The 2017 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors have re-signed free agents Stephen
Curry, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Zaza Pachulia and David
West to contracts, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the
agreements were not released.
Curry, 29, averaged a team-high 25.3 points per game (10th in the NBA) in
2016-17 to go with 6.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.81 steals (seventh) in 33.4
minutes over 79 games, earning All-NBA Second Team honors. The two-time MVP led
the league in three-point field goals for a fifth consecutive year, following
his NBA-record 402 threes in 2015-16 with 316 triples in 2016-17, including an
NBA single-game record 13 threes on Nov. 7 vs. New Orleans. Curry upped his
averages to 28.1 points, 6.7 assists and 6.2 rebounds in 35.4 minutes over 17
games in the 2017 postseason, helping Golden State capture its second title in
three seasons. In eight career seasons with the Warriors, Curry owns averages of
22.8 points, 6.8 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.79 steals and is the franchise’s
all-time leader in three-point field goals (1,917, 10th in NBA history).
Durant, 28, tallied averages of 25.1 points (13th), a career-high 8.3 rebounds,
4.8 assists, a career-high 1.60 blocks (ninth) and 1.06 steals in 33.4 minutes
over 62 games in his first season with the Warriors in 2016-17. The 6’9″ forward
earned All-NBA Second Team honors after hitting a career-best 53.7 percent from
the field and becoming the first Warrior to average at least 25 points and eight
rebounds per game since Rick Barry in 1966-67. Durant led the Warriors in
postseason scoring with 28.5 points per game to go along with 7.9 rebounds, 4.3
assists and 1.33 blocks in 15 games, scoring at least 30 points in all five
games of the NBA Finals on his way to Finals MVP honors. Durant joined Michael
Jordan as the only players to earn NBA Finals MVP honors with averages of at
least 35 points (35.2), eight rebounds (8.2) and five assists (5.4).
Iguodala, 33, averaged 7.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.00 steals in
26.3 minutes over 76 games for the Warriors in 2016-17, while shooting a
career-high 52.8 percent. A 13-year NBA veteran, Iguodala led the NBA in
assist-to-turnover ratio (4.50) and was a finalist for 2016-17 NBA Sixth Man of
the Year honors, leading all reserves in plus/minus with an on-court
differential of +6.9. The 2015 NBA Finals MVP scored a playoff season-high 20
points in Golden State’s series-clinching Game 5 win over Cleveland in the 2017
NBA Finals, hitting 9-of-14 from the field in 38 minutes.
Livingston, 31, shot a career-best 54.7 percent from the field and posted
averages of 5.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 17.7 minutes over 76
games in 2016-17. The 13-year NBA veteran upped his accuracy to 57.6 percent
from the field in the postseason, averaging 5.2 points over 14 games and scoring
in double figures three times (twice in the NBA Finals). Livingston owns career
averages of 6.6 points, 3.2 assists and 2.5 rebounds in 698 games with nine
different teams, including three seasons with Golden State.
Pachulia, 33, averaged 6.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 18.1 minutes
over 70 games (all starts) in his first season with the Warriors, while hitting
a career-high 53.4 percent from the field. The Georgian native led all centers
in plus/minus (+6.0) and led the Warriors with 140 offensive rebounds in
2016-17. In 15 postseason games (all starts), Pachulia averaged 5.1 points and
3.8 rebounds in 14.1 minutes, scoring in double figures four times. For his
career, Pachulia owns averages of 7.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in
961 games over 14 seasons with the Magic, Hawks, Bucks, Mavericks and Warriors.
West, 36, tallied averages of 4.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 12.6
minutes over 68 games in his first season with the Warriors. The 14-year NBA
veteran was one of only four players to play in all 17 of Golden State’s playoff
games, averaging 4.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists, and 13.0 minutes in
his eighth career postseason appearance. A two-time NBA All-Star, West owns
career averages of 14.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 961 games with
the Hornets, Pacers, Spurs and Warriors.
Player: Stephen Curry
Player: Kevin Durant
Player: Andre Iguodala
Player: Shaun Livingston
Player: Zaza Pachulia
Player: David West
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