Buddy Hield is taking his abilities to the Bay Space, because the Golden State Warriors acquired the 31-year-old guard on Thursday in a sign-and-trade with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Hield signed a four-year take care of Golden State value a reported $21 million in assured cash.
Hield, who’s coming off a season during which he averaged 12.1 factors on 38.6% capturing from three-point vary, was undecided about his subsequent basketball vacation spot till a dialog with Warriors coach Steve Kerr on Wednesday. The Athletic reported that Hield made his resolution on Thursday after sleeping on it for an evening.
As for why he picked the Warriors over his different reported groups just like the Los Angeles Lakers?
“Hield selected the Warriors due to the chance to win, per league sources,” The Athletic wrote. “His suitors included the Detroit Pistons and Lakers.”
Golden State is coming off a disappointing 46–36 season during which they obtained bounced within the first recreation of the play-in match. The Lakers did not fare significantly better, profitable 47 video games and getting into the postseason bracket solely to lose within the first spherical to the Denver Nuggets in 5 video games.
Hield, nonetheless, apparently believes Golden State’s probabilities in a packed Western Convention subsequent season are higher than that of the probabilities in Los Angeles. As the latest member of Golden State’s backcourt, he’ll be tasked with filling the void that Klay Thompson left by becoming a member of the Dallas Mavericks this offseason—by way of three-point capturing, a minimum of, not essentially in postgame paper airplanes.
The Lakers have swung and missed at a number of pursuits of contributing gamers this offseason, from Paul George to Thompson to Hield. As of Thursday, DeMar DeRozan, Miles Bridges, Tyus Jones and Malik Beasley stay among the many prime gamers nonetheless accessible on the open market.