AUGUST 14: Chiozza’s signing is official, the Warriors announced (via Twitter).
AUGUST 9: The Warriors will ink free agent point guard Chris Chiozza to a one-year contract, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Anthony Slater of The Athletic adds (via Twitter) that Chiozza’s contract will be a two-way deal.
After going undrafted in 2018 out of Florida, the 5’11” guard logged time with the Wizards, Rockets, and Nets between 2018-21, playing in both the NBA and the G League for all three clubs.
Most recently, after spending part of the 2019/20 season with the Nets on a two-way contract, Chiozza returned to Brooklyn ahead of the 2020/21 season.
Chiozza did not carve out a consistent roster spot during his most recent season with a Brooklyn club loaded with backcourt options. He appeared in 22 games with the Nets, averaging 4.0 PPG, 3.0 APG and 1.1 RPG across 10.5 MPG.
As a two-way player, Chiozza can only suit up for a maximum of 50 games with Golden State, and will likely spend portions of the season with the team’s NBAGL affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Woj opines that Chiozza will have a chance to compete for some rotation time as a reserve point guard for Golden State, as there’s no clear-cut backup to All-Star Stephen Curry on the roster. Gary Payton II and Mychal Mulder are on non-guaranteed contracts, while Jordan Poole saw some time at the point last season and also should be in the mix.
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
Guaranteed finals appearance for the dubs now
Not now, way before this. Steph Curry’s team will always be in the Finals mix. They might have gone a lot deeper than anyone expected last year, due to the nature of last years playoffs, but we will never know, because finishing with the 8th best record no longer guarantees a playoffs appearance now.
Fire bob myers, fire bob myers… should have gave the hawks gm bob’s job instead of letting him walk to build a contender in Atlanta
The Warriors might have to cut Payton before 1/3 of his contract for next season becomes guaranteed in a couple of days. Once Iggy is signed they will have 13 players with guaranteed contracts. Damion Lee and Mulder both have non-guaranteed contracts as well. Not a lot of experienced depth at PG behind Curry.
What about that luxury tax tho?
I think they have penciled in Jordan Poole as the primary backup point guard for Steph Curry. That could be a big ask so we’ll see if he’s ready and up to it. I believe he’ll be given every opportunity. If Dubs don’t trade for a bigger name and should Poole not live up to the expectations, the Warriors have always played point guard by committee.
You have Green running the point and Steph Curry in the important minutes but other than that there’s a Iguadala and Mulder and Damion Lee and of course both Moody and kaminga can perform spot Duty. My preference is to add a bigger name but fingers crossed Jordan Poole steps up to the plate this year.
Are you done with your hard-on for the warriors yet? Asking for a trade rumors community.
He’s obsessed. It’s bizarre.
hows that hater-aid taste? Awfully salty.
So, it doesn’t make any sense to cut Payton. Why would you want to do that?
If it doesn’t make any sense, then why are they doing it? You tell me.
…And what just didn’t happen. I’ll remind you. Gary Payton is still wearing a Warriors uni.
Damon Lee now has a partially guaranteed contract and is officially the 14th guy on their roster.
So the posters who say, “I would rather just order out for Chiozza”, there you go. Myers bit.
Actually nobody said that. But similar.
Well, the W’s got their budget version of Davion Mitchell.
Super fast, electrifying passer, has a very effective step back 3 (always there, no matter how tall the defender, given the need to prevent him from taking people off the dribble.)
Pesky on-ball D due to his quickness.
Wannamaker was a dud last year, in every way.
I think this partly addresses their lack of dribble penetration (which is what their offense demands but they’ve never matched players to execute that efficiently, instead stalling for periods of stagnancy – swinging the ball endlessly around the perimeter…)
Given his time in Brooklyn and reliably clear skill set, I’d expect him to play with the big club quite a bit the first half of the season with enough chances to prove he deserves regular spot minutes.
If 2-way contracts can begin to be seen as the deepest part of the bullpen, this guy is a sidearm right hander with a weird curveball (effective in limited and very specific circumstances.)
Coach Atkinson must have really lobbied for his professionalism and character for them to pull the trigger on this 2-way spot so quickly.
We’ll see.
Mannion better not think that just because he’s played well for Italy and his dad was a Dub he’ll be given anything. This guy is hungry for those 8-15’.
Get better or get cut.
Let them fight to the death.
(At least Chiozza shows some delicious White Chocolate passing skills.)
Mannion is a shoo-in for the other 2-way spot, Kerr will do anything to get the AZ guy minutes in this league (although he doesnt really deserve them)
lmao this did not age well!
For a so called Warriors fan, you completely missed Mannion playing for Italy. I think you need to get over your hatred of Kerr and come back to reality. Jeez what a putz.
Huh? For being a so called Warriors fan, you sure cant understand how timelines work.
1. I said we should get Nico on a 2-way deal
2. Nico is playing for Italy AS I WROTE THAT
3. Nico stops playing for Italy, and signs with italian league
4. this story gets updated
5. dummies cant read timestamps
“Jeez what a putz” says a moron who bent over backwards and ignored logic just to take a dump on me. Nope. You are the putz here, loser. Kerr has never ever coached any basketball team that didnt have Steph Curry on it, yet he acts like Curry isnt the GOAT.
You just lost your reply abilities, have fun with me never reading a dumb thing you post again – MUTED.
Yeah, I like Chiozza, sort of a poor man’s Kyrie. He deserves a chance. Exciting, aggressive little guy.
After last night, I’m convinced at Moody will have more win shares than Bazemore and Oubre combined this season. Dude has the IQ of a 10 year veteran, he is going to play in the NBA a long, long time. Kuminga has a massive IQ too, but he can only score when driving to the bucket, his shot is awful right now, so he’s perfect to start in the g-league…but Moody can start in the opening night rotation, no problem. Moody is gunna be a PROBLEM!
After last years “see how many low IQ guys can Steph try and get over the line” plan, it appears Lacob is doing a lot better this time around, pretty strictly only getting high-IQ guys, but no one expected the two picks to have such an excellent feels for the game, right off the jump. Kuminga and Moody are two VERY legit pieces. Now just gotta hope Wiseman can improve, and Lacob is smellin like roses.
That summer league team is not very good if it were not for the 2 new draft picks. Kuminga showed a lot of talent for a 18 y O. Moody looks like he could be a play maker. More impress is the warrior players that showed up to support the summer team.
Didn’t Nico Mannion just sign overseas? I would think that takes him off the list.
He’s disabled mentally when it comes to Warriors actions. He agrees with or doesn’t agree with. It’s his version only.
“Mannion will now join Virtus Bologna in the Italian Serie A basketball league, linking up with former NBA players Milos Teodosic and Kevin Hervey. However, if Mannion opts to return to the NBA after his time in Italy, the Warriors will still hold his restricted free agent rights.”
Sixers were smart (Morey isn’t). They go after Halliburton. He’s perfect for Embiid and team. They could probably load up their team with. Bagley and Buddy also.
Yup, lol my comment did not age well! But it was true at the time it was written, so *shrugs*
Yeah, that section of the story was written/published a day or two before he signed in Italy, but I’ll take it out to avoid confusion.
Now we’re cooking!