As the NBA regular season draws to a close, teams teetering on the edge of the playoffs launch a final sprint, and the game becomes more and more exciting and intense, attracting the attention of many fans. At the same time, rumors of player contract extensions continue to emerge, among which the Warriors' contract extension of DiVincenzo has become the focus of major media at present. The Warriors can only give cabbage prices, can't afford to pay the top salary, and the first person the team left was exposed.
The Warriors have been suffering from injuries this season, and some role players have been given plenty of plays, and backup guard DiVincenzo is one of them, and he has become the most consistent point in the team's rotation at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. So far this season, DiVincenzo has averaged 9.2 points, 4.4 boards and 3.3 assists per game, shooting 42.7% from the field and 39.0% from three-point range, which makes up for the gap in the next break for Curry and Thompson. Obviously, DiVincenzo has played a lot of money this season, and he will definitely jump out of his contract in the offseason to re-sign a big multi-year contract.
According to the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement, veteran players can get a contract extension that increases by 120%-140%, which means that the maximum increase from the original contract is 140%. Based on DiVincenzo's annual salary of $4.5 million this season, the Warriors will offer a contract extension of up to $6.3 million in the offseason. Obviously, based on DiVincenzo's performance, he is worth much more than $6.3 million. It is worth noting that Warriors reporters also strenuously denied the facts, saying that DiVincenzo would hardly accept this contract extension. In other words, DiVincenzo will be the first Warriors to leave this summer, what do you think?
Of course, the Warriors are not without a way to keep DiVincenzo, as long as they send away players with big contracts in the team this summer, they will retain the middle-class contract exception, when the full middle-class contract reaches tens of millions of dollars, which is enough to satisfy DiVincenzo. But it also lost depth to the Warriors' roster, and they had to drop one of Wiggins, Poole, Thompson, Green and Curry, and the team's five-star roster would be dismantled. As a result, the Warriors will face a lot of headaches this summer, and due to the new rules of the league, the team's roster may be forced to adjust again. According to previous reports, core players Green and Thompson both hope to complete the early extension of their contracts in the offseason, after all, this will be the last big contract of their careers, and the two sides will undoubtedly strive to maximize their interests.