On January 7, Beijing time, the NBA player non-guarantee contract regularization deadline is coming, some players have been laid off again, such as Cousins was cut by the Bucks, and some players will get a guarantee contract, such as the Suns to renew Biyongbo; and the Warriors have confirmed that they will turn to Gary Payton Jr.'s contract, and Warriors coach Kerr has publicly stated.
Before the Warriors' back-to-back bench, Kerr talked about Payton Jr.'s conversion to a contract, saying: "I'm going to make a decision now, we're going to turn his contract into a guarantee contract; Kerr also said gary is fantastic, and he will be in our rotation line-up in any major game."
Today, the Warriors played against the Pelicans, Payton Jr. started, and the other four starters were Wiggins, Poole, Looney and Otto Porter, and Curry, Green and Anderson all missed the game due to injury.
So far this season, Payton Jr. has played in 36 games for the Warriors, averaging 7.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 17 minutes per game, and his athleticism is excellent, and his dunks are often envied by Curry; now that the 29-year-old Peyton's $1.98 million contract is set to turn right, the rest of the season finally does not have to worry about unemployment.
Kerr also revealed Curry's quadriceps injury, saying curry felt "very sore" when he lifted his knee, but today could give him a good rest; Warriors reporters said Curry was optimistic about his comeback next Monday.
Curry missed the game for the third time this season, played 35 games for the Warriors this season, averaged 26.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks in 34.7 minutes per game.