{"id":177431,"date":"2025-09-29T10:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/177431\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:17:10","slug":"warriors-agree-to-new-multi-year-deal-with-reigning-ncaa-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/177431\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors agree to new multi-year deal with reigning NCAA champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> have signed a reigning NCAA champion to a fresh long-term agreement.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/news\/warriors-and-al-horford-agree-multi-year-deal\/cfe9f13a11c9cd7a00dccfeb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Warriors, Al Horford agree to multi-year deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Per ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania, the Warriors have finally inked a deal with one of their two rookie second-round draft picks, former Florida shooting guard Will Richard. The 6-foot-5 swingman was selected with the No. 56 pick in June&#8217;s 2025 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Warriors reach agreements Sunday with three free agents and one of their draft picks ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s qualifying offer deadline for restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga. A critical decision looms this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hR5jfl0Pdb\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/hR5jfl0Pdb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1972461916066140511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 29, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Richard&#8217;s agents\u00a0at\u00a0Excel Sports Management, Jared Mucha and Marcus Monk, have informed Charania that Richard is being brought in via a four-year deal. The first two seasons of the agreement are fully guaranteed, as the Warriors look to build out cheap roster depth with developmental pieces.<\/p>\n<p>A serious investment in developing a young prospect<\/p>\n<p>The four-year deal is unusually lengthy for a late second-round draft selection, and indicates that Golden State likes what it&#8217;s seen out of Richard thus far.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/news\/warriors-stephen-curry-earns-surprising-accolade-nba-insiders\/cf3397206b6e91ed50b0d400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Warriors&#8217; Stephen Curry earns surprising accolade from NBA insiders<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Richard appeared in six Summer League games, in Las Vegas and California, for Golden State. He logged averages of 11.5 points on .431\/.207\/929 shooting splits, 4.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.5 assists per.<\/p>\n<p>A 2025 NCAA All-Tourney selection en route to the title, Richard averaged 13.3 points while slashing .487\/.359\/.844, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.7 steals while starting all 40 games for the 36-4 Gators.<\/p>\n<p>The Richard addition is hardly the headline of the day for Golden State. The Warriors also finally got official verbal commitments from their three top free agent targets this summer: 3-and-D center\/power forward Al Horford plus returning Golden State guards Gary Payton II and De&#8217;Anthony Melton.<\/p>\n<p>Melton and Payton had each spent some time with the Warriors in 2024-25, but the Warriors traded Melton&#8217;s $12.8 million deal away after he tore his ACL six games into his season.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors have signed a reigning NCAA champion to a fresh long-term agreement. 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