Warriors bringing draft picks, G Lague standouts to California Classic

Fans heading to the Chase Center this weekend for the California Classic will see a number of familiar faces on the Golden State Warriors’ “Team Gold.” Fans seeing the Warriors’ “Team Blue” at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento may need to buy a program.

The team announced two rosters for the California Classic, an offseason kickoff event that the Warriors and Sacramento Kings are holding at both their arenas over eight games Friday-Sunday. The Warriors are fielding two teams, probably because the tournament needed an equal number of teams after the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn Nets, and Milwaukee Bucks all accepted invitations to play.

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Warriors Gold seems to be closer to what the likely roster for Las Vegas Summer League will look like. The Gold team plays two games at the Chase Center, facing the Lakers on Friday and the Spurs on Sunday. Warriors Blue will be in Sacramento exclusively, facing the Bucks on Saturday and the Kings on Sunday. The Heat, Spurs, and Lakers are staying in San Francisco, while the Nets and Bucks stay in the state capital, and you can assume the relative status of those NBA teams from that placement.

Let’s look at Team Gold, which — no disrespect to the fine athletes on Team Blue — features the players who are likely to play in the NBA next season.

Yaxel Lendeborg: He’s an NCAA champion from Michigan who was the No. 11 pick in the draft. He plays great on-ball defense, is insanely competitive, and his dad played with Al Horford’s dad in the Dominican League.

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Will Richard: Another national champion, this time in 2025 for Florida, Richard was the 56th pick in the 2025 draft who ended up playing 69 games (nice) for the Warriors last season. His outside shot needs some work but Richard was a very solid defensive player who was thrown into the fire due to injuries and deserves a role on next year’s team.

LJ Cryer: Cryer played 18 games for the Warriors last season and he was not shy about pulling the trigger on outside shots. He shot 39.4% on 5.2 three-point attempts in 16.2 minutes per game. Cryer is pretty small…

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Publish date : 2026-07-03 01:44:00

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