Warriors reportedly sign two players for training camp competition

The Warriors now have an impressive list of players lined up looking to become the next Gary Payton II.

After Payton parlayed a strong training camp with Golden State into a crucial spot in the rotation during the regular season and playoffs, the Warriors are again seeking to build competition at the back end of their roster this year.

Trevion Williams, a forward who appeared on the Celtics’ Summer League team, and Pat Spencer, a guard who played for the Wizards’ Summer League squad, have reportedly agreed to Exhibit 10 contracts that will allow them to compete for jobs during training camp.

Williams’ deal was first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic while JD Shaw of Hoops Rumors said Spencer’s agents confirmed the news of his contract with Golden State.

Williams averaged 7.4 points and 6.6 rebounds during Summer League play following an interesting college career at Purdue where he was a First Team All-Big Ten player as a junior before coming off the bench and winning the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year Award as a senior.

Spencer averaged 6.5 points and 4.0 assists per game with the Wizards’ Summer League team after spending part of 2020 in Germany and last season with the Wizards’ G-League affiliate. Spencer only played one season of college basketball at Northwestern as he started for the Wildcats after enjoying a prolific lacrosse career at Loyola University in Maryland.

The duo joins guard Mac McClung, who became the first of a handful of players to agree to a non-guaranteed contract that will give him a chance to secure a spot with a Warriors team that’s filled with some of the most accomplished players in the NBA in Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green and some of the most league’s most intriguing recent lottery picks in James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody.

Players who sign Exhibit 10 contracts can have their one-year deals converted into two-way contracts that don’t count against the league’s 15-man regular season roster limit, but the Warriors have already signed guards Lester Quiñones and Quinndary Weatherspoon to two-way deals for the upcoming season.

It’s possible Williams or Spencer could win a job with the Warriors during a camp competition this fall, but it’s more likely both players end up with Golden State’s G-League affiliate in Santa Cruz. McClung, the G League Rookie of the Year last season, might have the best shot at securing a full-time roster spot out of training camp, in part because the Warriors lack depth at the point guard position and second-round draft pick Ryan Rollins is still recovering from a foot injury that sidelined him during Summer League play.