NBA Rumors: Dāvis Bertāns will not play for the Warriors after contract offer from Dubai | News, results, highlights, stats and rumors

Veteran forward Dāvis Bertāns is reportedly not expected to practice for the Golden State Warriors, despite recently receiving an invitation from the team.

According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Bertāns made the decision to turn down the audition after receiving a multi-year offer to play professionally in Dubai. The contract offer reportedly includes an opt-out clause that could allow him to return to the NBA in the future.

Stein first reported on Monday that the Warriors had invited Bertāns to a training session to find out whether he would be interested in being invited to a training camp.

Bertāns, who turns 32 in November, has played for five different NBA teams over the past eight seasons, including the Oklahoma City Thunder and Charlotte Hornets in 2023-24.

The 6-foot-2 Latvian was originally selected in the second round by the Indiana Pacers in 2011, but played several seasons overseas in Slovenia, Serbia and Spain before making the jump to the NBA in 2016.

Bertāns spent his first three seasons with the San Antonio Spurs and then had the two most productive seasons of his career with the Washington Wizards.

During the 2019-20 season, Bertāns averaged 15.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.7 three-pointers per game, a career high, while shooting 43.4 percent from the field and 42.4 percent from beyond the three-point line.

In the 2020/21 season, he averaged 11.5 points, 3.0 three-pointers and 2.9 rebounds per game.

Bertān's performance dropped significantly the following season, which led to him being traded to the Dallas Mavericks.

In 43 games between the Thunder and the Hornets last season, Bertāns averaged just 6.7 points, 1.8 three-pointers and 1.4 rebounds per game.

Although Bertāns is unlikely to ever average more than 15 points per game for an NBA team again, his size and accuracy still allow him to be a useful substitute, as evidenced by his 39.6 percent success rate from beyond the three-point line over the course of his career.

Although Bertāns' shooting skills would likely have made him a good fit for Warriors head coach Steve Kerr's system, he plans to instead look for opportunities overseas, but is keeping the door open for a possible return to the NBA at some point.