The Warriors are planning to meet with free agent guard Andre Iguodala today in Los Angeles, according to a team source.
General manager Bob Myers will be armed with an offer in the range of $13 to $15 million a year. The deal will also include a third year, which is a big deal since the Warriors will have to sign Klay Thompson to an extension that year.
Iguodala, who wanted more than the Warriors’ initial overtures, hit the free agency market with a hopes of getting a lucrative offer. The goal is to put pressure on the Warriors to give him more.
He met with San Antonio, a meeting he requested, and Houston, who according to Marc Spears of The Undefeated gave Iguodala an offer. The Spurs are one of the league’s most financially savvy teams, and Houston doesn’t have $10 million to offer Iguodala without dumping more salary. So it doesn’t seem that Iguodala procured the big money deal he was seekingt.
Still, the Warriors are prepared to give Iguodala a deal that presumably exceeds what he got on the free agent market so they can keep the 2015 NBA Finals MVP.
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The Warriors acquired Kevin Durant this time last year with plans for the top six players to stay together. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and now Shaun Livingston — who signed a three-year, $24 million deal last night — are all under contract. Durant is expected to sign after the Warriors are done making moves.
That leaves Iguodala. His return to the Warriors, or not, could be resolved today.