4 winners and 3 losers from an underwhelming Day 1 of NBA free agency

NBA free agency slowed down a bit after the mad rush when the clock struck 12:01 a.m. Saturday morning. But more money is being tossed around in free agency than makes sense.

Stephen Curry signed his five-year, $201 million deal. J.J. Redick got $23 million from the 76ers, and Blake Griffin re-signed with the Clippers for $173 million. If that much money doesn’t blow your mind, let’s trade places.

But as deals were signed and players moved from team to team, a few stuck out as clear winners, while others took an L:

If you thought the band was breaking up, you thought wrong. The Warriors signed Shaun Livingston to a three-year, $24 million deal. Then as Andre Iguodala threatened to sign elsewhere, they inked their sixth man and former finals MVP to a three-year, $48 million deal.

The Warriors did this after making Curry the highest-paid player in NBA history, tendering a new supermax deal worth $201 million. Their next step is to give Kevin Durant as much money as he wants to solidify a championship core for at least the next three years.

Galloway signed a three-year, $21 million deal to join the Pistons. That’s some really good money for a guy from Baton Rouge, La., who got his first shot in the NBA with the Knicks on a D-League call-up that resulted in back-to-back 10-day contracts.

Gallo turned down a $5 million option to play in Sacramento and bet on himself as a streak shooter and bullish (but undersized) defender at the point guard. It’s cool to see his hard work pay off.

The Philadelphia 76ers won the draft and are on pace to win free agency, too. They committed a combined $34 million in guaranteed salary this season to Redick and Johnson. In doing so, they get two capable veterans both looking for a payday and a chance to play meaningful basketball.

It’s a perfect use of cap space for a 76ers team that needs some leadership and wisdom to help guide its promising, young core.

Shumpert was on his way to a win. It felt like he was seconds away from being traded from Cleveland to Houston. But then the Rockets signed P.J. Tucker, a hard-nosed 3-and-D forward, in free agency, fulfilling its need for the one thing Shump does well: defend.

Now, the pesky defender will return to a Cavaliers team that nearly traded him for a future draft pick and a trade exception. Yikes.

Every day that goes by that Gordon Hayward does not sign with the Celtics is a loss. And with Hayward legitimately looking at the Miami Heat, it may be time for Boston to start searching for a plan B.

Boston’s gone from threatening to establish a Big 4 to potentially unable to secure a single legitimate All-Star to add to its core. That doesn’t bode well for anyone in the Celtics family, especially Danny Ainge.

Nothing against Jose Calderon, but he turns 36 this summer, can’t defend any of the league’s top-40 point guards, and has never won a championship. Not sure how signing him helps the Cavs’ odds at beating the Warriors.

Not only did they acquire Calderon, but they failed to trade their backup shooting guard after reports surfaced that they were just about to send him to the Rockets. That’s going to be an awkward conversation whenever Shumpert gets back to town.

Here are three tweets that describe Hayward’s free agency pursuit:

And here’s a tweet that describes J.J. Redick’s summer:

No matter how free agency shakes out, fans are the winners. Even if you’re not signing a $200 million deal.