An injury to He hasn’t played a game this year, but is hoping to get something going in the Warriors organization. The Santa Cruz Warriors soon will add a former NBA player to their roster.
The Santa Cruz Warriors - the G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors - have signed 6-foot-6 former NBA wing Jonathon Simmons. SANTA CRUZ, CA – The Santa Cruz Warriors have acquired Jonathan Simmons and the returning player rights to Chris Walker in exchange for the returning player rights to Antonius Cleveland and Jared Cunningham and Santa Cruz’s 2020 first round pick (via ACC) to the Rio Grande Vipers, it was announced today. After a few years, he made it to the NBA level, and joined the He saw a serious role with the team that year, and an even bigger one in 2016-17. Drew Shiller.
"I think he certainly has a good opportunity to do so and this is a really good platform," Lacob said. … Feb 25, 2020 - The Santa Cruz Warriors deactivated Jonathon Simmons. "The reason we brought him in is because we have some interest in him. With Juan going up to Golden State, it created a vacancy at that spot. Jonathon Simmons is going to be joining Golden State's G League affiliate, the team confirmed Tuesday.
"On Friday night, the 30-year-old registered 24 points (10-for-21 overall, 0-for-1 3s), seven rebounds, two assists (three turnovers) and two steals in nearly 29 minutes.On Saturday night, he racked up 23 points (8-for-15 overall, 2-for-5 3s), four rebounds, one assist (three turnovers) and one memorable block. Anyone on your G League affiliate is free game, meaning any NBA team can sign that player with no obstacles.
There was last year, when Santa Cruz hid In other words, it seems likely that the Warriors are adding Simmons to their G League affiliate so that they can get him comfortable with the system, and then offer the 30-year old a 10-day contract.Simmons has had a truly bizarre NBA journey.
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And it was a good time for us to bring him in. According to Jabari Young of NBC Sports, Simmons had numerous 10- day uses on the table however decided to sign up with the Santa Cruz Warriors rather.
Santa Cruz Warriors sign Jonathon Simmons; 10-day contract incoming?
Warriors came close to giving Jonathon Simmons training camp contract.
Feb 25, 2020 - The Rio Grande Valley Vipers made a successful waiver claim for the contract of Jonathon Simmons. "As a wing who is athletic and knows how to play and clearly has experience at the professional level. Tweet.
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"Obviously, his goal is to get back to the NBA but he's also committed to help us win while he's here. He was in one of our free agent workouts in the offseason leading up to the preseason, and came very close to offering him a training camp contract," Kent Lacob, Director of Team Development, "But Jonathon has been on our radar.
That said, Santa Cruz and Golden State work together, and Golden State uses the G League as much or more than any other team in terms of developing a pipeline.
While the Santa Cruz Warriors are Golden State’s affiliate, Golden State has no more of a right to Simmons’ services than any other team does. Could Simmons make an NBA comeback with Golden State?Now, let’s touch on some technicalities first.
"We actually had conversations with him months back. He has shown that he can do it. We've actually talked to him over the course of the season.
Share. After going undrafted in 2012, he joined the American Basketball League, and then, on a tryout he had to pay for, the G League (then called the D League). We wanted to see him in our system, we wanted to see if it would be a good fit. "Don't be surprised if he ends up signing a 10-day contract with Golden State before the season ends.Make better choices.