http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3507385 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>he Golden State Warriors have moved quickly to prevent Latvian center Andris Biedrins from seriously entertaining interest from deep-pocketed teams in Europe by reaching terms on a lucrative new contract with the restricted free agent. NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com that Biedrins was en route to Oakland on Sunday night after agreeing to a new six-year contract with the Warriors worth nearly $63 million. The contract, sources said, will likely be signed Monday and include a player option for Biedrins to return to the free-agent market in the summer of 2013 after completing five seasons.</div>
Wow that's a lot of money.... Just wondering how the Warrior's salary looks like after all these signings? They overpayed for a good portion of them
Not at all. Hes a double/double guy who fits in perfectly in their system and who will most likely get better, contract is perfect IMO.
I think the contract is fine. If his offense was horrible (which I don't think it is), yeah it would be overpaying. His upside is still very high. There's very few 6'11-7'0 guys that athletic who play hard, are smart, and have good hands.
I think they overpaid all 3 of the $50+ million guys, but the alternative was to sit on the money and sign no one....the recent Euro signings have put some serious pressure on NBA teams to step up for B and C level players
*phew* Good thing he signed, I wanted to see this guy develop some more in the NBA. Great signing. The most questionable signing by the Warriors so far was definitely the Maggette signing, 5 and 50 was way too much. maybe 5 and 40...but, oh well, could turn out to be a steal...sort of.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Legacy @ Jul 27 2008, 06:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'd say he's a tad overpaid, but he will be a very good player in this league.</div> Agreed. Ideally we would have gotten him for a bit less but 10.5 million a year isn't too bad. BTW Kawakami thinks that its got a lot of incentives and that 63 mil is the max of what the contract can earn. Also the last year is a PO and I would assume that he would opt out and get another giant contract ASAP because players don't want to take on that last year then end up getting injured or something and never getting a long term deal again. The contract isn't too bad though. People forget hes still only 22, 6 months younger than Monta Ellis, and averaged 10.5 and 9.8 in only 27 mpg. If Nellie would play him 35 mpg he could probably get 12+ ppg and 12+ rpg. Plus hes got a lot of excellent qualities that most non-Warrior fans don't know about- hes very smart, great on the pick and roll, rarely makes mistakes, never complains, has a great motor, great defender when the refs aren't calling phantom whistles constantly, great hands, great finisher under the hoops, and whats probably the most underrated is how tough he is (I just read an article I think by Steinmentz where he said AB was the toughest player on the team in his opinion). You know hes gotta be pretty damn good because how many guys can you remember Nellie liking who didn't have any offensive game outside of 8 feet? Hes really the anchor of the team, we were lost without him last season when he had the appendicitis.
It's a great signing for us I believe. He is extremely athletic, for a 6'11 7'0 like Custodian said above. Also like Custodian said I don't think his offense is terrible, it's just the Warriors don't have an offense that is best suited for a player like him. Anyways great signing for us, and glad to see us lock-up two of our future players.
Perhaps now that he has a contract, he will get the "star treatment" with respect to fouls. Half of his fouls were complete BS, ticky tacky crap. He spent a lot of time in foul trouble because of this. I get angry just thinking about it. Glad he's signed.
I am happy to see the extension. Since, the market value should be around 9-10 mils, we overpaid him a bit. And, it seems like Biedrins played Europe card perfectly. But, it's not like we gave him a Bogut contract either (5 years/72.5 mils). I think Biedrins will live up to his contract. He averaged 10.5/9.8 last season, but he only averaged 27.4 minutes. Once he averages above 32 minutes, he should put 13/11 types of numbers (last month, he averaged 31.9 minutes and put 14.1/13.9). This one had to be done, and we didn't grossly overpay him...
I agree with TheBeef, yes Mullin overpaid most of the guys we signed/resigned this offseason, but he did what had to be done to keep this franchise relevant. And not just for next year as would be the case with resigning Baron to a big contract, but for the forseeable future. If you ever want superstars to look favorably on signing with GS, you have to start with a base, and maybe you have to overpay to get that start. The alternative is getting no one to come here while you save a few bucks. Then you are the Clippers. Great signing, Biedrins is about as dependable a guy as you will find in the NBA and I don't think we've seen everything from him yet. Plus he's got great character, he works hard and comes to play every night and doesn't mail games in, which should be an inspirition to all the even younger kids. I'm thrilled Monta and Andris will be locked up for years and I'm pretty happy with the other pieces on this team right now as well. How all those pieces are going to fit together, I'm not sure about yet. Harrington is really the only thing I don't like about the starting lineup right now. But it could be worse. Much worse.
