NBA Summer League: Three takeaways from Warriors’ California Classic opener vs. Lakers

06.07.2025    The Mercury News    8 views
NBA Summer League: Three takeaways from Warriors’ California Classic opener vs. Lakers

Rookies missing Bronny James a healthy scratch Warriors fans who made the trip to Chase Center on Saturday hoping for a glimpse of new second-round picks Alex Toohey and Will Richard were left disappointed when both were held out of the California Classic opener against the Lakers The Warriors explained the Bay Area News Group that the duo cannot play for the gang until the draft-day trades that brought them to Golden State are made official on Sunday Toohey is a forward from Australia and Richard was the starting shooting guard on Florida s National Championship-winning squad Those two were not the only high-profile players held out of action during the Warriors - success over Los Angeles Bronny James the eldest son of arguably the greatest participant of all time did not suit up James averaged just points per contest in regular season games last season but put up points a night in the G-League Armstrong shows skill edge Second-year guard Taran Armstrong got into a minor scuffle with Lakers guard DaJuan Gordon after the Warriors guard was fouled hard going to the rim late in the first half He made majority of his chance as the company s -foot- point guard scoring seven points and throwing six assists Armstrong s best play was a lob pass to Jackson Rowe points eight rebounds two blocks who finished the tough layup for two points as Steph Curry watched The Australian -year-old did not play during the regular season after being signed in February but did put average points and assists per battle with Santa Cruz Unheralded name big encounter The big names might have been missing but others stepped up for the Warriors Among them was Vanderbilt s Chris Manon who finished a pair of Rowe-led showtime fast breaks in the third quarter with a big dunk and a layup in the third quarter en-route to an eight-point night Manon also had three steals and two blocks as he played the role of a do-everything forward Buzzer beaters Oakland native and San Leandro High alum Keshad Johnson scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Heat in their - success in the other match at Chase Center Johnson was the West Alameda County Conference Foothill co-MVP and a all-Bay Area News Group first-team selection who averaged points per competition A year after tearing his Achilles in Summer League Marques Bolden grabbed eight rebounds X led the Warriors with X points Sacramento native Coleman Hawkins had seven points and five rebounds Isaiah Mobley brother of reigning Defensive Athlete of the Year Evan had points San Jose State was well-represented on the Spurs summer league roster Omari Moore the Mountain West Conference player of the year grabbed four rebounds but was held scoreless in minutes Josh Uduje who led the - Spartans in scoring at ppg scored seven points and made of shots in just of action

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