chunk of the ’21/22 campaign.
The 25-year-old didn’t look like his old self when he returned to Milwaukee’s lineup, and the team traded him to Sacramento at the February deadline. DiVincenzo played better for the Kings, averaging 10.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, and 3.6 APG with a .368 3PT% in 25 games (26.6 MPG).
Despite DiVincenzo’s solid play down the stretch, he didn’t receive a qualifying offer from the Kings, who shifted their focus to acquiring Malik Monk and Kevin Huerter to solidify their wing rotation. That decision made DiVincenzo an unrestricted free agent, meaning the former Villanova standout is free to sign outright with Golden State.
The addition of DiVincenzo will help make up for some of the rotation losses the Warriors have endured during free agency. Gary Payton II, Otto Porter, Nemanja Bjelica, and Juan Toscano-Anderson have all reached agreements with new teams since Thursday evening.
Based on the terms reported by Charania, the Warriors aren’t using the full amount of the taxpayer mid-level exception on DiVincenzo, so they’ll still have a small part of it available. They may use that leftover portion to sign second-round pick Ryan Rollins to a three-year contract instead of the maximum two years he could get using the minimum salary exception.
Geez….. perfect for them.
In college
Donte is explosive
Warriors hope so
Warriors have so many young players
Donte
Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Final Four
Start calling Donte DiVincenzo the Michael Jordan?
A strong, defensive basketball player and a key part of the Bucks’ 2021 NBA Championship win, Donte DiVincenzo is also known for his charity fundraising.
Massive upgrade over Damion Lee + already been a Finals Champ = W.
I played as many minutes in the finals as he did.
I dont care, he played on a championship team during the season, he was a part of it.
At this moment,
Warriors
have 6 market contracts and 6 rookie contracts
$32 million exceed tax line
Clippers $37 million exceed tax line
Donte is a shooting guard.
Warriors need a point guard more than shooting guard.
1. Curry
2. Poole
3. Rollins
4. Green starts the offense most times anyway…
You want a 5th guard to play the point? Maybe as the 15th man like Chris choizza. But they don’t necessarily need to go get one. They’ll find a guy.
Makes no sense. Why didn’t they pay OPJ that amount?
Good ball handler and above avg defense and shooting. I guess that’s better that OPJ
OPJ isn’t as good as you think he is.
Warriors are on rebuild mode – 6 rookie contracts and
Market contracts
Wiggins, Looney and Donte are still young.
Where do you get this 6 rookie contracts from? It is pretty bizarre. They started a rebuild when they drafted Wiseman. Are you aware of them drafting Wiseman?
Moody
Kuminga
Poole
Rollins
Baldwin Jr
Wiseman
Are all on their rookie contracts. Key phrasing here is 6 rookie contracts, vets can still be on rookie contracts. Not 6 rookies under contract or on contracts. Confused me at first too.
OPJ was out a lot. He played great but was unusable on back to backs and missed a lot of time.
Porter would have to want to sign
I haven’t seen a dollar amount but maybe a 2nd year player option appealed to him. According to Chris Haynes OPJ’s wife is from Toronto.
Because they have Kuminga.
@hopper I think most of the guys that post here don’t realize it takes time to build a team.
Because OPJ is smart and therefore hates Kerr.
When are you guys finally going to understand this? KD, Otto and GP got their rings and bounced = all high IQ players.
So, what do that even mean? GP went to POR bc he has roots there. The same reason he stayed in GS. KD is never happy like he is now, and OPJ is always hurt. Now that they won their ring they about to chase the bag
Prediction: GSW getting Melo and Ibaka next
B/c he probably got a lot more than this? They obviously would have kept Porter if they could have offered more, but they dont have the full midlevel, and Porter probably had a lot of suitors at at least that amount. I wouldnt be surprised if his 1+1 deal is for something in the $12-14 million range, which is more than the MLE
I agree
Great signing. Dude knows how to play!
Warriors could use a Vet minimum, 3rd String Big Man now.
What if James Wiseman’s knee swells up during the Summer League next week?
The roster will be stuck again with only 1 healthy Center, and no healthy 7 Footer.
Sign one now while there are still a few left on the Market:
– Dwight Howard, Hassan Whiteside, DeMarcus Cousins, Frank Kaminisky, Luka Garza
If we wait until after the Summer League, all of the Big Men listed above will be off the Market and Signed with other Teams.
The Roster has enough Guards and Forwards.
