The Warriors made a move with the 52nd pick before they hit the clock in the 2024 NBA Draft.
Golden State traded a second-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday for Lindy Waters III, a source confirmed to Monty Ball of NBC Sports Bay Area.
Athlete Shams Charania The first to report the newsciting sources.
The Warriors plan to keep Watters III past his escrow date on Saturday. Anthony Slater of The Athletic reports:Citing sources, they added that they like the 26-year-old keeper as a deep rotation option. He will be paid $2.2 million next season.
After going undrafted in 2020, Waters III signed with the Enid Outlaws of the NBA. Waters III joined the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder’s G League affiliate, in October 2021 and averaged 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game in his first season with the Blue.
Waters III signed a two-way contract with the Thunder, his hometown team, in February 2022, and one year later, the team converted his deal into an NBA-record multi-year contract.
Waters III earned a 5.3 GPA. 41.6 percent shooting from the field and 37.7 percent from 3-point range, with 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 104 NBA games.
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