Free agent point guard Brandon Williams has reached an agreement with the Warriors on a one-year deal, agents Derek Lafayette and Curtis Lawrence tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link).
According to Charania, it’s a $2.6MM agreement, which indicates it’s a minimum-salary contract. Because he has four years of NBA service, Williams’ minimum salary this season is $2,625,627.
After making 74 total appearances across three seasons for Portland and Dallas from 2021-25, Williams emerged as a reliable role player for the Mavericks last season, with starting point guard Kyrie Irving out due to a torn ACL and presumed replacement D’Angelo Russell falling out of Jason Kidd‘s regular rotation.
In 66 regular season games (15 starts), Williams averaged 13.0 points, 3.9 assists, and 2.9 rebounds in 22.2 minutes per night. While the 26-year-old has never been much of an outside threat and made just 36-of-155 three-pointers (23.2%) last season, he was an effective scorer from inside the arc, knocking down 55.2% of his two-point tries and converting 79.3% of his free throws.
Previously linked to Golden State by Marc Stein of The Stein Line and Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, Williams was one of just four players on our list of this summer’s top 50 free agents who remained available. He came in at No. 49. The three remaining unsigned players from that list are restricted free agents Jalen Duren and Bennedict Mathurin and unrestricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga.
Entering the day, the Warriors had 12 players on fully guaranteed standard contracts for 2026/27, with a 13th – Charles Bassey – on a partially guaranteed deal. We don’t know yet whether Williams’ salary will be fully guaranteed, but it appears likely he’ll become the team’s 14th man.
Although Golden State doesn’t have a ton of room below its second-apron hard cap, the team does have the ability to enter the regular season with a full 15-man roster while staying just below that threshold. General manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. has suggested carrying a full 15-man squad is the plan, since two players on standard contracts – Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody – are expected to be sidelined this fall due to major injuries they suffered last season.
After losing Quinten Post in free agency, the Warriors have reportedly had an eye on veteran stretch bigs like Kelly Olynyk and Georges Niang, so they’re among the candidates to fill the final spot on the club’s standard regular season roster.
