Report: Former Warriors Ty Jerome agrees to two-year deal with Cavaliers

During the 2022-23 season with the Warriors, Jerome played 45 games, averaging 6.9 points on 48.8% shooting from the field to go along with three assists and 1.7 rebounds per game.

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Former members of the Golden State Warriors are continuing to find new homes via free agency across the association. After Donte DiVincenzo landed with the New York Knicks, another member of the Warriors 2022-23 backcourt is headed to the Eastern Conference.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Ty Jerome has agreed to a two-year, $5 million deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Via @wojespn on Twitter:

The Warriors initially extended a qualifying offer to the former two-way guard. Yet, Cleveland structured their offer out of Golden State’s price range, per Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

Via @anthonyVslater on Twitter:

Jerome joined the Warriors in the preseason and was later signed to a two-way contract. In his first season under Steve Kerr with the Warriors, Jerome played 45 games, averaging 6.9 points on 48.8% shooting from the field to go along with three assists and 1.7 rebounds per game.

With Jerome, DiVincenzo and Jordan Poole all having new homes, the Warriors will have a new look backcourt in 2023, featuring Chris Paul alongside Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.

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Report: Warriors not expected to extend qualifying offers for Anthony Lamb and Ty Jerome

The Warriors will reportedly not extend qualifying offers to the Anthony Lamb and Ty Jerome.

Along with Draymond Green and Donte DiVincenzo, two other members from the Golden State Warriors 2022-23 roster are reportedly set to hit the open free agency market later this week.

According to Anthony Slater of The Athletic, the Warriors aren’t expected to extend qualifying offers to Ty Jerome and Anthony Lamb. Without qualifying offers both Jerome and Lamb will become unrestricted free agents after one season in Golden State. Jerome and Lamb remain options to return to the Warriors depending on the market, per Slater.

Via @anthonyVslater on Twitter:

Lamb initially signed an exhibit-10 contract with the Warriors that was transitioned into a two-way deal. After impressing on his two-way deal, Lamb was converted into a standard NBA contract. In 62 games with the Warriors, Lamb averaged 6.7 points on 47.1% shooting from the field and 36.7% from beyond the arc with 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 19.3 minutes per contest.

Jerome joined the Warriors in the preseason and was later signed to a two-way contract. Jerome played 45 games, averaging 6.9 points on 48.8% shooting from the field to go along with three assists and 1.7 rebounds per game.

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Warriors’ Steph Curry and Ty Jerome were impressed with emphatic dunk by Virginia’s Reece Beekman

When you’ve impressed one of the best, that’s a good night.

Sometimes, you can come home. Such was the case Wednesday night for Ty Jerome, who made an appearance in Charlottesville for Virginia’s rivalry game with Virginia Tech. Jerome played for the Cavaliers, helping lead Virginia to the 2019 national championship title. Now with the Golden State Warriors, Jerome brought a well-known friend — four-time NBA champ and two-time league MVP Steph Curry — to his old stomping grounds.

Curry and the Warriors were up in Washington, D.C. for the team’s title-celebrating trip to the White House, making it an easy trip down 29 South for the game.

With just seconds left in the first half, Virginia’s Reece Beekman drove the lane for an emphatic dunk as time expired. Jerome and Curry were visibly impressed.

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Warriors activate two-way guard Ty Jerome before Tuesday’s game vs. Suns

With Donte DiVincenzo dealing with a hamstring injury, the Warriors are activating two-way guard Ty Jerome before Tuesday’s contest against the Suns.

During the Golden State Warriors’ win over the Sacramento Kings in San Francisco on Sunday, Donte DiVincenzo suffered a hamstring injury that will hold him out for the next week before he’s re-evaluated.

Prior to suffering his injury, DiVincenzo played in all three of Golden State’s opening games, averaging 14 minutes off the bench per game. With DiVincenzo out and rookies Patrick Baldwin Jr. and Ryan Rollins assigned to the G League, the Warriors are activating one of their two-way players.

Ty Jerome will travel with the team to Phoenix and be active for Golden State’s contest against his former team on Tuesday night in the desert.

Via @kendra__andrews on Twitter: 

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Via @KellanOlson on Twitter:

After waiving Quinndary Weatherspoon and Lester Quinones at the end of the preseason, the Warriors signed Jerome, along with Anthony Lamb to two-way contracts. 

