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The Warriors didn’t expect to make a pick in the 2024 NBA Draft after they agreed to send their lone selection — No. 52 overall — to the Oklahoma City Thunder for reserve wing Lindy Waters III. But serendipitously, the pick changed hands once more, and later became available again.
And the way the draft played out, Golden State wanted back in. Some cash considerations later, the Warriors had their own pick back, using it to take Boston College stretch-five Quinten Post. The transactions turned a busy couple days at the Warriors’ war room in Chase Center into wonky ones.
“We felt like (Waters) versus the 52nd pick, this is a player who we feel can do better than 52,” Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said in a post-draft press conference. “At that point, we decided, ‘All right, now we’re out of the second round and thus out of the whole draft.
Decided we wanted to get back in because there were some players available that we liked. Lo and behold, 52 was available, and we really liked it again. So we got back in.
A bit odd, but there was no original plan to make it all work together, but it eventually did.” Waters, 26, has been on Golden State’s radar as a “buy low” candidate for quite some time, Dunleavy said. Buried in a deep Oklahoma City roster, Waters is a 3-point specialist whom the Warriors think can expand his game.
Golden State plans to pick up Waters’ $2.2 million club option and expects him to compete for a rotation spot on the wi.