Yeah, I agree with Kwan. It's definitely above his value, but it's within a very reasonable range. All big men are certainly a bit overpaid, but Biedrins' production is good for a young big, and even if he doesn't make any further strides at the offensive end, his reliable rebounding is pretty much something this team completely lacks. And at the end of this contract, he'll still be only 28 years old, basically we're getting many of his prime years. The Warriors now have a full 15 man roster, although Watson and Morrow are on minimum contracts and probably are not fully guaranteed. It'll be interesting to see who gets into the rotation and who sits out, with all the young guys who Nelson said he'd play, but where are the minutes going to come from? The starting 5 will be Ellis, Jackson, Maggette, Harrington, and Biedrins. Wright, Turiaf, and Azubuike are now veterans (talk about young veterans) who probably are going to see minutes, along with Williams as long as he's not outplayed by Watson, but where does that leave Belinelli, Randolph, and Hendrix? Even if we run alot, a 10 man rotation is going to be stretching it. The Warriors are also right along the luxury tax line as well. This is surprising because Mullin got Cohan to shell out the dough. They could conceivably sign 1 or 2 more minimum contracts and toe the line, but more likely is that no moves will be made aside from injuries or trades. Barring trades, in 2009, the team salary should stand at about $64 million, definitely over the cap (so our maximum offer would be a mid-level exception) and in 2010, the team salary stand at a bout $50 million, plus any signings from 2009, or about $15 million under the cap expected for that year. So even with this signing, the point is that there's decent room to improve in 2010. (I know it's looking way too far in advance, but by 2010 basically we'll be looking at some lineup of Biedrins, Wright, Randolph, Maggette and Ellis, plus Turiaf, Azubuike, Belinelli, and other draft picks and/or free agent pickups.)
Yeah -- we just signed Golden State's most valuable player of the last two years. Thank goodness! Biedrins was the only player to play all 82 games for the Warriors in 06-07, and he's the reason the team made the playoffs. He had to carry SO MUCH of the interior load, and he did it along with getting 9.5 ppg, 9.3 rpg and 1.7 bpg while shooting 60% FG !! Not only that, he was a big man playing for Nellie, which meant he was the ONLY big man who got PT for much of the season. Most times, he was in there as the only beef for the Warriors against TWO opposing big men, for instance he played against Boozer/Okur/Kirilenko when at times Matt Barnes would be the PF. What did that mean? Basically it mean Beans had to absorb a ton of physical punishment for his teammates and still rebound and block shots. Which he did without ever a peep of discontent. Then last year? 10.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg on 63% FG!! And both years, not even 30 minutes a night. Beans has been such an awesome player and teammate and so fun to root for. He has ultra good hands and he's very quick in the paint, often getting a second leap when the opposing rebounder is caught flatfooted, always catches and finishes dunks inside, loves to block shots and move laterally, is brilliant with the pick-n-roll and never turns the ball over. He's going to be the money maker for Monta Ellis with that pick-n-roll. Those two are going to be running that play all night for the next 6 years. It's a good day to be a Warriors fan.
I agree with pretty much all of the posters here that the W's overpaid AB, but some of that goes for peace of mind and the Euro being stronger now. I was glad and relieved that the Warriors signed him first and foremost. AB is one of those guys you can count on for the five or six years and not have to worry about him slacking off or being injury prone. I still kind of wonder how the Warriors would have done if Baron didn't opt out or if Mullin extended him a total package of around $50 M for four years. Then we may not have Maggette, but we would be set at every position. Oh well. I'm ready to move on and see how this team does next season and if we can get back to the playoffs (it's not as sure a deal without Baron).
Hopefully this gives Beans the clout and leeway with the refs that he deserves. That should contribute to him staying on the floor longer.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CohanHater @ Jul 28 2008, 11:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Hopefully this gives Beans the clout and leeway with the refs that he deserves. That should contribute to him staying on the floor longer.</div> Him not fouling would also contribute to more playing time, too.
