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After eight games in two cities, the Warriors concluded their Summer League schedule on Saturday.<\/p>\n
They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 82-71 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Chris Manon led Golden State with 17 points on 4 of 5 shooting, while teammates Ja\u2019Vier Francis and Blake Hinson combined for 25 points. UCLA product Jules Bernard scored 16 off the bench.<\/p>\n
Now that the summer exhibitions are over, it is time to figure out what can be gleaned from the games.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what we learned:<\/p>\n
Will Richard looks like a steal<\/b><\/p>\n
During the predraft process, general manager Mike Dunleavy made sure to emphasize that the team would like \u2014 but was not expecting \u2014 to select an immediate contributor in the second round.<\/p>\n
If Summer League is anything to go by, Dunleavy might be pleasantly surprised by at least one of the team\u2019s two draft picks.<\/p>\n
Will Richard, who helped Florida win the national championship last spring, was the Warriors\u2019 most consistent player during the summer games.<\/p>\n
Unlike many teams that try to give their draft picks reps as the No. 1 scoring option, Warriors summer coach Lainn Wilson placed the 6-foot-4, 22-year-old Richard in the position of a 3-and-D wing, one that he will likely play if he receives minutes during the NBA season.<\/p>\n
The rookie thrived in that role, averaging 10.3 points on 48.5% shooting in his four games in Las Vegas, displaying a willingness to fire away off the catch and attack the basket on cuts and drives.<\/p>\n
While his defense can be handsy at times, leading to fouls, Richard has not backed down from high-profile matchups.<\/p>\n
Toohey a work in progress<\/b><\/p>\n
Alex Toohey does not fit the traditional mold of a \u201cproject player,\u201d being neither exceptionally athletic nor a knockdown shooter.<\/p>\n
But after Summer League, there is no question the 21-year-old Australian forward has a ways to go before he is NBA-ready.<\/p>\n
Flashes of talent are there for the 6-foot-8 power forward, like when he made a series of nifty reverse layups around Utah\u2019s rotation center Kyle Filipowski during a 15-point night.<\/p>\n
He also took advantage of ballhandling opportunities by bringing the ball up the floor in transition and appeared comfortable in open space.<\/p>\n
But Toohey\u2019s lack of burst was also apparent in the helter-skelter Summer League environment, and he had trouble getting into gaps against NBA-caliber defenses. His poor shooting percentages reflected that.<\/p>\n
Expect to see Toohey spend most of the year developing in Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n
Lainn Wilson can coach<\/b><\/p>\n
The Warriors had, arguably, the least-heralded Summer League roster. Second-year center Quinten Post did not play, and there were no ballyhooed prospects on a roster populated by NBA hopefuls, benchwarmers and future all-stars in Puerto Rico\u2019s Baloncesto Superior Nacional.<\/p>\n
So for the Warriors to win 4 of 8 games while shuffling through lineups like a hand of blackjack at the nearby Aria was a credit to Wilson\u2019s ability to squeeze every last ounce of talent out of his squad.<\/p>\n
The former video coordinator was recently promoted to the head coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors, which means he will be in charge of developing at least a few of the players from his overachieving Summer League squad.<\/p>\n
Armstrong makes good first impression<\/b><\/p>\n
Despite spending the last four months of the season with the Warriors organization after being signed from Australia\u2019s National Basketball League, an air of mystery still surrounded 23-year-old Tasmanian point guard Taran Armstrong.<\/p>\n
The 6-5 floor general impressed in his Summer League minutes as the only true table-setter on the roster. Entering Saturday\u2019s finale, he averaged 7.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists while playing with an assorted bunch.<\/p>\n
Like his Australian brethren Toohey, Armstrong is not a particularly twitchy athlete, which showed in Thursday\u2019s loss to the Raptors. But he made the most of his catch-and-shoot opportunities and sprayed the ball around as a passer.<\/p>\n
For a Warriors team desperate for young \u2013 and cheap \u2013 players, Armstrong might be a factor in the rotation.<\/p>\n
Other Warriors notables<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2013 Chris Manon may not make an NBA roster, but the undrafted rookie forward probably earned a pro basketball contract somewhere with his high-energy style. He cannot shoot, but that does not matter when you play with the kind of energy \u2014 and defend \u2014 at the level the Vanderbilt alum does.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Second-year big man Jackson Rowe did his best Draymond Green impression during Summer League, making a number of impressive passes as the short-roll playmaker. The 28-year-old could be a factor in the Warriors\u2019 rotation this season.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Coleman Hawkins was quite vocal about his belief that he should have been drafted, and the 6-foot-10 Sacramento native was probably right. Aside from an atrocious game against the Raptors, he was a high-energy and athletic big who flashed some high-level passing ability out of the high post.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Gabe Madsen\u2019s 22-point outburst against the Jazz \u2013 six 3-pointers in the first half \u2013 was the kind of random fun that can occur in the Summer League. And shooting over 50% from 3-point land and the field as whole will pique some team\u2019s interest, whether it\u2019s in the U.S. or overseas.<\/p>\n
\u2013 A year after tearing his Achilles, Marques Bolden made his return to the court. Even if he does not make it back to the NBA, he will likely sign with a G-League team or play outside of the U.S.<\/p>\n
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