{"id":1302,"date":"2024-09-17T03:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T03:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2024-09-17T03:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T03:46:03","slug":"warriors-work-out-28-million-former-first-round-pick-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Work Out $28 Million Former First Round Pick: Report.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1810067175-e1726524921117.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1810067175-e1726524921117.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1810067175-e1726524921117.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GettyImages-1810067175-e1726524921117.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Nassir Little, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Warriors\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"281\" data-dom-ready-time=\"369\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Trayce Jackson-Davis #32 of the Golden State Warriors attempts a shot against Nassir Little #25 formerly of the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Golden State Warriors\u00a0have worked out former\u00a0Phoenix Suns\u00a0forward Nassir Little,\u00a0according to Spotrac\u2019s Keith Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Little, waived by the Suns in August, also had workouts with the\u00a0Boston Celtics,\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0and\u00a0Sacramento Kings, Smith added.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Little was the\u00a0Portland Trail Blazers\u2018 25th overall pick in 2019. He was traded to the Suns as part of the\u00a0Damian Lillard multi-team trade.<\/p>\n<p>Despite showing promising signs in his final season with the Trail Blazers when he shot a career-high 36.7% from the 3-point range, Little did little to impress the Suns last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6 Little averaged just 3.4 points and shot 30% from the 3-point range in 10.2 minutes off the bench. Despite getting waived by the Suns,\u00a0Little will still get paid\u00a0the full $21.8 million remaining on his\u00a0four-year, $28 million contract over seven years via the stretch-and-waive provision.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries have kept Little from realizing his potential. The former North Carolina Tar Heel has not played more than 54 games in his first five seasons in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors have one roster spot left. They can carry up to 20 players in the training camp in Hawaii which begins on October 1. But they need to trim that to a maximum of 15 players on standard deals on opening night.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Warriors Named Best Landing Spot for Jimmy Butler<\/h2>\n<p>The Warriors want to go big more than just taking a flier on Little.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletic\u2019s Sam Amick, the Warriors have an interest in trading for six-time NBA All-Star wing Jimmy Butler.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, 35, has yet to get an extension in Miami, fueling speculations that his time there could be ending.<\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report\u2019s Andy Bailey\u00a0views the Warriors as the best landing spot for Butler if the Heat makes him available. Butler could benefit from the Warriors\u2019 pace-and-space schemes next to\u00a0Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurry\u2019s unparalleled outside shooting would give Butler more room to operate in that short- to mid-range territory he already dominates. Butler\u2019s playmaking and in-between game, in return, would make it harder to sell out on Curry\u2019s off-ball movement,\u201d Bailey wrote on September 16.<\/p>\n<p>Butler is the type of player the Warriors are willing to make an all-in move.<\/p>\n<p>No other Warrior besides Curry averaged more than 18 points per game last season. Getting Butler would give the Warriors his best co-star since\u00a0Kevin Durant\u00a0during their back-to-back title runs in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Warriors Aggressively Looking for Next Steph Curry Co-Star<\/h2>\n<p>As Klay Thompson plummeted from Curry\u2019s sidekick to a bench player last season, the Warriors have started plotting their next move.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors have been aggressive since the February trade deadline in finding Curry a co-star to extend their rapidly closing championship window.<\/p>\n<p>They checked in with the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0for\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0before the trade deadline. But it never reached James as his agent Rich Paul quickly\u00a0shut down\u00a0the idea.<\/p>\n<p>After the Warriors failed to make the playoffs, they went after\u00a0Paul George\u00a0and Lauri Markkanen.<\/p>\n<p>But the Los Angeles Clippers\u00a0did not accept\u00a0the Warriors\u2019 offer and the Utah Jazz were\u00a0asking for the farm.<\/p>\n<p>So the Warriors settled for role players Buddy Hield, Kyle Anderson and De\u2019Anthony Melton.<\/p>\n<p>But none of them could provide the star power Butler can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyTrayce Jackson-Davis #32 of the Golden State Warriors attempts a shot against Nassir Little #25 formerly of the Phoenix Suns. 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