{"id":748807,"date":"2026-05-31T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/748807\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:03:28","slug":"warriors-notes-porzingis-green-podziemski-free-agent-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/748807\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Notes: Porzingis, Green, Podziemski, Free Agent Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most important decision of the Warriors\u2019 offseason could be whether to re-sign free agent big man Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> or to free up enough money to use the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, writes Keith Smith of Spotrac<\/a>. Porzingis was productive when he played this season, but he was only available for 15 games after being acquired from Atlanta at the trade deadline. Smith suggests a short-term deal if Golden State decides to keep him, something in the neighborhood of $50MM over two years.<\/p>\n

However, parting with some salary could enable the Warriors to use the NTMLE, which is projected<\/a> to be worth a little over $15MM next season. Smith theorizes that could be enough to lure LeBron James<\/a> if he decides to leave the Lakers this summer and doesn\u2019t want to settle for a salary that\u2019s at or near the veteran\u2019s minimum. Smith mentions a few other free agents who might be available in that price range, including John Collins<\/a>, Rui Hachimura<\/a>, CJ McCollum<\/a>, Anfernee Simons<\/a> and Khris Middleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Smith expects Draymond Green<\/a> to turn down his $27.7MM player option for a longer deal, but not at a huge discount. Smith proposes around $75MM over three seasons, with either a partial guarantee or a team option on the final year. Al Horford<\/a> ($5.9MM) and De\u2019Anthony Melton<\/a> ($3.5MM) also have player options that Smith believes they\u2019ll exercise because neither is likely to earn more in free agency.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more on the Warriors:<\/p>\n

A potential rookie scale extension for Brandin Podziemski<\/a> is another order of business for the summer, Smith adds. Podziemski hasn\u2019t become a star during his three years with the team, but he\u2019s steadily improved and has value as a passer and rebounder as well as a scorer. Smith advises the Warriors to make the deal if they can lock up Podziemski for around $64MM over four seasons. Otherwise, they should wait and negotiate with him as a restricted free agent next summer.
\nMichigan State center Carson Cooper<\/a>, who worked out for the Warriors this week, patterns parts of his game after Green and believes he would be a good fit in Golden State, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> relays in a subscriber-only story. \u201cHow he played, the way he can impact the game is kind of how I feel I can impact the game a little bit,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cI play hard-nosed defense, get shooters open, give them the ball, work on the (dribble handoffs), facilitate, find cutters and passing and just be a solid player.\u201d
\nSam Gordon of The San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> (subscription required) points to Simons, Ayo Dosunmu<\/a>, Jaxson Hayes<\/a>, Josh Okogie<\/a>,\u00a0and Coby White<\/a> as free agents who could add some youth and athleticism to the Warriors\u2019 roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most important decision of the Warriors\u2019 offseason could be whether to re-sign free agent big man Kristaps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[869,7,860,36516,13375,200,479,164,4025,4024,871,6,255],"class_list":["post-748807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-al-horford","tag-basketball","tag-brandin-podziemski","tag-carson-cooper","tag-deanthony-melton","tag-draymond-green","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-kristaps-porzingis","tag-nba","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116669330447879456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748807","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=748807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}