Warriors guarantee Kevon Looney's contract for next season
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Kendra Andrews: The Warriors have guaranteed Kevon Looney’s $8 million contract for next season, sources confirm to ESPN. Deadline to do so was today.Source: Twitter @kendra__andrews
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Report: Warriors planning on retaining Kevon Looney past his $8 million guarantee date warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/22/rep… pic.twitter.com/l5cKgsBJK8 – 7:12 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Report: Warriors planning on retaining Kevon Looney past his $8 million guarantee date warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/06/22/rep… pic.twitter.com/nf81TDyYy9 – 6:00 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Golden State Warriors plan to retain Kevon Looney @Sportando sportando.basketball/en/golden-stat… – 3:38 AM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Also within this: All signs point to the Warriors retaining Kevon Looney past his guarantee date on Monday, keeping him at $8 million for next season, per sources. Always possible he could be part of offseason trade, but outright release is unlikely. nytimes.com/athletic/55835… – 1:41 PM
More on this storyline
Some other quick buzz: Kevon Looney, drafted in 2015, has been a member of the Warriors for nearly nine years. It appears that his tenure will continue into next week. Only $3 million of Looney’s $8 million is currently guaranteed for next season. The other $5 million guarantees on Monday, presenting the possibility he could be released. But that isn’t the Warriors’ current plan, according to league sources. They are expected to let the rest of Looney’s $8 million contract guarantee, keeping him in their current plans, though it does remain possible they eventually use his salary to help complete an offseason trade. -via New York Times / June 22, 2024
Kevon Looney: “I don’t have full control over my destiny, so I kind of gotta play the waiting game, control what I can control. I’ve been here my whole career. I don’t know anything else, so you know, you always want to finish what you started and be somewhere for the whole career, but I’ve been in this business long enough. I know that’s not realistic, so I’m preparing myself for whatever. My family’s out here. The Bay’s been great to me. They treat me like family. I grew up here, so I haven’t really thought about too far. I’m trying to see what they’re going to do first before I really push the envelope, see what I want to do. Right now, I’m just focusing on my game.” -via YouTube / June 11, 2024
Draymond Green on Kevon Looney: “The most professional teammate I’ve ever had in my life. Not NBA, not college, not high school.” Kevon Looney: “You’re the reason I ain’t never late, right? First day of my training camp, I’m on crutches. I pull up to practice at like 10:30, it starts at 11. I can’t walk, I can’t even get on the court. I’m not even rehabbing at the facility. I gotta go somewhere else to rehab. He comes in sweating in the locker room. ‘You just now getting here?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I can’t do anything.’ ‘Be here at 8:30 tomorrow.’ Ever since then, I’ve been there at 8:30 every day. I ain’t never late just because he told me so.” -via YouTube / June 11, 2024