Warriors re-sign Mickael Pietrus
Oct 2nd, 2007 by Inside Hoops
The Golden State Warriors have re-signed restricted free agent Mickael Pietrus, it was announced today by Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.
“We’re pleased that we were able to re-sign Mickael,” said Mullin. “We’ve stated all along this off-season that we like Mickael and what he brings to our team. We look forward to him building on last season and continuing to improve along with the rest of our team.”
Pietrus, 25, appeared in a career-high 72 games (38 starts) in 2006-07, posting career-high averages in points (11.1), rebounds (4.5) and minutes (26.9), while also setting new personal-bests in field goal percentage (.488) and three-point percentage (.388). He also appeared in all 11 of Golden State’s games in the 2007 NBA Playoffs, averaging 6.0 points in 19.0 minutes per contest.
Originally drafted by the Warriors with the 11th overall selection in the 2003 NBA Draft, the 6-6 guard/forward has appeared in 244 regular-season games, averaging 9.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 21.3 minutes per game.