© Kirby Lee | 2019 Oct 16
It’s as if Bob Myers is making up for lost time. Since taking over as GM in 2012, Myers has done almost nothing at the trade deadline, electing to stand pat as his first-place teams geared up for championship pushes.
That’s not the case this year, and the last two weeks have seen the Warriors overhaul nearly half their roster. Among the trade casualties were Willie Cauley-Stein, Alec Burks, Glenn Robinson, Omari Spellman, Jacob Evans and D’Angelo Russell. The latter deal to move Russell to Minnesota was certainly the most newsworthy, and netted the Warriors an actual player in addition to picks, polarizing wing Andrew Wiggins.
The deals left the Warriors with six vacant roster spots, leading to the signings of three players, former G-Leaguers Juan Toscano-Anderson, Zach Norvell and Jeremy Pargo, and the re-signings of two, Ky Bowman and Marquese Chriss, according to multiple reports.
Bowman has reportedly signed a two-year deal after spending this season on a two-way contract, and maxing out the amount of time he could spend with the NBA team. Chriss, who was on a full-time deal before being released and then re-signed to a two-way contract, is now also reportedly signing a two-year deal.
Toscano-Anderson, 26, is an Oakland native and is also being signed to a full-time deal. Anderson is a 6-foot-6 wing who is averaging 12.5 points and 9 rebounds in 29 minutes per game this season. He has never appeared in an NBA game.
Pargo and Norvell have both reportedly been signed to 10-day contracts. Norvell turned heads during the preseason with the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 6-foot-5 wing is averaging over 15 points and 40 percent from 3-point range with LA’s G-League affiliate. Like Norvell, Pargo, 33, also played at Gonzaga and is averaging 17 points with the Santa Cruz Warriors this season.
The Warriors still have two vacant roster spots, and must fill at least one of them in the next 14 days.