Warriors to pick up 2025-26 option On Gui Santos

The Warriors are exercising their 2025-26 team option — valued at $2.22M — on forward Gui Santos, a source tells Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link).

Although the team option will be picked up, Santos’ salary for next season will remain non-guaranteed, Slater notes.

A 6-foot-8 combo forward from Brazil, Santos was the No. 55 overall pick of the 2022 draft. He spent the 2022-23 season as essentially a draft-and-stash prospect, except he was playing for the Warriors’ NBA G League affiliate in Santa Cruz rather than in another country.

Santos signed his first NBA contract in 2023, and after a limited role as a rookie in ’23-24, he was able to carve out rotation minutes this past season as a high-energy role player. In 56 games in ’24-25, he averaged 4.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 13.6 minutes per contest, with a shooting line of .458/.330/.690.

In case you missed it, the Warriors are also exercising their team option on second-year big man Quinten Post, whose $1.96M salary for next season is now fully guaranteed.