After losing five straight games, and being without Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors haven’t had much to get excited about in the 2019-20 season. Unfortunately for Golden State, Tuesday night, things got worse.
The Warriors suffered a loss to their Northern California rivals, the Sacramento Kings, and Steve Kerr was ejected during the contest, but that wasn’t the only piece of disappointing news.
Marquese Chriss was waived by Golden State after their loss in the state capital to reportedly clear room for two-way guard Damion Lee. Chriss had played well in his first season with the Warriors, averaging 7.4 points and 5.4 rebounds in 37 games for Golden State.
The 22-year-old power forward looked like he could be a long-term piece for the Dubs, but their situation with the hard cap and Lee’s two-way contract running out of days, the Warriors chose to let go of Chriss before his non-guaranteed deal turned into a fully guaranteed contract.
At Tuesday’s practice for the Dubs, members of Golden State had a chance to react to Chriss getting let go from the team. Former Defensive Player of the Year, Draymond Green told reporters that Chriss getting waived was “unfortunate” after he had earned a spot with Golden State.
who worked his way on the teamIt’s obviously unfortunate, ‘Quese’ has been here for about four months now, you build relationships with guys, so that part makes it tough, but also that’s where the business sucks — that’s a guy who came in training camp, who worked his way on the team— not only did he do that, he earned a spot — it’s unfortunate sometimes how the business side works out where there was a situation that, that was the only option — he earned a spot, and it’s unfortunate to see him go.
Draymond Green on Marquese Chriss getting cut: pic.twitter.com/MvDax5hrIN
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) January 7, 2020
Green was an advocate of Chriss since the former Washington Husky joined the Warriors during their 2019 training camp; however, the two forwards could have an opportunity for a reunion later in the season. If Chriss clears waivers, the Warriors could add the former lottery pick back to the team on a 10-day contract.