QO Decisions: Post, Hukporti, Spurs, Barnhizer, Celtics

The Warriors tendered qualifying offers ahead of Monday’s deadline to big man Quinten Post and guards Nico Mannion and Taran Armstrong, per RealGM’s transaction log.

Post, 26, has played rotation minutes in Golden State’s frontcourt over his first two NBA seasons, appearing in 109 total games and starting 49 of them. He has averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 16.9 minutes per contest, with a shooting line of .443/.364/.786. His qualifying offer, which makes him a restricted free agent, projects to be worth $2.65MM.

Mannion hasn’t played in the NBA since 2021 and Armstrong wasn’t in the league last season, but the Warriors have issued both players two-way qualifying offers since they were last on Golden State’s roster, ensuring that they retain their NBA rights to the duo even while they continue their careers overseas.

Here are a few more qualifying offer updates from around the NBA:

• The Knicks opted against giving Ariel Hukporti a qualifying offer, according to Vincent Goodwill of ESPN, who tweets that the big man will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. That doesn’t necessarily preclude New York from re-signing Hukporti, who averaged 2.2 PPG and 2.9 RPG in 54 games in 2025/26, but the Knicks won’t have the right to match an offer he receives from another team.
• The Spurs issued qualifying offers to two-way players Harrison Ingram and David Jones Garcia in advance of Monday’s deadline, making them restricted free agents, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. Jones Garcia’s qualifying offer is the equivalent of another one-year, two-way contract, while Ingram’s is for a standard one-year, minimum-salary deal. Both QOs feature small partial guarantees — about $91K for Jones Garcia’s and a little over $109K for Ingram’s.
• Guard Brooks Barnhizer has received a two-way qualifying offer from the Thunder ahead of his second NBA season, according to Smith (Twitter link). As a rookie, the 2025 second-round pick averaged 1.7 PPG and 2.0 RPG in 8.7 MPG across 40 appearances off the bench for Oklahoma City.
• The Celtics didn’t extend qualifying offers to either Max Shulga or John Tonje, so they’ll enter the summer as unrestricted free agents, tweets Smith. Shulga and Tonje, both late second-round picks a year ago, each spent time on Boston’s standard roster and in one of the team’s two-way slots, but they played sparingly at the NBA level.