At the start of the offseason, Warriors general manager Larry Riley said one of the team's pressing needs was to "add some beef."We're not sure acquiring Mikki Moore qualifies as "beef," but Moore will give the Warriors more size on the interior. In fact, you could argue that the addition of Moore will mean the Warriors have one of most slender frontcourts in the NBA this season.
ESPN is reporting the Warriors and Moore have agreed to a one-year contract worth the league minimum of $1.3 million. Moore's agent, Mark Bartelstein, has confirmed this.
The Warriors' front line now includes Andris Biedrins, Anthony Randolph, Brandan Wright and Moore, none of whom can really be considered a banger of any sort.
Also, it appears the Warriors will be re-signing C.J. Watson, who has been the subject of sign-and-trade rumors this summer with the Orlando Magic.
Watson announced to his Twitter followers that he'll be staying with the team. Watson had said two weeks ago that he'd rather play for the Magic than the Warriors.
Watson will likely agree to a three-year, $4.5 million contract that has been in front of him for much of the summer.
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You forgot to mention Ronny Turiaf as part of the front court.
You forgot to mention that the Warriors are going to suck again.
Some San Franciscoans would consider that good news. But at least with the losses of Crawford, Bellini, and possibly others, adding Moore makes the short team less short.
CJ Watson staying at Golden State doesn't mean that he is signing the 3 year contract with them.
We have been there before and that reporter got it wrong then as well.
More likely CJ will be signing the qualifying offer and then be a FA next year. Meaning that Golden State should have taken the deal with the Magic when they had the chance.
As I posted before assuming that CJ was going to sign the contract offered to him by Golden State as fact could end up burning you.
Well that has come to be. Just showing all of us that you post what you think and not the facts.
The real truth is reported here:
"C.J. Watson has decided to pass on Golden State's three-year, $5.6 million extension and will sign for the qualifying offer worth just over $1 million, multiple sources confirmed to RealGM's Alex Kennedy."