After being drafted by the Suns in the 2019 NBA draft, Jerome has had stops in Phoenix and Oklahoma City before joining the Warriors during training camp in the 2022 offseason. 

Jerome and the Warriors will play their first road game of the 2022-23 season on Tuesday at 7 p.m. PT against the Suns in Phoenix on Tuesday evening.

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Report: Former Thunder guard Ty Jerome to sign training camp deal with Warriors

Ty Jerome is set to sign with the Warriors as he fights to make their roster.

It looks like former Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ty Jerome has found a new home.

The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the Golden State Warriors plan to sign Jerome to a camp deal after he clears waivers. The Warriors will release guard Mac McClung in a corresponding move.

The Thunder traded Jerome to the Houston Rockets in an eight-player trade  last week, and he was subsequently waived by that team.

It was reported right before media day that Jerome was not going to participate in training camp while he worked with the Thunder to figure out his NBA future.

The Thunder acquired Jerome in 2020 in the Chris Paul trade from the Phoenix Suns. In three career seasons, Jerome averaged 7.1 points, 2.4 assists on 39.8% shooting and 34.4% 3-point shooting.

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Warriors waive Mac McClung and Trevion Williams

After waiving Mac McClung and Trevion Williams, the Warriors will reportedly add Ty Jerome to a training camp contract.

After two preseason games and a trip to Japan, the Golden State Warriors are making some changes to their training camp roster.

On Monday, the team announced they would waive guard Mac McClung and Trevion Williams.

On Saturday at Saitama Super Arena in Japan, McClung tallied nine points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field with two rebounds, two assists and two steals in 12 minutes. All of McClung’s points came in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 104-95 win. McClung didn’t record a minute in the Warriors’ preseason opener on Friday.

Williams notched two points on 1-of-3 shooting from the floor with six rebounds and two assists in nine minutes off the bench against the Wizards on Saturday. The undrafted rookie free agent out of Purdue played three minutes on Friday against the Wizards, hitting a single 3-pointer for three points.

Via @WarriorsPR on Twitter:

After waiving McClung and Williams, the Warriors are planning to sign Ty Jerome, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Via @ShamsCharania on Twitter:

Jerome was recently waived by the Houston Rockets after being traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder. During his three-year career, Jerome has averaged 7.1 points on 37.8% shooting from the floor with 2.3 assists and 1.6 rebounds per contest.

Jerome will get the chance to compete for the Warriors’ 15th and final roster spot with three preseason games remaining before the regular season tips off.

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Report: Ty Jerome in talks with Warriors for training camp deal

The Warriors are reportedly in talks with Ty Jerome for a training camp deal.

Although training camp is underway, the Golden State Warriors might not be done adding to their roster.

According to Anthony Slater of The Athletic, the Warriors are in talks with guard Ty Jerome for a training camp deal. The Houston Rockets recently acquired Jerome in an eight-player deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Following the trade, Jerome was waived by the Rockets.

Via @anthonyVslater on Twitter:

Since being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the No. 24 overall pick in the 2019 draft out of Virginia, Jerome has played one season with the Phoenix Suns and two seasons with the Thunder.

During his three-year career, the 25-year-old is averaging 7.1 points on 37.8% shooting from the floor with 2.3 assists and 1.6 rebounds per contest.

If Jerome lands with the Warriors, he will have the opportunity to compete against other training camp invites like Mac McClung, Jerome Robinson, Trevion Williams and Pat Spencer.

Following two preseason games in Japan, the Warriors will return to the Bay Area for three more preseason games at Chase Center and the remainder of training camp. Golden State is set to open the season up against the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 18 in San Francisco.

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Rockets trade four players to OKC for package led by Derrick Favors, future second-round draft pick

The Rockets are trading four veteran players to Oklahoma City in a deal bringing Derrick Favors, a future second-round draft pick, and more to Houston. Here’s our analysis of the move.

In a trade between rebuilding rivals in the Western Conference, Oklahoma City is trading Derrick Favors, Ty Jerome, Moe Harkless, Theo Maledon, and a 2025 second-round pick via Atlanta to the Houston Rockets for David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss, as first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

All of the players involved have expiring contracts (see Rockets books, Thunder books), so it shouldn’t materially impact either team’s long-term salary cap planning. Oklahoma City is also sending $6.3 million in cash considerations to compensate for the substantial gap in salaries, per Jackson Gatlin of Locked on Rockets.

