Former lottery pick Kevin Knox is on his second 10-day deal with the Warriors and is hoping to stick with the team beyond the expiration of that contract, according to Andrew Crane of the New York Post (subscriber link). Knox suited up for Golden State’s summer team and G League squad to begin this year before his eventual promotion to a 10-day contract.
“At the end of the day, you gotta put your ego and pride aside and go out there and just do what’s needed, best for you,” Knox said of his time in the G League. “And I think that was the best at the time, me to go there and to get some more reps, more film so the coaches, people around the league can see that I still can play this game.”
Knox’s role is somewhat limited by the fact that he’s playing on a star-filled roster in the midst of a playoff race, but he’s still working to impress Warriors brass. In his seven games with the team, he’s averaging 4.0 points per night.
“I’m just so impressed with the fact that he’s on this path, on this journey and not giving in,” coach Steve Kerr said of Knox.
Knox’s second 10-day deal runs through Monday. At that time, the Warriors will need to decide if they want to keep him for the rest of the season or extend a 10-day deal or standard contract to someone else. Yuri Collins also signed a 10-day deal on the same day as Knox, but he wasn’t given a second one.
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- Second-year guard Brandin Podziemski exited Thursday’s game against Brooklyn in the first minute, heading to the locker room after being seen grabbing his back, Anthony Slater of The Athletic tweets. Podziemski was later ruled out for the remainder of the game, according to ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk (Twitter link). After the win, Kerr said the guard’s back simply tightened up and that the injury wasn’t serious. He’ll be listed as day-to-day moving forward, per Slater (Twitter link).
- Suns players and coaches are happy, but not surprised, that two-way guard Collin Gillespie is contributing to recent wins. In the Suns’ last two victories, he’s totaled 19 points, seven assists and a trio of three-pointers. “It just seems like a story in itself, an all-time moment for him and a big moment for our team,” Devin Booker said, per PHNX Sports (Twitter link). “I’ve seen behind the scenes, it’s nothing that just popped up out of nowhere. I don’t think it caught any of us by surprise.” Gillespie spent the first two years of his career on a two-way deal with the Nuggets, missing his first season due to injury, before signing on with the Suns this offseason. “There’s a lot of confidence in him,” coach Mike Budenholzer said, as captured by PHNX Sports. “Collin just has a way, I think all his teammates love him. There’s a toughness, I think the Villanova coaching, the Villanova winning, it’s real.”
- Derrick Jones Jr. is reaching new heights for the Clippers, Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times writes. He’s averaging career highs in points per game (10.6) and three-point percentage (35.6%) to help keep the team firmly in the playoff picture. In an exclusive interview with Mark Medina of Sportskeeda, Jones spoke about his role in Los Angeles, what he thinks he can improve, the coaching staff and more. “It’s just me having the same confidence as always,” Jones said of his success with the Clippers. “Whenever my opportunity comes, I go to score, I go to be aggressive or I make a play for somebody else. When I’m always on the floor, I’m always being aggressive and not having any seconds thoughts.“
Seems like a bad time for Knox to have to prove himself. With the team coming together in a playoff push, it would be hard to carve out rotation minutes. But, two months ago, Moody was kinda out of the rotation. Now, he is playing a key role. It would be nice for him to impress in his limited time for next season. Something to build on.
“Former lottery pick Kevin Knox II is on his second 10-day deal with the Warriors, but he’s hoping to stick with the team for longer than that”
Oh really?
What are you confused about? That is how things work. It wouldn’t be the first time.
I’m not confused. Obviously, Knox is hoping to stick with the team. “Knox hoping Warriors won’t keep him around” would have been a tad surprising.
OK my bad. Sometimes people will trash players who weren’t stars on day one. Sometimes it takes a few seasons to get a career going.
Knox could still make it.
Knox has shown some defensive promise in these contracts that he hasn’t shown before. Hopefully, the Warriors can keep him around.
Wow really…..Kevin Knox, SMH. He is never getting it together. Dude is 6’8, 6’9 and get a three off in the nba. I said off, not in. That’s it, that’s the pros on the scouting report and the nicest way to go about it. The cons…where to start. Knox and Spencer all nba next season, lol.
Wth is taking so long with Kuminga! Have him put on the uniform !
No reason to rush him.
More curious as to why TJD is getting DNPs if he isn’t injured anymore. He brings things Looney and Post don’t.
Easy to explain. The center minutes are going to Draymond, Post and Looney, who right now are better players.
Looney is playing awful right now, but even still, ok but what about PF, TJD’s natural position?
Can Kerr stop trying to coach a WNBA team and instead quit and just join that particular league? He can coach all the 6’3″ and unders to his hearts delight then!
The Warriors literally gave the Nets a 20 point head start last night and still beat them.
2022 = 2025
8 CLE Collin Sexton
9 NYK Kevin Knox
10 PHI Mikal Bridges
11 CHO Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
12 LAC Miles Bridges
lmao the Knicks are the most overrated franchise in the USA.
Please don’t remind me we drafted Mikal (I never forgot to be fair) and then traded him away.
Coach Bud is right, the villanova effect is real