The Warriors made the move to select their 52nd overall pick well ahead of the 2024 NBA Draft.
Golden State traded a second-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday in exchange for Lindy Waters III, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area.
Shams Charania of The Athletic 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 guard as a deep rotation option. He will earn $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 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 percent from the field and 37.7 percent from three-point range, with 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 104 NBA games.
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