On March 9, Beijing time, The Athletic reported that the Warriors will try out the 2010 rookie of the year, Terek Evans, who is the same rookie as Curry and Harden. On May 17, 2019, Evans was banned for violating the league's drug ban. Since February 18 this year, the 32-year-old Evans has lifted the signing ban and can sign with any team as a free agent. Before the Warriors, the Bucks had already tried him out. Warriors reporter Slater revealed: In the second half of today's Warriors game against the Clippers, Evans appeared on the sidelines, sitting next to Warriors general manager Miles and Mike Dunlevey and Ryan Atkinson.
Evans was picked up by the Kings in the No. 4 pick in the 2009 draft, and his last time playing for an NBA team was in the 2018-19 season, when he played for the Pacers. In 10 seasons, Evans averaged 15.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and in addition to the Kings and Pacers, he also played with the Pelicans and Grizzlies.
Why did the Warriors try out Evans?
According to Warriors reporter Anthony Slater, the main reason the Warriors are interested in Evans is the extra need to organize and impact the basket in the playoffs, and the Warriors were interested in Dragic before, which is also the same reason. Evans is an energetic scorer as long as he stays healthy, can he do that now? Warriors need to find the answer in the trial. In addition, Evans and Warriors general manager Miles are old acquaintances, because Miles was Evans' agent before working for the Warriors.
Even if Evans doesn't meet the Warriors' requirements at the moment, they could revisit the idea this summer. If they decide to bring in Evans, they'll have to cut one of the existing 15-man lineups and add up the already huge luxury tax bill. Previous salary experts estimated that signing Evans with a base salary would add about $3.13 million in luxury taxes to the Warriors.
How seriously are the Warriors pursuing Evans this time?
Slater revealed that the Warriors actually had an evans audition in Miami last week, which impressed them, so the team asked Evans to fly to San Francisco for a second trial. In the second half of today's game against the Clippers, Evans appeared on the sidelines, sitting next to Warriors general manager Miles and Mike Dunleevier. Everything is worth paying attention to. The Warriors have always been interested in Evans, having planned to sign Evans with a middle-class exception in 2018, but eventually Evans went to other teams because other teams offered higher salaries, and the Warriors switched to signing Cousins.