The Warriors are taking a flyer on a former excessive draft choose who performed with them in the course of the Las Vegas Summer season League.
Golden State agreed to phrases with ahead Kevin Knox on a one-year deal, in line with a number of media reviews Wednesday. The Athletic’s Shams Charania first reported the settlement.
Knox, the No. 9 total choose by the New York Knicks within the 2018 draft, joined the Warriors within the July desert showcase and averaged 17.5 factors over 4 video games in opposition to Summer season League competitors.
The 25-year-old ahead performed the primary three seasons of his profession in New York, then was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in 2022. He performed the next yr for the Detroit Pistons, then was despatched to Portland in a February 2023 deal that included the Warriors re-acquiring Gary Payton II and sending James Wiseman to Detroit. Knox returned to Detroit final season as a free agent and began 11 video games.
His career-high recreation averages in factors (12.8), rebounds (4.5), assists (1.1) and minutes (28.8) per recreation all got here in his rookie season with the Knicks.
The Warriors have already got Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga, Kyle Anderson and Payton on the two ahead spots, with Moses Moody and Draymond Inexperienced capable of fill minutes at small and energy ahead, respectively.
It seems Knox, who would turn into the 14th participant on the Warriors’ 15-man roster, can be competing for an NBA roster spot when the Warriors open coaching camp in Hawaii subsequent week.
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