The Golden State Warriors already have the most expensive roster in NBA history. Spotrac estimates Joe Lacob’s total salary cost at roughly $346 million for the season—just under $176 million in salaries and another $170 million in luxury tax payments—but if the Warriors want to keep this team together, it’s only going to get pricier. Kevon Looney, Otto Porter Jr., Gary Payton II, Nemanja Bjelica and Andre Iguodala will all be free agents this offseason, and while none of the five should command particularly exorbitant deals on their own, star sixth man Jordan Poole absolutely will.
The third-year sensation averaged 25.4 points per game across his final 20 regular-season contests and is averaging over 18 points per game in the postseason despite playing a smaller role with Stephen Curry back and healthy. He is Golden State’s most promising long-term prospect, an enormously explosive attacker who’s as crafty near the basket as he is comfortable firing far away from it. Keeping him is going to require an enormous long-term commitment, but fortunately for Golden State, that appears to be one the Warriors are ready to make.
“I mean, thankfully [I] work for an ownership group in Joe [Lacob] that has committed all kinds of resources to winning,” Warriors general manager Bob Myers told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports. “And I know that because every time I asked him about roster and strategy, it’s always winning.”
“You don’t need me to tell you what our payroll is. It’s pretty high,” Myers said. “So he just wants to win. And we’ve spent a lot and we’ve kept all the players we want to keep, so I don’t see that changing.”
Right now, the Warriors have four players making more than $20 million in Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green. In theory, the Warriors could simply allow Poole to fill Wiggins’ salary slot if they are uncomfortable paying five players so much money…
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