Anderson Varejao, Warriors Agree to New Contract: Latest Details, Reaction

July 14th, 2016 by Tyler Conway Leave a reply »
The Golden State Warriors continued fleshing out their bench Thursday, agreeing to a one-year contract with veteran big man Anderson Varejao. Varejao's PR firm passed along the news, per Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group. 

The deal will be worth the veteran's minimum, a total of $1.55 million due to Varejao's NBA service time.

After the Cleveland Cavaliers sent Varejao to the Portland Trail Blazers in a midseason salary dump and the Blazers waived him, he joined the Warriors in late February. He suited up in 22 regular-season games for Golden State, averaging 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds in 8.5 minutes.

The 33-year-old played intermittently throughout Golden State's postseason run but found himself thrust into a greater spotlight in the NBA Finals. Between Andrew Bogut going down with a knee injury in Game 5 and head coach Steve Kerr losing trust in Festus Ezeli, Varejao played 41 minutes against his former club throughout the Finals—just 10 fewer minutes than he did in the previous three series combined.

The results bordered on catastrophic when Varejao played during the regular season, as opponents outscored Golden ...

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