Gui Santos is a Brazilian basketball player for the Golden State Warriors as of November 2024. He was born on June 22, 2002, in Brasília, Brazil. Before entering the NBA, Gui Santos played for Minas Tênis Clube in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte from 2018 to 2022. During the 2021–22 NBB season, Santos was named Sixth Man of the Year as he averaged 10.1 points and 5.1 rebounds. He has also played for the Brazil national team. In 2019, Gui Santos played a key role in Brazil's gold medal victory at the 2019 FIBA South America Under-17 Championship in Chile. In the final game against Argentina, Santos scored 27 points to help his team win the gold.
In the 2022 NBA Draft, Gui Santos was selected in the second round with the 55th pick by the Golden State Warriors. In his rookie season, he primarily played for the Santa Cruz Warriors in the G League, where he averaged 8.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 17 games as per the G League official website. The 2023–24 season saw marked improvement. Santos played 15 G League games and averaged 14.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 3.2 assists. Santos’ great improvement resulted in him getting some minutes with the Golden State Warriors as he appeared in 23 games off the bench during the 2023-24 season and averaged 3.6 points in 8.3 minutes. In the 2024-25 season, Santos is playing his third NBA season with the Warriors.
Gui Santos Contract Breakdown
How much is Gui Santos getting paid?
Gui Santos is getting paid $1,891,857 during the 2024/25 NBA season.
According to Spotrac, Santos is on a three-year rookie scale contract with the Golden State Warriors worth $5,143,017.
How much does Gui Santos make in a minute?
If we calculate Santos' salary with the total minutes in a year, he makes $3.60 a minute in the 2024/25 NBA season.
Gui Santos Career Earnings
At the end of the 2023/24 NBA season, Gui Santos has earned approx. $1 million from his NBA contracts.
What are the terms of Gui Santos’s contract?
According to Spotrac, Gui Santos’ three-year, $5.14 million contract with the Golden State Warriors has these terms:
2023-24 Season: Initially, only $75,000 was guaranteed, but the Warriors made his contract fully guaranteed on January 10, 2024.
2024-25 Season: The contract is non-guaranteed with a team option. As of November 2024, Santos is contracted by the Golden State Warriors. However, the Warriors must decide by January 10, 2025, whether to keep him for the full season. If Gui Santos remains on the roster past this date, his full salary for the season becomes guaranteed.
2025-26 Season: The 2025-26 season features a $225,000 guaranteed on September 25, 2025. The rest of the amount becomes fully guaranteed if Santos is on the roster beyond January 26, 2026.
Gui Santos Contract History
As of November 2024, below are all the contracts that Gui Santos has signed in his career as per Spotrac:
November 7, 2023
Gui Santos signed a four-year $5.14 million contract with the Golden State Warriors.
FAQs on Gui Santos
A. Gui Santos is from Brasília, Brazil.
A. Gui Santos stands at 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 meter or 201 cm) tall.
A. Gui Santos plays as a power forward or small forward.
A. Gui Santos’s jersey number is #15 for Golden State Warriors in 2024-25 season.
A. Gui Santos' wingspan is 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 meters).