Kyle Anderson agrees to three-year, $27 million deal with Warriors
The Golden State Warriors have signed free agent forward Kyle Anderson to a three-year, $27 million deal, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski first reported Tuesday.
Wojnarowski notes that Minnesota will receive a future second-round pick swap for the move.
Typically, free agents can’t fit into trade exceptions, unless they’re acquired via sign-and-trade. In Anderson’s case, he will be signed into Klay Thompson‘s $15.9 million trade exception with their full mid-level going to De’Anthony Melton. Hoopshype’s Yozzi Gozlan was among the first with those details.
According to Spotrac, the Warriors are about $7.7 million away from the first apron, though that includes Niko Mannion’s $1.82 million qualifying offer plus Kevon Looney‘s $1 million in unlikely bonuses, a requirement for apron calculations.
Anderson’s addition gives Golden State has good variety of two-way wing depth–with Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody all still on the roster. Who knows if another consolidation move is coming for the Warriors, but Anderson, 30, is a malleable player who can be versatile.
He averaged 6.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists last season on dismal efficiency. Nicknamed “Slo Mo,” Anderson doesn’t have the prettiest shot nor the most effective, though he’s a good passer, rebounder and defender. They needed more versatility defensively and better perimeter defenders. He helps with that on a fairly inexpensive contract.
The Timberwolves were a second-apron team, so it was unlikely that he was going to be brought back after hitting unrestricted free agency. He will have a non-guaranteed $9.4 million salary in the final year of his deal in 2026-27, per Spotrac.
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