Why Tuesday marks important Warriors deadline for Waters, Santos

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Why Tuesday marks important Warriors deadline for Waters, Santos originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – The most-talked about date in NBA circles is exactly one month away. The trade deadline takes place on Feb. 6 at 12 p.m. PT, when it will be known how the Warriors’ roster looks for the stretch run. For two Warriors in particular, though, Tuesday is a lesser-known but very important date.

Lindy Waters III and Gui Santos both have been playing on non-guaranteed contracts for the Warriors through the team’s first 35 games. On the same day as the Warriors’ 36th game of the regular season when they welcome the Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat to Chase Center, Waters and Santos will know their contractual fate for the rest of the season.

NBA contracts become fully guaranteed on Jan. 10. But teams must make a decision for their books on Jan. 7. Any player who has a non-guaranteed contract will have his deal become fully guaranteed if he’s under contract through Jan. 7 of that league year.

Sources have told NBC Sports Bay Area that Waters and Santos will have their contracts guaranteed for the remainder of the season, and the choice was obvious for numerous reasons.

Waters, 27, has been a prominent part of coach Steve Kerr’s rotation in his first Warriors season after the Oklahoma City Thunder traded him to Golden State for the No. 52 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. The Warriors later reacquired the pick and selected center Quinten Post out of Boston College, who is on a two-way contract. Waters will make a little under $2.2 million this season.

After playing a total of 104 games for the Thunder and averaging 12.3 minutes per game, Waters has appeared in 28 of the Warriors’ 35 games this season, including eight starts, and has played 17.9 minutes per game. He’s averaging 5.9 points per game, but the shooting guard’s shot has been a bit up and down. Waters made 47.1 percent of his threes in five games in October, but then shot just 31.1 percent from 3-point range in November and 26.3 percent in December.

In the Warriors’ first three games of 2025, Waters has gone 7 of 13 on…

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Publish date : 2025-01-07 01:22:00

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