The Golden State Warriors are including a well-recognized identify to their depth at guard. Lester Quinones will make his return for the Dubs, per reviews.
Right here’s Shams Charania on the defending NBA champs’ newest roster transfer:
“The Golden State Warriors are signing guard Lester Quinones on two-way NBA deal utilizing the open roster from Anthony Lamb’s customary contract, sources inform me and @anthonyVslater.”
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Lester Quinones was an undrafted rookie in 2022 and rapidly signed his first two-way NBA contract with the Warriors in July. He performed for the group through the 2022 Summer time League in Las Vegas earlier than getting waived on Oct. 13.
He signed with the Santa Cruz Warriors two days later and has been enjoying for them within the G League. Earlier this month, Golden State got here calling once more and signed him to a 10-day contract. With not a lot enjoying time, he went again to Santa Cruz.
It stays to be seen if one thing will change for Quinones concerning his alternatives to play, notably throughout this season’s stretch run. The Golden State Warriors are loaded on the perimeter with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Jordan Poole, Donte DiVincenzo and Anthony Lamb all out there.
The Warriors may be protecting their bases as accidents might strike at a second’s discover. Curry is banged up whereas Thompson has had an extended checklist of accidents. Golden State most likely seems like Lester Quinones is able to contribute if and when the scenario requires it.
The Golden State Warriors can nonetheless seize a top-four seed or fall into the play-in match
Steph Curry dropped 50 factors on the LA Clippers on Wednesday night time. Regardless of his explosion, the Golden State Warriors misplaced for the eighth straight time on the street.
The loss difficult the Warriors’ playoff hopes. They now maintain a 36-34 document, which places them in sixth spot within the Western Convention. Golden State is 2 video games behind the Phoenix Suns (38-32) for the fourth seed.
The Bay Space group can be simply 3.5 video games forward of the Utah Jazz (33-36) who’re in eleventh place. Dropping out of the highest 10 means the Warriors are embarrassingly eradicated from the postseason a 12 months after profitable the championship.
The Golden State Warriors will tackle the Atlanta Hawks on Friday. They are going to be with out Draymond Inexperienced, who will likely be suspended in opposition to the Hawks after accumulating his sixteenth technical foul versus the Clippers.
Steve Kerr’s squad can even be with out Andrew Wiggins, who has not seen motion for over a month already. Gary Payton II can be out indefinitely as he’s nonetheless recovering from a proper adductor damage.
The Warriors nonetheless have 12 video games left within the common season with seven to be performed exterior of Chase Heart, the place they’ve been horrible. Solely two of the groups they are going to be going through is not going to have playoff aspirations.
The Golden State Warriors are constructed for robust and high-stakes conditions. They’ve 4 weeks to show that they will nonetheless do it and end the season sturdy.