The Warriors have signed free agents Rudy Gay, Rodney McGruder, Donovan Williams, Kendric Davis, Javan Johnson and Jayce Johnson ahead of training camp, the team announced on Thursday (via Twitter).
All of the deals had previously been reported except for Davis’. The 5’11” guard went undrafted in June and worked out for Golden State the month prior.
Davis averaged 21.9 PPG, 5.4 APG, 3.7 RPG and 2.0 SPG in 34 games (34.9 MPG) as a “super senior” with Memphis in 2022/23. He likely received a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 contract, which would put him in line for a $75K bonus if he’s waived before ’23/24 starts and spends at least 60 days with the Santa Cruz Warriors, Golden State’s NBA G League affiliate. Exhibit 10 deals can also be converted into two-way contracts, and the Warriors have one two-way opening.
A 17-year veteran forward who regularly averaged in the neighborhood of 20 points per game during stints in Memphis, Toronto, and Sacramento earlier in his career, Gay is the most noteworthy signing of the group. However, his playing time and production have declined in recent seasons, and he’s 37 years old. Like all the other additions, he’ll be competing for a roster spot in training camp.
McGruder, 32, is a seven-year NBA veteran, appearing in 317 regular season games with the Heat, Clippers and Pistons since 2016. The guard/forward averaged 5.5 PPG and 2.1 RPG on a .441/.412/.768 shooting line over the past three seasons with Detroit (99 games, 14.9 MPG).
Williams reportedly impressed the Warriors during scrimmages at their facility earlier this month. The former UNLV wing spent part of last season on a two-way contract with the Hawks after going undrafted in 2022.
Javan Johnson, a former DePaul forward, went undrafted in June. The 24-year-old started 33 games for the Blue Demons last season, averaging 14.2 PPG, 4.3 RPG and 2.4 APG while making 41.2% of his 3-point attempts.
Jayce Johnson, a 7’0″ center, led the NBA G League in rebounds per game last season while playing for Santa Cruz. He signed an Exhibit 10 deal and will be vying for the team’s final two-way slot.
The Warriors now have a full 21-man training camp roster, with 13 players on guaranteed standard contracts.
I know this probably won’t happen, but would it be possible for the Warriors to trade CP3 for Jrue in Portland? I think that would work wonders for Scoot’s development.
Look at the Warriors sign all these guys !! They’ll need them when they trade away Kuminga and Moody and Chris Paul to the Blazers LOL
Umm…Why would they do that?
Chris Paul is good but Jrue Holiday is better.
No Yuri Collins damn. Like Williams and the Jacksons
Yuri Collins, Williams, Jayce Johnson (or a young center somewhere), Gay and D Howard are who they should sign
And Gay
Are we sure none of these are a roster contract for the 14th spot? If they only have 13 roster contracts they can’t include Exhibit 9 language in the camp contracts and protect themselves from injury liability. It would be unusual to sign camp contracts without Exhibit 9.
We’ll have to wait and see. Gay and/or McGruder probably signed partially or non-guaranteed standard deals, but we don’t know for sure yet.
Thanks. One of them must have, even a non-guaranteed deal would count. It would be nuts to sign all those Exhibit 10 contracts without including Exhibit 9. I see they’ve waived Jayce Johnson already so they’re down to 20.
Seems possible that Jayce Johnson was the guy without the Exhibit 9 — if he was signed first, they could have included E9 language on the rest of their deals, then waived Johnson (the Heat did something similar with Brandon McCoy earlier in the offseason).
Yeah, that sounds right.
If they waived Jayce, that puts the Warriors at 21 for training camp. 13 signed to roster plus Lester, Usman, and Jerome Robinson signed to two-ways. Add Gay, McGruder, Williams, Davis, and Javan to make 21.
Gay, D Williams, Yuri Collins, D Howard and a young center taller than 6’10 to develop
D Williams who? They can get Yuri Collins in the G League draft. No reason to sign him to training camp. There is no young center out there taller than 6’10” that they should sign to a training camp contract out there. They can wait until the G League draft.
Donovan Williams. A 6’6 shooting guard at the age of 22. Collins led the NCAA in assists last season with 10+. Davis the 5’11 is nice. There must be a young center out there somewhere