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The Warriors signed De'Anthony Melton to a two-year, $12.4 million contract using the Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception. Melton's contract contains a player option for the 2027-28 season.
Keith Smith: If Draymond Green's contract is exactly the same as the option he declined, he'll make $27,678,571 for 26-27. That'll put GSW just over the first apron and about $12.4M under the second apron. That's with three roster spots that must be filled, one of which will reportedly go to De'Anthony Melton.
Bobby Marks: Because this is a one year contract, Green has the right to consent on any trade. Green signing for less would not have opened up more than the $6.1M tax ML. The tax ML is designated to De’Anthony Melton.
Anthony Slater: Warriors always wanted De’Anthony Melton back at a cost-controlled price after he tested his market. Backcourt fit next to Steph Curry, beloved in locker room and he’s always spoken well of training staff.
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Yossi Gozlan: De'Anthony Melton likely goes into the Warriors bi-annual exception. He can decline the player option next year and re-sign at fair value by accumulating Early Bird rights. They still preserve their mid-level exception for a potential LeBron James signing.
Shams Charania: Free agent guard De'Anthony Melton has agreed to a two-year, $11 million deal to return to the Golden State Warriors, sources tell ESPN. There is a player option in the season of the deal as well.
Keith Smith: De'Anthony Melton declined his player option with the Golden State Warriors, a league source told @spotrac . Melton will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
Yossi Gozlan: Warriors cap situation after extending Kristaps Porzingis and De'Anthony Melton presumably opting out. The LeBron James-Anthony Davis pipedream is still alive. They would presumably swap Jimmy Butler and picks for Davis. Then they could fit James with $15 million non-taxpayer mid-level under the first apron hard cap IF Draymond Green takes the same contract as Porzingis, and IF they also find a taker for Moses Moody.
Veteran center Al Horford has a $5.9 million player option with a June 29 deadline. That outcome remains to be determined, league sources said. Veteran guard De'Anthony Melton has a $3.4 million player option and the recent expectation is that Melton will test his free agency market, which is expected to include the Warriors, depending on the price.
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Over the last six weeks of the regular season, though, Melton was up and down. He had some solid offensive nights, but in other games, he would fail to make an impact and continued to struggle finishing at the rim. While the Warriors have interest in a Melton return, according to a team source, much like Porziņģis, it will be interesting to see where — and how much — the other offers come from.
Fullcourtpass: Dylan Cardwell started barking after getting into it with De'Anthony Melton Draymond Green made sure to get in the last bark (h/t @gswchris)
Dylan Cardwell started barking after getting into it with De'Anthony Melton
— Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) April 11, 2026
Draymond Green made sure to get in the last bark
(h/t @gswchris) pic.twitter.com/tqfLInfaIj
Anthony Slater: Kristaps Porzingis will sit tomorrow night vs the Spurs. Hasn’t been cleared for both sides of back-to-backs yet. De’Anthony Melton out with a thumb strain. Gui Santos and Gary Payton II questionable. Warriors face Cavaliers on Thursday.
And for veteran guard De'Anthony Melton, that could potentially be the final time he wears a Warriors uniform. The 27-year-old, who turns 28 in May, has a player option on his contract, and after posting a career-high 13.0 points in just under 23 minutes of play per game, it wouldn’t seem like much of a surprise. Melton spoke with 95.7’s "Steiny and Guru" on Thursday afternoon and discussed the potential offseason decision. “I’ve been in this league a decent amount of time,” Melton said. “So, eight years is a lot of time. I’ve put in a lot of time and effort and work into this. I think that should be rewarded and I think, for anybody, you put in that much time, effort, work and you’ve seen the results and you’ve seen how impactful you are and what you have done, like I said, you want to be rewarded for that. So, whatever comes with it, comes with it, but end of the day you want to get rewarded for your services.”
