Former NBA forward Bruno Caboclo is working out with the Warriors this week as he continues to seek a new opportunity in the league, agent Daniel Hazan told Sports Channel in Israel (hat tip to BasketNews.com).
“He will train with the Golden State Warriors until Thursday with the aim of signing a contract, and he believes he will succeed,” Hazan said of his client.
The 20th overall pick in the 2014 draft, Caboclo spent parts of seven seasons in the NBA, but appeared in just 105 total games for the Raptors, Kings, Grizzlies, and Rockets from 2014-21. He averaged 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per contest.
Caboclo has been more effective on the international stage, winning a German League (BBL) title in 2023 with Ratiopharm Ulm and earning All-EuroCup Second Team honors that season. He also represented Brazil in this year’s Olympics, leading the national team with 17.3 points and 7.0 rebounds in 22.1 minutes per game across four outings.
Although Caboclo said during the Olympics that he expected to return to KK Partizan for another season after playing for the Serbian club in 2023/24, it now sounds like he may end up elsewhere.
The Warriors could offer him a potential path to a regular season roster spot, since they only have 12 players on guaranteed salaries, with Lindy Waters and Gui Santos (both on non-guaranteed deals) currently penciled in as the 13th and 14th men. Golden State doesn’t currently have enough room under its hard cap to carry a full 15-man roster into the regular season, but could replace Waters or Santos with Caboclo.
If he doesn’t receive an NBA offer, the 6’9″ forward may pursue a deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Israeli team made him an offer earlier this month, and while reporting at the time suggested Caboclo had a small window to accept that offer, his agent told Sports Channel that Tel Aviv remains a possibility.
“We are in negotiations, we are making good progress,” Hazan said. “It’s definitely an option worth keeping.”
“Light Years !”
It kind of is a light years move to eschew who is left in NBA free agency and to use the Olympics as a mini-camp and just sign whoever pops off in the summer games vs NBA-level teams. Gui Santos also was on that team, so he has a familiar teammate on GSW already.
And? Please explain why it is wrong to give the guy a work out and see how he might fit with the team? It doesn’t cost them much, so why complain. You are a bit of a one-hit wonder. So, I don’t expect that you’ll respond.
@Giants74.
Happy to check back in. I don’t believe we have met soooo. But I will add insights to my earlier post. “Light Years” is the epitome of the Lacob family arrogance during the store-bought titles run. Is that quote not what the owner and sons said repeatedly? Fairly brazen considering the Dubs went double salary of any other team and nearly triple the cap to sign Durant. Was it worth it? Absolutely but it’s not “Light Years” smartness ahead of the rest of the league. And letting the sons smugly make roster choices such as Smiley (“the next Dirk”) and chasing Bob Myers away when he balked at the sons calling some shots, is not superior brilliance in strategy. The icing on the lunacy cake is choosing Podz over Markkanen
Admittedly, I don’t know you either, so please pass along the name of your NBA book and speaking tour dates and I’ll study up. For now, it’s late but I’m not yet sleepy, maybe I will turn the Giants game on and watch them dinosaur their way around the bases (if they happen to get hits…)
Would be a nice pickup, Bruno is a really great defender (cant teach a 7’7 wingspan) and can shoot the 3 ball. Hope it works out for him
Sign Bruno up asap. He’s only 2 years away from being 2 years away.
And it only took 10 years
If the Warriors can help he relearn whatever the heck he was doing in 2019 in Memphis where he shot 37% from three on 4 attempts a game, that might be useful for them. They do need more size, and even if he’s not a true Center, you can see the fit, especially with that gargantuan +10 wingspan. He came into the league as a 3, after all, so versatility off the bench could be valuable.
Brazilian KD is coming!!
Bruno for the 15th spot
Post to the 3rd 2W spot
Spencer cut from 3rd 2W spot
That’s a niiiice offseason by GSW. With Curry set to show everyone he is still #1 this year, MDJ has assembled a fine, long, supporting cast around him, with plenty of trade assets ready if a superstar (Lebron, KD, Giannis) becomes available in a trade. If injuries do not strike them, this is a top 4 team, easily beating all other California teams and the Mavs, who don’t have their level of defense.
They don’t have room under the hard cap to sign a 15th player. As the article says, they’d have to let one of the non-guaranteed contracts go.
Just updated the wording on this to make it clearer.
