LAS VEGAS, Nev. – With walls adorned by glossy images of current Warriors and logos of both the NBA team and its WNBA counterpart Valkyries, it was as if the Chase Center had been transposed onto the Las Vegas Basketball Center on Thursday morning.
Golden State had rented out all four courts of a facility located 15 miles north of the Thomas & Mack Center, where the team will play its first Las Vegas Summer League game on Friday.
The Warriors will play the Trail Blazers in the nightcap at 8 p.m. PT.
Headlined by second-round rookies Will Richard and Alex Toohey, along with Santa Cruz veterans such as Jackson Rowe, Taran Armstrong and Blake Hinson, the Warriors’ Summer League squad is coming off a 1-2 record at the California Classic showcase at Chase Center.
Coach Lainn Wilson saw the team’s first practice in Nevada as a way to correct a few of the bad habits shown in the Bay Area.
“We were just cleaning up some stuff from the California Classic, and then making sure the guys are sharp in their execution and ready to go for tomorrow,” Wilson said.
Players to watch
Golden State Warriors' Alex Toohey (22) passes the ball against Miami Heat's Keshad Johnson (16) in the third quarter of their California Classic Summer League game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)Richard showcased scoring talents in the final two games of the California Classic. The Florida product scored 16 points in his debut, making all eight of his free throws, and then put up 12 in the finale against Miami.
Toohey was only able to play in the last game, scoring six and grabbing six rebounds but making just 1 of 5 shots. The Australian forward later said that he will need to acclimate to the NBA’s faster pace and great athleticism.
While Vallejo’s Chance McMillian is still rehabbing from left ankle surgery, there is another NorCal native on the roster.
Rookie forward Coleman Hawkins impressed Wilson with his hustle and passing ability at Chase Center, and the Sacramento native wants to continue his strong run of play in Vegas.
“I’m going to be team-oriented and do whatever they need me to do,” Hawkins told the Bay Area News Group. “I’ll show that I belong.”
Aside from the rookies, the Summer League Warriors are chock-full of professional scorers. Houston’s LJ Cryer, Utah’s Gabe Madsen and G League veteran Isaiah Mobley have all shown they can create their own shot.
Veterans work out too
Brandin Podziemski and Moses Moody, who are each healing from injuries to their shooting hands, were seen going through shooting drills. Moody, who is recovering from right thumb surgery, took all of his shots left-handed.
Former Warrior Nemanja Bjelica, a member of the 2022 championship team and now an executive for Turkish side Bahçeşehir Koleji, also watched practice.
San Jose State alum earns Spanish contract
San Antonio Spurs’ Omari Moore (29) goes up for a dunk against the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter of their California Classic Summer League game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)The greatest player in recent San Jose State history turned a short stint with the Spurs Summer League team into a contract with Spanish team Valencia.
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