The Warriors vs LeBron rivalry continues to the next generation.
The NBA draft is over and the free agency period is heating up.The Warriors had no first round picks to utilize this time around. Instead they tried to get creative, per Yahoo Sports:
The Warriors on Thursday morning traded their only pick, 52nd overall, to Oklahoma City for 26-year-old Lindy Waters III, a wing who has endured three years of pro hoops, the last three in the Thunder system.
On Thursday afternoon, they reacquired that No. 52 pick (which OKC had traded to Portland) and selected 24-year-old Ouinten Post, a 7-foot center who began his journey in the Netherlands before playing 124 games at two Division I colleges in the United States.
Less than one hour later, the Warriors reached an agreement on a two-way contract with 22-year-old Reece Beekman, a 6-foot-2 point guard who started 121 of 126 games at the University of Virginia and was voted ACC Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and as a senior.
Meanwhile the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a miracle to draft Bronny James, son of all-time great hooper LeBron James.
That led me to wonder how the Warriors can strike back by drafting the progeny of THEIR own Hall-of-Famers.
Let’s start with Stephen Curry. He has four kids, with the younger two being sons. The eldest of his boys is Canon Curry, a five-year old who has apparently already shown an excitement for the game of hoops.
Now Canon hasn’t declared what university he wants to play hoops at since he’s a very small child, but this could be a prospect to keep an eye on over the next 15 years as he learns the game from his daddy.
Then there’s Draymond Green. This former All-Star and defensive player of the year has three children, including a seven year old son named DJ who is already a major part of the Golden State organization apparently:
I’m not sure how many years left Steph and Dray have in the tank, but with new technology maybe they can get robotic ACL’s that could keep them on the court to play their boys.
