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Warriors Let Quinten Post Join Grizzlies After Declining to Match Offer Sheet

Golden State passed on Memphis’s three-year, $30 million proposal to protect short-term salary flexibility because incentives in the deal count toward the NBA’s apron limit.

Overview

  • The Warriors chose not to match the Grizzlies’ offer sheet, so Quinten Post will sign with Memphis after the offer was filed on July 6 and the matching window closed on July 8.
  • Memphis’ offer is three years for $30 million with only the first year fully guaranteed at $9 million and the later years non-guaranteed plus unlikely incentives.
  • Those incentive clauses do not raise a team’s regular salary-cap figure but do count toward the apron, which could have pushed Golden State toward a second hard cap and limited further roster moves.
  • Post was a late second-round pick (No. 52) in 2024 who developed into a rotation stretch center for the Warriors, averaging roughly 7.7–7.8 points and about 4 rebounds in about 17 minutes per game last season.
  • Memphis gains a low-risk floor-spacing big to deepen a reshaped frontcourt that includes Cameron Boozer, Zach Edey and planned additions such as Isaiah Stewart, and this is the first unmatched $5M-plus-per-year restricted offer sheet since 2020.