Golden State can be sending Philadelphia a 2031 second-round choose (by way of Dallas) as a part of the transaction, sources tell Charania.
The second-rounder being despatched to the 76ers is being acquired as a part of the Klay Thompson
sign-and-trade with the Mavs. That implies the strikes may nonetheless be folded collectively into one multi-team mega-deal.
Nonetheless, the Warriors may additionally full the collection of transactions individually, making a commerce exception for Thompson’s outgoing 2024-25 wage and buying Kyle Anderson (by way of sign-and-trade with Minnesota) and Hield inside that TPE. Anderson will reportedly obtain a three-year, $27M deal, with the ultimate season being non-guaranteed.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Hield will obtain a four-year contract that may pay him a assured $18M over the primary two seasons. The deal includes a partial assure of $3M in 12 months 3, whereas the fourth 12 months is a non-guaranteed participant possibility.
Charania reported on Tuesday night time that the Warriors had been pursuing Hield, and now a sign-and-trade has come to fruition.
In 2023-24, Hield appeared in a league-high 84 regular-season video games, exceeding the everyday 82-game restrict because of a midseason commerce that despatched him from Indiana to Philadelphia. He averaged 12.1 factors, 3.2 rebounds and a couple of.8 assists in 25.7 minutes per sport for the Pacers and Sixers, with a .386 3PT%.
Hield, 31, has by no means been recognized for his protection, however he’s a top-tier ground spacer with a profession mark of .400 from lengthy distances (on excessive quantity). He ranked No. 24 on our checklist of 2024’s top 50 free agents.
The Warriors have been very busy this offseason, signing De’Anthony Melton to a one-year deal for the complete non-taxpayer mid-level exception and buying Anderson and Hield within the wake of Thompson’s departure.
Hield is at the moment competing for his residence nation, the Bahamas, in an Olympic qualifying event in Spain. If the workforce wins the event (it has already superior to the semifinal), the Bahamas will advance to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, which begins on the finish of July.
Cap professional Yossi Gozlan projects the Warriors, who’re exhausting capped on the first tax apron, to be proper at that wage threshold ($178.1M) with 14 gamers beneath contract.