Jul 2, 2022; San Francisco, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Mac McClung (55) dribbles against the Miami Heat during the fourth quarter at the California Summer League at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
Golden State needs to find young talent to fill the bottom of its rotation. These three players from the Warriors Summer League roster can help.
Stephen Curry and his teammates may still be basking in the glow of another NBA Title triumph, but Golden State’s front office is already hard at work trying to figure out how to engineer a repeat. The top of the roster is beset with stars already. The next order of business for the Warriors is finding young, cheap contributors to fill out the end of the bench.
That’s why Summer League is an important exercise for Golden State. The franchise is already eyeing an enormous luxury tax bill that ownership would strongly prefer to keep in check. The best way to do that is by finding young players on minimum deals to fill out the remaining spots on the team’s roster.
Fortunately for Golden State, they’ve got some intriguing options on their own Summer League team. The following three players have a particularly intriguing shot to make the team coming out of training camp.
Who could stick around from the Warriors Summer League roster?
3. Mac McClung
McClung might be the most intriguing player on this list because of the fearless way he approaches the game. He possesses surprising athleticism from his slight, 6-foot-2 frame and can be borderline unguardable when his 3-ball is dropping.
His inconsistency from deep is what’s stopping him from being a lock to make the Warriors roster. He has to be a high-level scorer if he’s going to carve out a meaningful role on a title contender’s bench. Going 9 of 15 in the team’s Summer League opener showed nice efficiency, but not making a shot from behind the arc was not a great opening sign for McClung.