On Thursday evening, the Golden State Warriors drafted Brandin Podziemski (19th) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (57th) in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Following the Draft, teams are actively agreeing to deals with undrafted players for two-way contracts, training camp and Summer League rosters.
Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report and the NBA on TNT reports that the Warriors are signing Javan Johnson.
Via Haynes: "Undrafted free agent Javan Johnson out of DePaul has reached an agreement on a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, his agent Daniel Hazan of @hazansportsmgmt tells @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport."
Johnson played five college basketball seasons (two for Troy, one for Iowa State and two for DePaul).
Last year, the 24-year-old averaged 14.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest while shooting 42.6% from the field and 41.2% from the three-point range.
He averaged 6.0 attempts from the three-point range per game and made 2.5.
The Warriors are coming off a season where they were the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
They defeated the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the NBA Playoffs (in seven games).
However, they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round (in six games).
While the franchise has won the NBA Championship four times (and been to the Finals six times) in the previous nine seasons, they were vulnerable this year.
That said, with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson still on the roster, the Warriors will more than likely be one of the contenders to win the 2024 NBA Championship.
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