6:07pm: Spencer has officially had his contract converted and Key has signed his two-way deal, the team’s PR department tweets.
4:57pm: The Warriors are converting Pat Spencer‘s two-way deal into a standard contract and will fill that two-way spot by signing forward Braxton Key, The Stein Line contributor Jake Fischer reports (Twitter links).
Golden State had two open spots on the 15-man roster and needed to fill at least one of them. The signing of Kevin Knox to a second 10-day contract at the beginning of the month bumped its roster count to 13.
Spencer has appeared in 28 games off the bench for the Warriors this season, averaging 2.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 7.0 minutes per night. He scored a career-high 17 points against Indiana on Jan. 10.
Spencer, 28, went undrafted out of Northwestern in 2020. He had a brief stay in Germany but has spent the bulk of his pro career in the G League. He’s played five games for the Santa Cruz Warriors this season.
Key, 28, has appeared in 34 career NBA games, including 20 contest with Denver last season. He was part of the Clippers’ training camp roster last fall but was waived prior to the season opener.
Key has been playing in the G League with the San Diego Clippers. In a total of 38 NBAGL appearances, he’s averaging 14.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.4 steals in 31.8 minutes per game.
Gross. Spencer stinks and plays zero defense.
He’s a good 15th man
But why so early?? In the past, Warriors waited the the very end to do it.
League rules say they had to add 1 the last ones still open
14th man
Yas
But he’s the 14th man!
Is there something weird in the water in the backwoods of Kentucky where you live? What don’t you understand? With the Warriors cap situation, and league roster requirements, who would they have brought in? Not really that many players out there, especially “bigs”. Look at what is happening to the Clippers. If it weren’t for the Suns, they might not even make the playin.
14th/15th who cares. End of the bench. Nerds
If he is good, why is he at the end of the bench?
There is no more exciting news than this story.
Adding Jimmy has definitely improved the team, but would be nice to have more depth on the bench…in any case, going through a good stretch..note: very bad loss to sixers without Embiid… gotta win those kind of games.. let’s hope that was just a one off…and difficult to see them beating better teams in playoffs
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Towns will not play tonight
Curry and Butler are likely to play with injury
Good for him! Great story. Don’t never give up kiddos.
His brother plays for Memphis. Guess who has the bragging rights contract wise.
Braxton Key is an interesting choice considering the depth they have at his positions
Oh now I remember Kevin Knox a little clearer after 30 seconds of action, my god lol.