World News – USA – Could Nico Mannion be a hidden gem for warriors in the second round?

Warrior Guard Nico Mannion is getting used to waiting. After more than eight months of drafting prep, he heard 47 names named before his draft night just to play his first six NBA games.

Mannion’s inability to hit the ground depends more on his contractual situation than how Golden State sees him. Two-way contract players can only appear in 50 out of 72 possible games with the NBA club this season, forcing the Warriors to ponder how to use Mannion and their fellow player in a two-way deal, Striker Juan Toscano-Anderson.

« I’m sure I’ll be enabled for games at some point, but I know the two-way limit can limit my availability, » Mannion said. « I’m just trying to adapt and learn as much as I can. They try to see it as a half-full glass. ”

19-year-old Mannion must protect Stephen Curry in action, investigate the Golden State moving crime, and stand ready whenever he is finally asked to check-in to a game. Given that Brad Wanamaker was unpredictable early in his tenure as Warriors, head coach Steve Kerr may want to see what Mannion looks like in the rotation soon.

Kerr’s employees were impressed by his athleticism and ability to fit. According to a team source, Golden State already believes Mannion was a coup so late in the second round. This is someone who was a scheduled lottery a little over a year ago. Inconsistent shooting and shaky defenses in his lonely Arizona season lowered his draft inventory, but he still boasts of the vertical jump and field view that made him a high school phenomenon.

During Mannion’s sophomore year at Pinnacle High, Phoenix, Sports Illustrated posted a profile of 7. 000 words that heralded him as a child prodigy. Eleven months later, a video surfaced online in which Kevin Durant was watching a Mannion mix tape and when the curly redhead threw a vicious dunk in transition, the curly redhead yelled, “Oh! I did not see that! « 

While Mannion waits for his NBA debut, he settles in his San Francisco apartment, peppering curry with questions and ironing out the kinks in his shooting form. It’s been almost 300 days since he last checked into an organized game. If you wait a few more days, it won’t bother him too much.

Connor Letourneau joined the Golden State Warriors in September 2016 after a year with Cal. Prior to that, he spent two years with the Oregon State Beavers for The Oregonian. Letourneau is a University of Maryland alum who interned for The Baltimore Sun and blogged for the New York Times. A portland, ore. The native American is interested in telling stories that go beyond the field or the yard.

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