7:17pm: The signing is official, the team tweets.
11:31am: Free agent guard Daeqwon Plowden has agreed to sign a two-way contract with the Warriors, agent Drew Kelso tells Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
Plowden, who went undrafted out of Bowling Green in 2022, has spent his first two professional seasons in the G League, playing for the Birmingham Squadron in 2022/23 and the Osceola Magic in ’23/24.
In 49 Showcase Cup and regular season outings for Osceola last season, he averaged 11.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 25.5 minutes per game, with a shooting line of .472/.397/.797.
The 6’6″ wing has made his case for a spot on Golden State’s 18-man regular season roster this month with his performance for the Warriors’ Summer League teams in California and Las Vegas. In five total Summer League games (24.2 MPG), Plowden has averaged 16.6 PPG on .537/.481/.706 shooting.
As our tracker shows, Plowden is poised to fill the Warriors’ only open two-way slot. Pat Spencer and Reece Beekman currently occupy the other two spots. Spencer is a carryover from last season’s roster – his two-way contract, signed in February, included a second year – so if Golden State wants to create a two-way opening for second-round pick Quinten Post, he might be the odd man out.
Plowden is a nice pickup. Let’s see what he can do. I didn’t realize Orlando let him go. You snooze you lose LOL
Obviously dump Spencer and keep Post. That’s a no-brainer.
Post has been compared to a young Jokic. If Dumbleavy and DumberKerr keep Spencer over Post they should be fired by Joel Lacob.
I like Spencer. I think he has a lot of speed down the lane. I like the down hill runner and get to the FT line kind of potential in him. We don’t have a lot of guys that drive as hard as he does but Plowden deserved this. He has had the best look to his game overall.
That’s my boy! BGSU
He has a lot of athletic ability.
Played his butt off so far and looks NBA-ready, good for him, he’s an intriguing talent I don’t mind GSW giving a 2-way spot to. But we should jettison Pat Spencer, he’s just not that good.
This is another testimony that hard work and perseverance pays off. Who says Summer League dony matter….. congrats !!!!