Bay Area native, new draft picks headline Warriors summer league roster
SAN FRANCISCO Plenty of familiar names and a pair of current draft picks headline the Warriors Summer League roster Nineteen players populate the list that was distributed on Sunday night The crew will begin play at the California Classic at Chase Center on July Santa Cruz Warriors coach Lainn Wilson will lead the band Golden State s two second-round NBA Draft picks Alex Toohey and Will Richard are on the roster as is a pair of end-of-the-bench guys in Taran Armstrong and Jackson Rowe Vallejo native Chance McMillan and Sacramento s Coleman Hawkins are also on the unit Here is what you need to know about the players who will be representing the Bay Area at Chase and later Las Vegas Notable names Chance McMillian Played at St Patrick-St Vincent for three years before transferring to nearby Bethel and averaging points per event winning the Tri-County Athletic League Stone Division MVP in each of his final three seasons Starred at Texas Tech and scored points against the eventual national champions Florida in the Elite Eight at Chase Center Will Richard The No pick in the draft helped eliminate McMillian from March Madness and later scored a team-high points in the National Championship Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy sees Richard as a guard-wing hybrid who should be able to thrive off-ball Related Articles Reports Warriors bring back Gui Santos Quinten Post Hear them roar Valkyries are WNBA s hottest ticket and Bay Area fan base can t get enough Reports Warriors make first move with restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga Now that the NBA draft is over what should Warriors do with Jonathan Kuminga What you need to know about Warriors draft pick Will Richard Alex Toohey The No pick in the draft is a -foot- forward who averaged points and rebounds per match for the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League of Australia Warriors Dunleavy described media that he is high on Toohey s defensive versatility Taran Armstrong Toohey isn t the only Australian on the roster Armstrong joined the Warriors roster in February after starring in Santa Cruz but did not see any action with the NBA side The -year-old guard attended California Baptist Jackson Rowe The -year-old big man played in six games for the Warriors last season averaging points and rebounds per night Saw limited action in the playoffs as well and was part of the memorable pseudo comeback in Meeting vs Houston LJ Cryer One of the leaders of the Houston band that gave Florida everything it could handle in the title battle Averaged points per championship for the Cougars where he was named to the Wooden All-American crew as a fifth-year senior Coleman Hawkins The Antelope product and Prolific Prep-Napa alum joins McMillian as NorCal natives on the Summer League roster Averaged points per contest during his senior season at Kansas State Rest of the roster Jules Bernard UCLA Marques Bolden Duke Leopold Delaunay France Ja Vier Francis Houston Alex Higgins-Titsha Australia Blake Hinson Pittsburgh Chris Manon Vanderbilt Gabe Madsen Utah Bez Mbeng Yale Isaiah Mobley USC Donta Scott Maryland Jaden Shackelford Alabama
