After the Golden State Warriors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in their first preseason game, an important voice in the locker room pleaded to general manager Bob Myers about keeping Marquese Chriss on the final roster, according to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic.
Chriss played 14 minutes against the Lakers and finished with eight points, six rebounds and four assists. The big man signed a one-year deal with the Warriors after splitting time with the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers last season.
Not long after the Warriors’ first preseason game, there was a meeting somewhere in the bowels of Chase Center. It wasn’t a meeting, sources said, as much as it was a petition, a reiteration, an emphasis, to Warriors general manager Bob Myers. The request was simple in scope. Yet, it was also profound, considering it included an important voice in the locker room, considering it was about a player many have given up on.
The request? Get Marquese Chriss on this team.
Chriss has career averages of 7.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in 197 games with the Phoenix Suns, Rockets and Cavs while shooting 42.9 percent from the field, 29.6 percent from beyond the arc and 62.8 percent from the free-throw line.
While he's pretty limited in what he can do offensively, Chriss is athletic and can run the floor, so he should be able to get some easy buckets in transition at the rim playing with the Warriors and their uptempo offense.
We'll see if Chriss ends up making the Warriors opening day roster.
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