Warriors GM on '23-24 tax: Have to see what happens this season

SAN FRANCISCO — For the past two years, the Golden State Warriors have been vocal about their desire to bridge their current success with future success. And over the weekend, they put that into action, signing Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins to contract extensions.

The Warriors signed Poole to a four-year, $140 million extension, while Wiggins agreed to a four-year, $109 million deal, their agents at CAA told ESPN. The team announced both signings Sunday but did not disclose the terms.

The financial commitment to keep the core of the Warriors' 2022 NBA championship team together is massive, with the payroll and luxury tax for the 2023-24 season looming at an unprecedented $483 million.

«I know what the numbers are.… I cannot evaluate what we are going to do next season until we see what happens this season,» Warriors general manager Bob Myers said in a news conference Sunday. «I just know this: There's a huge commitment to winning. There always has been, and I believe there always will be. I am lucky to be in an [ownership] group that believes that. Their actions prove it.»

Warriors CEO Joe Lacob has publicly addressed how Golden State's spending habits haven't sat well with other teams around the league and said he is aware he and Myers will have tough choices to make down the line.

On Sunday, Myers reiterated that those decisions will be made when confronted with them head on.

«We have to take it year to year. If you asked me a year ago if we were going to pay Poole and Wiggins this, I would not have believed you,» he said.

Poole, the 28th pick in the 2019 draft, was sent to the G League his sophomore year and has since emerged as one of the best young guards in the league.

He started 51 games for the Warriors last