The Golden State Warriors will play in the California Classic in Sacramento and the NBA 2K24 Summer League in Las Vegas. We’ll take you through their roster for the July games, which includes 2023 draft picks, undrafted free agent, and a two-way player who’s primed for a bigger role. We’ll take you through all the players.
Yuri Collins: A 22-year-old point guard from Saint Louis University, Collins averaged over ten assists as a senior and also made the Atlantic 10 All-Defensive team twice. He’s only 6’0”, but having players who are willing passers is invaluable in summer exhibitions. Collins has a Warriors connection from playing with Larry Hughes Jr.
Kendric Davis: The Warriors grabbed another high-scoring point guard from Memphis. Davis is 5’11 and averaged 21.9 points as a fifth-year college player, after a few high-scoring years at SMU. He’s 24 years old and not a prospect, so he may be auditioning for European clubs this summer.
Trayce Jackson-Davis: Golden State took Jackson-Davis, a four-year player from Indiana University, with the No. 57 pick. You can read more about him here, but the big man is a better prospect than his draft position indicated. It helped that his agent is James Dunleavy, and the Warriors’ new GM promised him a roster spot. So you’ll be seeing TJD, a second-generation Warriors whose father Dale played 36 games with the team, in the regular season as well as the summer.
Mikael Jantunen: Jantunen is a 6’8” forward from Finland who played professionally in Belgium and Italy the last two seasons, though he only just turned 23. He’ll join other famous NBA Finns like All-Star Lauri Markkanen, former Atlanta Hawk Hanno Möttölä, and Warriors hype man Franco. Klay Thompson will like Jantunen because his birthday is 4/20, and Steph Curry will like him because he can drain ridiculous halfcourt shots.
Javan Johnson: 24-year-old forward out of DePaul can really shoot from the outside. The team gave him an Exhibit 10 deal, which may suggest he’s a candidate for the Santa Cruz Warriors. More on Johnson here.