Dubs GM on looming tax: I know the numbers

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the past 2 years, the Golden State Warriors person been vocal astir their tendency to span their existent occurrence with aboriginal success. And implicit the weekend, they enactment that into action, signing Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins to declaration extensions.

The Warriors signed Poole to a four-year, $140 cardinal extension, portion Wiggins agreed to a four-year, $109 cardinal deal, their agents astatine CAA told ESPN. The squad announced some signings connected Sunday but did not disclose the terms.

The fiscal committedness to support the halfway of the Warriors' 2022 NBA title squad unneurotic is massive, with the payroll and luxury taxation for the 2023-24 play looming astatine an unprecedented $483 million.

"I cognize what the numbers are. ... I cannot measure what we are going to bash adjacent play until we spot what happens this season," Warriors wide manager Bob Myers said successful a quality league Sunday. "I conscionable cognize this: There's a immense committedness to winning. There ever has been, and I judge determination ever volition be. I americium fortunate to beryllium successful an [ownership radical that believes that. Their actions beryllium it."

Warriors CEO Joe Lacob has publically addressed however Golden State's spending habits haven't sat good with different teams astir the league, and said helium is alert helium and Myers volition person pugnacious choices to marque down the enactment erstwhile it comes to the team's spending.

On Sunday, Myers reiterated that those decisions volition beryllium made erstwhile confronted with them head-on.

"We person to instrumentality it year-to-year. If you asked maine a twelvemonth agone if we were going to wage Poole and Wiggins this, I would not person believed you," helium said.

Poole, the 28th prime successful the 2019 draft, was sent to the G League his sophomore twelvemonth and has since emerged arsenic 1 of the champion young guards successful the league.

He started 51 games for the Warriors past season, averaging vocation highs successful points (18.5), assists (4.0) and rebounds (3.4). He besides led the NBA successful escaped propulsion percent past play astatine 92.5%.

"I couldn't halt smiling. I truly tried to stop," Poole said of the infinitesimal helium signed his contract. "All of the hard enactment astatine each the antithetic stages; you cognize you volition look adversity but you person to person religion and assurance and self-belief. ... This is simply a precise peculiar and life-changing moment."

Wiggins arrived successful Golden State successful 2020 successful a commercialized with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He wasn't a highly sought-after player, contempt being the 2015 No. 1 pick, but helium rapidly revitalized his vocation with the Warriors.

Last season, erstwhile helium was voted an All-Star starter for the archetypal clip successful his career, Wiggins averaged 17.2 points and 3.3 rebounds. He besides changeable a career-best 39.3% connected 3-pointers, and became the team's go-to helping and defender defender successful the playoffs, often being assigned the opponent's champion player.

"I americium blessed here, and we person a accidental to bash thing special," Wiggins said. "I judge successful what we're doing here."

Originally, the Warriors didn't program connected signing Wiggins and Poole connected the aforesaid day. Golden State was driven by the Oct. 17 rookie hold deadline to find a caller woody with Poole, but the Warriors had until the extremity of the play to settee connected a caller statement with Wiggins to forestall him from becoming an unrestricted escaped agent. Meaningful conversations with Wiggins' practice didn't prime up until past week, Myers said.

Now, with some of their caller contracts successful spot and the Warriors' taxation penalties looming, the question is: What does this mean for Draymond Green, who tin go an unrestricted escaped cause adjacent summertime if helium declines his $27.6 cardinal subordinate option? And, however volition his altercation with Poole successful signifier a week and a fractional agone interaction this?

Poole addressed the incident, successful which helium was punched by Green, for the archetypal clip Sunday, and said that Green had apologized and that the 2 would determination guardant with a nonrecreational relationship.

In September, Green said helium didn't expect a caller statement to beryllium enactment successful spot this year. Last week, helium reiterated his anticipation and added that helium wasn't going to fto it distract him this season.

Myers said the altercation betwixt Poole and Green would not impact the mode the squad goes guardant with Green's contract.

"He's connected our team; we deliberation helium tin assistance america win," Myers said. "He has immoderate things helium needs to enactment through, and we're assured helium will."