Davey has no understanding of how any of this works its better to just ignore his “hot takes”. He is like the human equivalent of that site thats articles are all fake trades that will never happen… “This trade sends Steph Curry to the Suns” where the only requirements for them proposing a deal are that the math works in the trade machine.
Yes Chapman or those videos on YouTube with the headline that states “big trade completed” and then all they talk about is potential deals.
Seriously, Davey, time to change your name again, this one is trashed.
GS now has Dollar Store Durant to go with Dollar Store Lebron, they just need Podz to morph into Dollar Store Steph then the Warriors franchise can relive the golden glory of these past Olympic games for years. ;)
Your comment is like the Dollar Store, bankrupt.
Also like your Giants 2024 postseason success.
Hmm…They have 30 games left. I wasn’t expecting them to make the post season. I was hoping for improvement, and have seen it. Injuries have hurt their chances. But, they can build on it.
I honestly no longer follow baseball like I did maybe 10-20 years ago but the team that I did root for, the Red Sox, are currently just 3 games better than your Giants so take that for what’s its worth.
Anything is possible but the fanbases of those two teams are probably going to have a lot of free time on their hands come October lol.
Did you have to bring up the Red Sox Erik? They are crumbling faster than a day old muffin.
Don’t worry Gary, I still have to listen to long time Sox fans argue over whether they’re currently good or not on a daily basis. Some are still hopeful while others have seen this movie way too many times. Pretty soon they’ll all just agree on hoping the Yankees don’t win this next WS lol.
I took an a Red Sox fan. I somewhat keep up with the standings and know a few players off hand but don’t follow MLB like I used to either. Reading this thread I realized I hadn’t checked the wild card standings in a bit and didn’t realize the Red Sox had slipped so much. What I don’t get when looking at their record is how a team be awful at home but somewhat decent on the road?
Several of their guys don’t hit well at home. Yoshida and Rafaela especially.
Fenway is also very much not a pitcher’s park (pop flies to left turn into homers over the Monster constantly, and the RF line is short too, plus all the weird angles and open spaces in the outfield), whereas Tropicana, Camden (since the giant cutout in Left), and Rogers Center all are. So the Sox pitch way better on the road.
Eon, to add to that, when the Sox were most successful over the past 25-30 years its when their lineups were built to crush it home.
Apparently that’s no longer the case.
It seems more like variance, though Yoshida definitely isn’t built for Fenway.
The pitching, though is egregiously poorly optimized for Fenway. Like, stunningly so. They did try to address that with former All-Star Lucas Giolito in the offseason, to be fair, but his UCL snapped, so that was out before it started.
Rafaela and yoshida have very similar stats at home and on the road. On the other hand team ERA is a half point higher at home.
Yoshida gets on base WAY less at home. 40 points of OBP less. It curtails his overall line spectacularly.
Rafaela has a 50 point gap in his slugging percentage at home versus on the road, with a 20 point gap in batting average. Those are even larger gaps than Yoshida’s.
Chuck, maybe they don’t like ownership much in regards to your last line? Like i said above I don’t follow the team at all other than hearing about their daily results on the local news here but the fanbase has really soured towards John Henry’s decision making ever since the team won the WS in 2018.
Dumping an MVP in Mookie Betts a little over a year later for practically nothing while moving off the nucleus from that championship team to save money just rubbed fans the wrong way. I’m sure that the players felt the same way. They may currently have plenty of MLB talent but they’re definitely lacking in contender status talent.
I didn’t like the trade but it wasn’t just about not paying Betts, it was also about getting out from under Davis Price’s contract. As far as who the Red Sox got back? Connor Wong is one of the better catchers in baseball. He’s not at a level of Mookie Betts but he’s far from practically nothing.
Chuck, the Sox fans that I interact with have really just rued the day that Boston let go one of the best players in baseball and when I say got back nothing, I just meant that the return hasn’t come close to being able to put the Sox back on the map as a legit contender. I’ll take your word on Wong, its Alex Verdugo that gets the brunt of the hate from the fanbase, even now after he got dealt to NY.
Guys, guys, this is painful. Can we change the subject LOL
Just kidding of course but wow going from right in the thick of the wild card and a game or two out, and six behind the Orioles and yankees, to completely falling apart in a matter of 2 weeks. Actually it started after the All-Star break. Simply awful.