You kept saying that all last season. They still won a Championship. If you have ever watched the Warriors, 7 footers are irrelevant.
I’ll remind you that a little over a year ago the Warriors lost a Play-in Tournament game to the Lakers because Anthony Davis completely took over and dominated in the 2nd half of that game. That was with Looney on the court.
And AD is coming back again next year and we might have to match up with him again in the Playoffs.
But I’ll play along – instead of another Center, how would you Fill-out the last 3 Spots on the Roster?
12 Players under Contract currently:
Guards = Curry, Klay, Poole, Moody, Donte, Rollins
Forwards = Wiggins, Dray, Kuminga, Baldwin,
Centers = Wiseman, Looney,
FAs = Iggy, Lee
Maybe another Forward/Wing defender like Josh Jackson?
Denver had an MVP big man and we did just fine.
That team wasn’t going anywhere without Klay. It was a blessing in disguising losing in the play-in tourney and drafting Moody.
Wiseman is healthy, young, and very motivated. He will be very special next yr along with Kuminga and Moody.
If anything, a floor spacing big would be the depth piece you’re talking about. Kaminsky would obviously fit if he’s healthy. Ibaka is still out there as well. I’d have to look at who else b/c a few others definitely already signed
I’ll go for boogie or Howard
Bob Myers and Steve Kerr put together a roster that won the last NBA championship. Why do you guys question their moves? I am pretty sure that Warriors did more scouting of players than you did. So, why question something that is working? It ain’t broke. You don’t need to try and fix it.
What people are forgetting that last year Kuminga and Moody started in the G league now they are ready to take the next step. Wiseman never played so now its like adding a big man to the lineup.
Nope!
When jessaumodesto hates warriors moves, it is positive.
Well there’s a LOT of self proclaimed GMs here,.. luckily they don’t get to have any decisions in the team
Great signing. For GSW, and the player, because the 1+1 po deal will work for him.
If Donte works out, it would make Kings look pretty bad. They had a chance but took no interest in him… Instead wound up expending assets on Huerter and Monk.
It will be hard for Davion Mitchell to get to his Baylor level next year at 2G often.
They were interested in keeping him but he specifically said he didnt want to go back didnt he?
Well there you go. Someone that wouldnt have been expected to be gettable, like I was saying. I really like this if he can stay healthy, and it’s more offensive upside than most of the others I had mentioned as possibilities
As if the Warriors need another good bargain signing, or it would be a bargain if they weren’t so deep in the tax. Wonder if he took a bit of a discount to come to a contender, as I’m surprised he couldn’t get more despite the injuries and subpar season.
Warriors also signed rookie Lester Quinones (spelling?) from the University of Memphis to a 2-way contract. I don’t know if that means he automatically makes the team or if through summer league and preseason they can cut him or assign him to the G league. But I haven’t seen anyone list him in their project rosters.
Each team gets 15 regular roster spots and 2- 2-way contacts. The 2-way contract guys can only play a limited amount of games in the nba. It’s like 40 games or something. The warriors usually only carry 14 spots, but last year they used all 15 on Gary Payton II.
So sorry for my ignorance. Can a team say have 4 2-way contracts as long as no more than 2 are on the NBA roster at one time? So, a team can shuffle those players around as long as no one player exceeds 50 games at a the big leagues. Meaning the other 2 are at the G-league. Or, literally, an NBA team can only have 2 2-way players regardless if they are in the G-league or big leagues.
As a follow up can a team sign an many players to 2 way contracts during the off-season as long as they cut all but two before the season starts? So if the Warriors have mild interest in several players that were not drafted out of college or floater players they could sign three or four, then watch them over the summer league and preseason then cut down the two before the season starts. Or are they stuck to the two limit no matter when?
You can have up to 2 at one time. If you want to sign someone else to a 2 way deal, you have to cut 1 of them
Would you guys bring back bazemore?
Dubs said no thanks already.
2 way contracts allow the signees to play up to 50 games annually and receive $505000, which does not count against the cap!
Additionally, with the roster must carry a minimum of 14 NBA players.
The two remaining additions to the team would be a mobile big man and a PG.
My suggestion is Austin Rivers @ PG & either Demarcus Cousins who will play maybe 30 games or an average of 10 Mpg for the year, as Wiseman matures?
I really do like Cousins game, not his emotional behavior.
This way with these two additions the Warriors 28 Million over the Luxury Tax
I hope gsw team would take a look at YUTA WATANABE. I think he would fit the team’s system.