Looking back at the draft a few days ago, for the Golden State Warriors, who hold the 52nd pick, they didn't have much to pay attention to in the first round, and the next day was their scratch day. Although he didn't have many chips in his hand, General Manager Dunleavy still did a lot of things.
First of all, the Lindy Waters deal
Before the second round of the draft officially began, the Warriors and the Thunder made a deal in which the Thunder sent young player Lindy Waters in exchange for the Warriors' 52nd pick.
The youngster, who has been with the Thunder for three seasons and is about to celebrate his 27th birthday on July 28 this year, is a small wing swingman who is 198 tall and weighs 98, Lindy Waters played for the University of Oklahoma before entering the league, and then joined his hometown team Krahoma City Thunder after losing the 2021 draft, and has been going back and forth between the Thunder and the G League for three seasons. He played in 38 games for the Thunder last season, averaging 7.4 minutes per game, 3.6 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.6 assists, shooting 47.1%, 43.5% and 100% from three.
Combined with the characteristics of his personal style, Lindy Waters is a decent 3-and-D player, with a strong defense and good outside efficiency. Underneath his defense, opponents have shot an average of 4.7 percent from the field, while he has been able to keep his three-point shooting rate above 35 percent for three years in a row, and even had a 48 percent three-point efficiency in a single season during the G League.
Although the combined performance on the court is not bad, but considering that the Thunder has too many contenders better than him, including the team's main players Alexander, Josh Giddey, Carson Wallace, Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins, and even Micic, who has been effective for half a season, in such a fierce competitive environment, Lindy Watson naturally does not have many opportunities.
Referring to the situation of this transaction, for the Warriors, Lindy Watson is likely to be an advance insurance for the follow-up trade Payton Jr., after choosing to exercise the player option, Payton Jr.'s salary next season is 9 million, which is much higher than Lindy Watson's salary of 2.2 million this season, if the Warriors want to make a difference this summer, Payton Jr.'s salary is still expensive, and it is also one of the few asset chips that the team can use at this stage. If Payton Jr.'s situation changes, Lindy Watson has every chance of getting far more minutes with the Warriors than he did with the Thunder, which has every chance of being a key turning point in his career.
Signature No. 52
Quantum Post, the only rookie player from the Warriors draft this year.
Quantum Post, who is already a 24-year-old rookie, is 213 tall and weighs 113, attended Boston College before entering the league, and averaged 31 minutes per game in his final year of college, contributing 17 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, shooting 51.4%, 43.1% and 82.1% from three.
Combined with the results of the playing days, Quantum Post belongs to a well-rounded newcomer with strategy and shooting, plus a certain amount of long-lasting offensive ability, basically you can refer to the previous role type of Muscala or Saric , but Quantum Post's static talent is obviously better than the above two, as well as the relatively excellent defensive ability in college, he has every chance to become a better backup center in the Warriors, considering the aging of the team's interior rotation, Quantum Post can still get a lot of opportunities, It's up to him to catch it.
Undrafted Reece Beekman
For Biekman, in fact, I have seen his videos before, and the most impressive thing is that in a game in January last year, he staged a shocking explosive dunk, and Curry was in the audience cheering for him off the court at that time. And just one year later, he and Curry became teammates.
As the Atlantic Coast League's Defensive Player of the Season, defense is naturally Biekman's biggest selling point, whether it's for ball-carriers, he has his own defensive options, which is the biggest plus for role players of his kind to try to get into the team's rotation. Considering the team's possible trade maneuvers in the future, Biekman has every chance to be a key defensive knife in the team's backcourt position.