I would express sympathy, but my Guards are going from “Best record in baseball” to “potentially out of the wild card”, and I’m busy crying.
Eon, Don’t feel too bad, it can definitely still get so much worse. My Pats currently have no Guards (or Tackles) and are destined to ruin their only shining bright spot on their roster, their highly drafted rookie QB. “Potentially out of the wild card” is looking pretty good right now lol.
So, why is it a bad idea to workout Bruno? It doesn’t cost them much.
Its not a bad idea at all especially if your a team trying to fill that last roster spot. My joke above was not meant to be taking seriously, I thought the smiley at the end would have made that clear.
I know that the running joke with Bruno is that he’s always 2yrs away from being 2yrs away but the guy is as ready as he’s ever going to be for the NBA right now.
He probably isn’t sniffing anywhere close to star status in the US (maybe he has it in Brazil) but as a rotation guy off the Dubs bench? That’s definitely realistic. GS has nothing to lose here.
The Warriors picked up Shaun Livingston off of the scrap heap after he played for 10 other teams. It worked out well.
Livingston is probably the best example, good call. It honestly was great seeing him bounce back from his early career injuries like he did. He was so good coming off the bench for the Dubs and he had a monster midrange game, very DeRozan-esque.
The Warriors front office definitely deserve credit for finding Livingston on the scrap heap and helping him to resurrect his NBA career. He & Iggy were one hell of an NBA wing duo coming off of their bench.
Giants 74, without looking it up, Livingston showed he was all the way back with his Good year the previous to GS in new jersey? I can’t remember. But he played very well that season and showed everyone he had returned to full capacity and capability.
OK, maybe a Javale Mcgee would be a better example. Sometimes a player can add depth to a team when they find the right fit.
Gary, for some reason I thought he originally signed with GS on a vet minimum deal but he actually got a pretty solid multi-year deal from the Dubs. Kudos to him for that comeback.
Podz’ ceiling is more Dollar Store Russ more than Dollar Store Steph. Podz loves to collect counting stats in losses to make everyone who doesnt watch the games think he’s better than he actually is, much like how Westbrook fooled everyone into thinking he was MVP when he really was just counting stat champ, both Curry and KD were more valuable than he was that year.
This whole “Steph and KD together means neither of them can win MVP” line was pure lies the whole time, especially when BOTH were more valuable than everyone else that year. Russ with another 1st round exit is never more valuable than Curry is when he is winning a title. Come. TF. On.
Players have been doing this forever. LeBron is the best at it. Only reason we think LeBron is any good
These takes are just as bad as Davey/8Rings/A’sfan’s. You just sound less insane while saying them, Luke.
No dude it’s just you are usually wrong. You are just one of the sheep on this site. You don’t even know much about your own team in Cleveland
This guy can’t play. Not sure what the fuss is about.
What’s going on here is that the Warriors are a first class organization. They have the room in the current workouts to give the guy a showcase opportunity.
It’s from here that he’ll perhaps receive a training camp invite from another NBA team. The Warriors are providing the chance for him to show what he has without having to bounce around from team to team to team.
Yes the warriors are nice. That’s why.
Nice with ulterior motives of course. Are you in business of any kind clay? I scratch your back you scratch mine? Reciprocity? Creating Goodwill among peers and agents?
I’ll give you a million to one he doesn’t sign with the Warriors or even get invited to training camp. Now why don’t YOU tell me why he is training with them now? What might be the reason?
Certainly not that the warriors need more bodies in camp? Certainly not that they want to do 5v5s against players instead of assistant coaches.
Yes probably part of it, another big man to run and push Jackson Davis around. Good call.
Cut Waters and Spencer. Sign Bruno and Post.
Trade Payton, Cash, draft rights to.. and a 2nd for a C
Bruno had a good year in Memphis where he showed some defensive versatility & was hitting the outside shot.
He just might work in their system where they like to play a lot of positionless players. I could see him being a guy that could fill in a lot of holes defensively while having the length to grab some rebounds as well without being a complete zero on offense. If he can use that athleticism & hit the outside shot he just might be a good bench addition where Kerr seems adverse to playing too many legit bigs.
It depends chemistry wise , he seems to have trouble putting it altogether on the court on most the teams he’s played for ♂️
He was always ” 2 years away from being 2 years away” lol