Justin Vacation is amongst a bunch of “a number of” veteran free brokers who’ve labored out for the Warriors in latest weeks, league sources inform Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Slater additionally confirms that Nassir Little labored out for Golden State, as beforehand reported.
Vacation, 35, spent final season with the Nuggets. He averaged 4.0 PPG, 1.2 RPG and 1.2 APG on .454/.404/.750 taking pictures in 58 common season video games with Denver in 2023/24 (14.9 MPG).
Vacation is the definition of a journeyman, having performed for 10 NBA groups over the course of his 11 seasons within the league. One in every of his first stops was with the Warriors — he performed for Golden State in ’14/15. He holds profession averages of 8.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG and 1.4 APG on .400/.365/.817 taking pictures in 680 common season video games, together with 296 begins (23.1 MPG).
Nonetheless, a reunion appears fairly unlikely. In line with Slater, the Warriors haven’t any plans to fill their fifteenth commonplace roster spot to open the season as a result of their proximity to the primary tax apron, at which they’re hard-capped for the ’24/25 marketing campaign. Whereas it’s attainable {that a} veteran might outplay Gui Santos or Lindy Waters — each of whom are on non-guaranteed offers — in coaching camp and preseason, Slater expresses skepticism that the Warriors will launch both participant.
Slater additionally gives an replace on No. 52 total decide Quinten Publish, who stays unsigned. In line with Slater, Publish has been earmarked for a two-way contract, which suggests one among Golden State’s three two-way gamers — Pat Spencer, Reece Beekman or Daeqwon Plowden — should be minimize quickly.
It’s value noting that Orlando’s G League affiliate not too long ago gave up a second-round NBAGL draft decide in a commerce to purchase Plowden’s returning rights. Whereas G League draft picks (particularly second-rounders) aren’t all that beneficial, it nonetheless appears unlikely that the Osceola Magic would’ve given one up in the event that they anticipated Plowden to stay with the Warriors all season, since he’d proceed to play for Santa Cruz within the NBAGL so long as he stays on his two-way take care of Golden State.
