{"id":694805,"date":"2026-04-02T22:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694805\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:55:19","slug":"kristaps-porzingis-return-to-warriors-likely-as-contract-expectations-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/694805\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzi\u0146gis return to Warriors likely as contract expectations emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/bae20a61\/kristaps-porzingis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> might have a <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/warriors-news-golden-state-staff-kristaps-porzingis-the-goat-already\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">future with the Golden State Warriors<\/a> if he decides to stick around with the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis is going through the 11th season of his NBA career, his first with the Warriors. He joined the team after the Atlanta Hawks traded him there ahead of the trade deadline in February.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis stands out as a player that can give Golden State a chance to compete in the playoffs barring injuries. The star center is versatile on both sides of the ball when healthy, something that Golden State will hope remains in its favor.<\/p>\n<p>NBA insider Brett Siegel <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1wxWjayVbnwJQ?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">provided his insights on Porzingis&#8217; future<\/a> with the Warriors during his April 2 appearance on the Clutch Scoops Show. He will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, presenting avenues for the star center to take this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPorzingis, I haven\u2019t received any indications that he won\u2019t be back with the Warriors. It\u2019s going to be somewhere in that 18 to 24 million dollar range. Probably a one plus one contract where he\u2019s under contract for one year and has a player option in the final year. That\u2019s kind of how the Warriors are going to structure their contracts moving forward,\u201d Siegel said at the 37:58 mark.<\/p>\n<p>What lies ahead for Kristaps Porzingis, Warriors<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3756163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristaps-Porzingis-return-to-Warriors-likely-as-contract-expectations-emerge-2.jpg\" alt=\"Golden State Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis (7) reacts with guard Gary Payton II (0) and guard Brandin Podziemski (2) and guard Pat Spencer (61) and forward Gui Santos (15) after a play in the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Kristaps Porzingis has seen injuries significantly impact the trajectory of his NBA career. If he remains with the Warriors next year, he will hope to address that in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis has only appeared in 28 games this season, including 11 with the Warriors. He is averaging 17.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.3 blocks per game throughout his time in Golden State so far.<\/p>\n<p>Golden State has a 36-40 record on the season, holding the 10th spot in the Western Conference standings. They are above the New Orleans Pelicans and the Memphis Grizzlies while trailing the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors will gear up for their upcoming home matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 2 at 10 p.m. ET. After this game, they host the Houston Rockets on April 5 at 10 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Kristaps Porzingis might have a future with the Golden State Warriors if he decides to stick around with the franchise.  Porzingis is going through the 11th season of his NBA career, his first with the Warriors.  He joined the team after the Atlanta Hawks traded him there ahead of the trade deadline in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzingis might have a future with the Golden State Warriors if he decides to stick around with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,479,164,4025,4024,871,6,6050,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-694805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state","10":"tag-golden-state-warriors","11":"tag-goldenstate","12":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","13":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-rumors","16":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}