Tarence Kinsey

Tarence Kinsey To Play In Spain

Former NBA player Tarence Kinsey has signed a deal to play for Breogan of Liga ACB, according to a Sportando report. Kinsey spent last season with Hapoel Jerusalem, where he averaged 10.1 PPG and 4.4 RPG.

Kinsey, 34, went undrafted out of the University of South Carolina but latched on with the Grizzlies for the 2006/07 season. He spent his first two seasons with Memphis, appearing in 60 games. In his rookie campaign, Kinsey averaged 7.7 PPG and 2.0 RPG in 48 contests.

Following his release from the Grizzlies, Kinsey suited up for the Cavaliers for the 2008/09 season, appearing in 50 games. That was the last time Kinsey played in the NBA as he’s had stints in Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Italy Israel and now Spain in his professional career.

Warriors Waive Four Players

The Warriors have made four cuts, reducing their roster to 15 players with less than a week until the regular season gets underway. Golden State has waived camp invitees Carlon Brown, Lance Goulbourne, Rick Jackson, and Tarence Kinsey, according to a press release from the team.

Golden State began training camp with the maximum 20 players under contract, but released Stefhon Hannah earlier in the month. With 15 players still under contract, the Warriors could be poised to enter the regular season with their current roster. Kent Bazemore is the only player remaining on the team without a fully guaranteed contract, though he has a partial guarantee and seems to be a good bet to make the team.

Warriors Sign Brown, Goulbourne, Jackson, Kinsey

The Warriors have officially signed four free agents, the team announced via press release. Carlon Brown, Lance Goulbourne, Rick Jackson and Tarence Kinsey will all be in camp, and though the team did not disclose the terms, it's likely they all have non-guaranteed minimum-salary deals. The moves put Golden State at 19 players, one short of the maximum number they can bring to camp, with a space left open if the team wishes to complete a deal with Alex Renfroe, who was reportedly close to signing with the team earlier this month.

We heard a report from HoopsWorld's Alex Kennedy a week ago that the team had signed Kinsey, so this just makes that move official. Kinsey is the only one of the four with NBA experience, having played parts of three seasons with the Grizzlies and Cavs, the last coming in 2008/09. The 6'6" shooting guard has averaged 4.7 points and 1.3 rebounds in 12.2 minutes per game in 109 NBA contests, with a PER of 11.0. He spent last season with Anadolu Efes in Turkey.

The 6'5" Brown went undrafted out of Colorado this June, averaging 12.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG and 2.0 APG in 28.5 minutes for the Buffaloes in 2011/12. The shooting guard played with the Bobcats in summer league, putting up 9.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG and 1.4 APG in 22.3 MPG. Goulbourne, a 6'8" swingman, also went undrafted out of Vanderbilt this past June, having put up 8.7 PPG and 6.9 RPG in 27.9 MPG in his final season for the Commodores. Neither Brown nor Goulbourne appeared in Chad Ford's list of the Top 100 draft prospects for ESPN.com (Insider only). Jackson, a 6'9" power forward from Syracuse, spent his first pro season last year with Chorale Roanne Basket in France, putting up 8.6 PPG and 5.6 RPG in 17.0 MPG.

The signees figure to compete against each other for the final spot on the regular season roster, since the team already has 14 contracts that are fully guaranteed. A 15th player, Kent Bazemore, has a deal that's partially guaranteed for $25K. 

Warriors Sign Tarence Kinsey

The Warriors have signed Tarence Kinsey to a contract that includes a training camp invite, according to Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld (via Twitter). Terms of the deal aren't known, but it figures to be a non-guaranteed, one-year contract.

Kinsey, a South Carolina product, played three NBA seasons for the Grizzlies and Cavaliers from 2006 to 2009. In 109 career games, he averaged 4.7 PPG on .453/.324/.817 shooting. Since he last played in the NBA, the 28-year-old has spent most of his team on rosters overseas, including Fenerbache Ulker and Anadolu Efes in Turkey.

The Warriors have 14 players on guaranteed contracts on the roster, plus Kent Bazemore on a partial guarantee. The team is also reportedly close to bringing aboard Alex Renfroe on a non-guaranteed deal, so Kinsey isn't a strong candidate to earn a roster spot.