Sources:
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/cap/2023/
Golden St. payroll and tax penalty in 2023/24 will likely exceed $500M once the roster is filled.
That factors in Draymond Green opting-in to his $27.6M player option.
With 12 players
💰Salary: $215M
💰Tax: $268M💰💰Total: $483M
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) October 15, 2022
Those together mean they’re paying 124.65% more for each player. So I multiplied their salary by that and added it to their salary.
Exact numbers:
* Stephen Curry: $116,629,033
* Klay Thompson: $97,092,975
* Jordan Pooole: $70,203,488
* Draymond Green: $61,972,775
* Andrew Wiggins: $54,658,430
* James Wiseman: $27,226,463
* Kevon Looney: $16,848,837
* Jonathan Kuminga: $13,507,915
* Donte DiVincenzo: $10,614,767
* Moses Moody: $8,802,911
* Patrick Baldwin Jr.: $8,802,911
* Ryan Rollins: $3,863,694
This was here yesterday as a luxury tax number but when you look at it on a per player basis cost to the Warriors, it’s pretty mindblowing to me.
by wdrosa
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And Wiseman needs to be extended/re-signed in 2023 so this is going to be a fun tightrope for this and next season. Even if we ignore Draymond i.e. will he/won’t he take the PO, they have a lot of tough decisions to make between competing now with their core and prepping for their next era.
“Show me the money!” -Jerry Maquire
Looney remains a pretty solid deal
imagine paying $70m for Jordan Poole
Im not a warriors fan by any means. But players a team acquires as a rookie player should not be taxed this way. There should be a cut off point.
Like Steph should be paid his 46 mil but the taxable amount should stop at 35 (or something)
Make this for players still playing for teams that acquired them as a rookie.
Still a good deal for Steph.
absolutely brutal deal with wiseman. awful
Jordan Poole’s extension does not kick in until 2023-2024
Good insight into what superstars like Steph would be making if there were no salary cap
I think Wiseman’s moved by the deadline
There’s 1 important caveat to keep in mind: players getting cut has a cascading effect on the remaining salaries as the luxury tax is progressive. So as you remove 1 player (i.e. Draymond), the 124.65% number will go down as well.
That being said, pretty cool to see the numbers like this.
Wish the money all went to the player. Pay them their worth. Curry is worth more than that to the warriors
I envy warriors fans for having such committed ownership
People complain about Lebron’s mickey championship but the Warriors are just buying championships by doing this ridiculous spending. So stupid and a bad look for the league.