NBA Free Agency: Grading all 30 teams on trades and signings

NBA Free Agency Grades: Golden State Warriors

Signings: Kevon Looney (3 years, $25.5 million); Donte DiVincenzo (2 years, $9.23 million); JaMychal Green (1 year, minimum)

Trades: None

The Golden State Warriors won the championship this past season and did so with a record-breakingly expensive roster. The big question entering the summer was whether the Warriors would pay through the nose to keep everyone together or if they would have a “walk away’ point.

It turned out to be the latter option, as both Gary Payton II and Otto Porter Jr. left for more money elsewhere. Nemanja Bjelica also went back to his old Turkish team, and Damion Lee and Juan Toscano-Anderson signed for minimum deals elsewhere. The champs lost a lot.

They did retain Kevon Looney, their starting center for much of their playoff run, at a deal that seems below market value. Marvin Bagley is making more per season than Looney? Mitchell Robinson is making nearly twice as much? They squeezed “Moses MaLooney” a bit and he acquiesced.

The surprise signing was bringing in Donte DiVincenzo to replace Payton II, a deal that is low cost with incredibly high upside. DiVincenzo was a starter on the Bucks two seasons ago, the same year they won the title (he missed the actual Finals with an injury) and he looked to be starting to get his legs back towards the end of last season.

Finally, JaMychal Green is securing a buyout from the Oklahoma City Thunder and will reportedly sign with the Warriors, replacing some of the role Porter and Bjelica played as a stretch big. The Warriors managed to reduce their exorbitant tax bill by a bit and bring in solid buy-low candidates, just as they did last year. That doesn’t mean those bets will pay off, but they are better financial moves than bringing everyone back, even if that option had a lot of sentimental value.

Grade: B+