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 NBC Sports Bay Area.
Athlete Shams Charania I reported the news for the first timeciting sources.
The Warriors plan to keep Waters III past his guarantee date 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 American Basketball League. 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 a year later, the team converted his deal into a standard multi-year NBA contract.
Waters III earned a 5.3 GPA. He shot 41.6% from the field and 37.7% from three-point range, with 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 104 NBA games.
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