The Rockets had acquired Brown, Burke, and Chriss for salary matching purposes as part of the trade sending Christian Wood to Dallas in June, but none were in Houston’s future plans.

Keeping those players into the 2022-23 regular season, which begins in under three weeks, would have been difficult because the NBA’s offseason roster limit of 20 players shrinks to 15 standard contracts and two two-way deals. Thus, Rockets general manager Rafael Stone was searching to make something of those assets before the roster deadline would force many (if not all) of those players to be released.

Of the four players acquired from the Thunder, only Favors — a veteran who could figure into Houston’s backup center mix — would seem to have a plausible path to rotation minutes this season. While Houston is likely to evaluate all or most in the upcoming preseason, the roster deadline is likely to force a handful of releases.

Beyond any value from Favors, now 31 years old, as a player, the primary trade benefits would appear to be his salary and the future second-round draft pick via Atlanta. At $10.2 million, Favors could potentially help the Rockets match salary in trades closer to the 2022-23 trade deadline next February, yet he only occupies one roster spot. To reach that figure prior to this trade, the Rockets would have had to commit multiple roster spots due to the smaller annual salaries.

Moreover, because the Rockets are taking in more money than they are sending out and reducing Oklahoma City’s potential luxury tax figure, the Thunder are compensating Houston with a future second-round draft pick and cash. In effect, the Rockets are buying a future pick by absorbing a contract from a team looking to shed payroll, similar to the 2024 second-round pick they got from Brooklyn last preseason in a deal involving Sekou Doumbouya, who was subsequently waived by the Rockets.

According to Kelly Iko of The Athletic, Houston’s newly acquired 2025 second-round pick via Atlanta is protected for picks 31-40. If that doesn’t convey, the Rockets would then receive the second-best 2026 second rounder between Dallas, Oklahoma City, and Philly (all are currently owned by the Thunder).

Scroll on for recent statistics of players involved in the trade, along with further analysis and reaction to the move.

Report: Thunder send Derrick Favors to Rockets in an 8-player deal

The Oklahoma City Thunder will send Derrick Favors to the Houston Rockets in a large deal that includes eight players.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are done wheeling and dealing as they continue with training camp on their way to preparing for the 2022-23 season.

The Thunder, who are rebuilding, made a large deal Thursday night in terms of players but a minor one in terms of impact. They are sending Derrick Favors, Theo Maledon, Moe Harkless, Ty Jerome and a 2025 second-round pick to the Houston Rockets for Trey Burke, David Nwaba, Marquese Chriss and Sterling Brown.

All in all, it’s more of a deal for salary cap relief. The Thunder gain two trade exceptions, and they drop roughly $10 million below the luxury tax. OKC also gains some intriguing players to continue their rebuild.

Favors was a respected veteran who was a nice presence for the youngsters. He averaged 5.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in 39 games in the 2021-22 season as he now heads to Houston where he could be moved again.

The Thunder had recently acquired Harkless in a trade earlier in the week while Jerome and Maledon will be looking for fresh starts with the Rockets.

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OKC Thunder: Mark Daigneault comments on Ty Jerome’s status

“We take a lot of pride not only in how our players develop while they’re between our walls, but also in what they do after they leave.”

During Tuesday’s training camp practice, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault spoke to the media.

One of the topics discussed was the Ty Jerome situation. The Thunder reported prior to media day that Jerome would not participate in training camp as he works with the team to take the next career step.

That is essentially code for Jerome wanting out of Oklahoma City. It is hard to blame him. The Thunder have a logjam of younger guards on the roster the team likely prioritizes over the fourth-year player whose rookie contract expires after this season.

When asked for a comment, Daigneault essentially confirmed Jerome’s tenure with the Thunder is unofficially over, and he’ll either get traded or waived.

“That was a decision that came to where it is now between Sam and Ty’s representation and this is the resolution that they landed on,” Daigneault said. “Very grateful for Ty and his time here. We take a lot of pride not only in how our players develop while they’re between our walls, but also in what they do after they leave. Not every player is going to play here forever, just the nature of the NBA. But we really, truly care about our guys… We want them to go on and have success.”

In 112 career games spanning three seasons, Jerome averaged 7.1 points, 1,6 rebounds and 2.3 assists on 37.8% shooting.

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