Former Green Bay forward Alfonzo McKinnie signed a two year deal with the Golden State Warriors prior to the season after making the team as a non-roster invite to training camp this past October.

The contract was non-guaranteed for the 2018/2019 season meaning the Warriors could cut McKinnie at point prior to January 7^th without having to pay the 6’8” wing his full salary.

January 7^th came and went and McKinnie is still on the Warriors roster and playing meaningful minutes in the rotation for the defending NBA champions meaning he will be paid his entire $1,349,383 salary for this season. He could also earn more than $220,000 in playoff bonuses if Golden State were to win the NBA Finals again this season.

In 36 games so far this season, the 26-year old McKinnie is averaging 5.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game.  He is also shooting 36.8% from beyond the arc overall this season, just a hair behind teammate Klay Thompson at 36.9%.

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McKinnie got off to a hot start making 48.4% of his three pointers in Warriors’ first 16 games of the season but has cooled off a bit in the 20 games following a foot injury that caused him to miss 9 games.

His contract for next season is a team option for over $1.5 million which the team will need to exercise in the off-season otherwise he will be a free agent.

Earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle called McKinnie the Warriors’ “biggest surprise” of the season so far in their mid-season awards.