Sources: Warriors pick up options on young trio

The Golden State Warriors person picked up the fourth-year enactment for halfway James Wiseman and third-year options for guardant Jonathan Kuminga and defender Moses Moody up of Monday's deadline, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Wiseman's enactment is $12.1 million, portion Kuminga's and Moody's are $6 cardinal and $3.9 million, respectively. The trio is present nether declaration with the Warriors until the extremity of the 2023-24 season, but Wiseman volition beryllium extension-eligible adjacent summertime and could beryllium a restricted escaped cause successful 2024.

Wiseman, Kuminga and Moody person each been cardinal figures successful Golden State's two-pronged program to triumph present with its title core, portion besides investing successful who the Warriors judge volition widen their rubric window.

Wiseman, drafted by the Warriors with No. 2 wide prime successful 2020, played 39 games his rookie play earlier being sidelined with a meniscus wounded -- an wounded that besides held him retired each of past twelvemonth arsenic helium faced galore setbacks.

Golden State is trying not to beryllium overly ambitious with Wiseman's relation successful what they anticipation to beryllium his archetypal implicit season, telling ESPN it wants him to absorption connected the fundamentals and beryllium a coagulated backup to halfway Kevon Looney. Through the archetypal 7 games of the season, Wiseman is averaging 8.7 points and 4.4 rebounds successful 14.6 minutes.

Moody has besides been a dependable beingness successful the Warriors' 2nd portion truthful acold this season, averaging 6.4 points and 2.4 rebounds successful 17.0 minutes per crippled successful his archetypal 7 appearances. When helium was drafted with the No. 14 prime successful 2021, Moody was labeled much "NBA-ready" than his draught classmate Kuminga, whom the Warriors selected with the No. 7 pick.

So far, Kuminga has struggled to ace the rotation. Coach Steve Kerr says it's successful portion due to the fact that of the extent Golden State has and uncovering him the close opportunities. Kuminga is averaging 10 minutes done six games, arsenic helium was a DNP against the Miami Heat past week, thing Kerr admitted Kuminga wasn't blessed about.

But the Warriors spot Kuminga arsenic a high-upside subordinate with earthy endowment and athleticism that isn't matched by anyone connected the team.

The Athletic was archetypal to study the options being picked up by the Warriors.