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The Warriors have waived 23-year old point guard Jeremy Lin. Lin played in 29 games (0 starts) as a rookie for the Warriors last year and he averaged 9.8 minutes, 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Lin only shot 38.9% from the floor last year and that just wasn’t acceptable. The Warriors won’t miss Lin at all moving forward.
UPDATE: (12/12/2011) - The Houston Rockets have claimed Jeremy Lin off waivers.
28-year old power forward Louis Amundson has opted in for 2011-12 to return to the Warriors and he will make $2.4 million bucks. Amundson played in 46 games (7 starts) for the Warriors last year and he averaged 15.0 minutes, 4.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Amundson has now played in 228 games (7 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 13.4 minutes, 4.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Amundson will give the Warriors decent production off the bench when he’s on the court.
The Warriors have waived 25-year old forward Jeff Adrien. Adrien played in 23 games (0 starts) as a rookie for the Warriors last year and he averaged 8.5 minutes, 2.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Adrien will likely hook on with another team whenever the lockout is lifted but the Warriors shouldn’t miss him too much if at all.
The Warriors picked 22-year old, 6′3″, 220 pound combo guard Charles Jenkins with the 44th overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft. Jenkins played in 33 games for Hofstra last year and he averaged 37.3 minutes, 22.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Jenkins played in 128 games in his four years in college and he averaged 35.9 minutes, 19.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Jenkins gives the Warriors another good offensive player to develop.
The Charlotte Bobcats took 20-year old, 6′10″, 255 pound PF/C Jeremy Tyler with the #39 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. The Bobcats then sold Tyler to the Warriors for some cold, hard cash. Jeremy Tyler played 33 games for a team in Japan last year and he averaged 15.4 minutes, 9.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Tyler played two years of professional basketball in Israel and Japan, appearing in 43 games in which he averaged 13.6 minutes, 8.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. The Warriors were looking for a big guy to bang inside in the paint and they might have found one in Tyler.