{"id":84646,"date":"2024-07-04T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=84646"},"modified":"2024-07-04T19:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:05:03","slug":"warriors-buddy-hield-picked-new-team-over-division-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/04\/warriors-buddy-hield-picked-new-team-over-division-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors\u2019 Buddy Hield Picked New Team Over Division Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield<\/a> could\u2019ve chosen to be traded to another team. The Philadelphia 76ers only required a single second-round pick to assist in the transaction, an inexpensive tab<\/a>. Yet, \u201cHield chose the Warriors because of the opportunity to win over other interested suitors<\/a>, including the Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers,\u201d per The Athletic staff.<\/p>\n

Warriors\u2019 Buddy Hield Picked New Team Over Lakers<\/h2>\n

Hield\u2019s decision not to sign with the Pistons likely comes down him being unlikely to be a part of their future. After all, the Bahamian bomber wanted to sign a contract extension<\/a> with the Indiana Pacers. However, they didn\u2019t see him as a part of their core, subsequently trading him. Upon landing in Philadelphia 76ers, Hield positively blushed when discussing how he felt desired by the Sixers.<\/p>\n

So, while his skills would\u2019ve proven to be a useful tool for Detroit\u2019s clustered offense, it may not have been for long. To that point, the Pistons recently signed his former teammate Tobias Harris<\/a>, a 13-year veteran. However, Harris only signed a two-year deal. Hield could have gotten a similar offer.<\/p>\n

In that time, he\u2019d have a chance to boost his value around the league. Yet, he\u2019d fail to find stability in Detroit.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Nothing Personal<\/h3>\n

The Lakers are having a tough time attracting free agents.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s because they can\u2019t afford another star or that player simply wants to play somewhere else, they just haven\u2019t jumped to sign with Los Angeles. As a result, they\u2019re largely bringing back the same team from last season. Rookies Dalton Knecht<\/a> and Bronny James<\/a> are replacing Taurean Prince<\/a> and Cam Reddish<\/a> on the roster, but that\u2019s not enough to appease LeBron James<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hield might\u2019ve been out of the Lakers\u2019 price range. LeBron agreeing to a max contract<\/a> took away their $12.9 million non-taxpayers mid-level exception, so he would\u2019ve had to take a bargain to play in L.A. if they signed him outright. Yet, the Lakers should\u2019ve had the option to complete a sign-and-trade, like Philly. This makes it more likely that Hield simply chose the Warriors over them.<\/p>\n

This could be perceived as a slight. After all, Los Angeles believes they can still win a championship with LeBron. Yet, Hield believes Stephen Curry<\/a> and Co. have a better chance. Nonetheless, Hield is also as close to a perfect fit as Golden State will get as they plug the hole left by Klay Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for being a part of their future? The length of Hield\u2019s contract with the Warriors looks like it was more important than the annual salary. Per The Athletic, his \u201cnew contract will be a four-year deal with a starting salary of $8.7 million and a fourth-year player option.\u201d With a deal that could carry him through the 2027-28 season, the 31-year-old can ride into the San Francisco sunset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield could\u2019ve chosen to be traded to another team. The Philadelphia 76ers only required a single second-round pick to assist in the transaction, an inexpensive tab. Yet, \u201cHield chose the Warriors because of the opportunity to win over other interested suitors, including the Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers,\u201d per […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":84666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1608,10,26,62,13,4721],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-warriors","category-basketball","category-pistons","category-lakers","category-nba","category-76ers","category-trade-rumors"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}