Another offseason is nearly in the books, and another big extension has been handed out by the Golden State Warriors.
Last year, it was Stephen Curry getting locked up to a long-term deal. This time around, it's Andrew Bogut pulling down the big payday.
Bogut has signed three-year deal with a base salary of $36 million, sources tell Yahoo Sports. Incentives can push total deal to $42M-plus.
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Offering an extension to an injury-prone player is always risky business, but perhaps the Warriors were feeling invincible after the way last season's gamble on Curry paid off.
Curry is now widely considered one of the most underpaid players in the league, and surely the Warriors are hoping the same will be said about Bogut next year.
This is another leap of faith for the Warriors, but the distance to cover is a little more drastic than it was with Curry's extension. Bogut played in just 32 games last season for the club, and he didn't exactly have your typical "contract-year performance" that you might expect given the siz ...
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Article written by D.J. Foster