Charles Bassey didn’t stay in Golden State long at the end of the 2025/26 regular season, but the Warriors liked enough of what they saw to bring him back on a new one-year deal. In those five games, the 25-year-old averaged 10.7 points and 7.2 rebounds in 20.0 minutes per contest, and now he’s back in a role that could matter more than the label suggests.
Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area looked at what Bassey can offer the Warriors in 2026/27, and the appeal is pretty clear. He projects as the team’s third-string center behind Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis, but he doesn’t bring the same kind of floor-spacing profile as those veterans. Instead, Bassey gives Golden State a different look, and potentially a useful safety net if Horford and/or Porzingis have to miss time for health reasons.
“Charles was great for us when he joined late in the season, bringing his ability to dive to the rim, put pressure on the rim, shot blocking, his presence defensively and rebounding - we love to have him back,” Warriors assistant and Summer League head coach Khalid Robinson said. “He does a lot of the things that we need, and he does them at a pretty high level.”
Elsewhere in the Western Conference, Bennett Durando of The Denver Post took a close look at a strangely quiet Nuggets offseason and whether the chatter about Denver being willing to live in second-apron territory is real or just noise. Durando isn’t buying the idea that the front office would be content to simply bring back restricted free agents Peyton Watson and Spencer Jones and then swallow a huge luxury tax bill for a roster that was bounced in the first round of the 2026 playoffs.
Denver also made a move with veteran point guard Tyus Jones, who returned on a one-year, minimum-salary contract. Hoops Rumors has learned that Jones waived the implicit no-trade clause that would normally come with the deal, which means the Nuggets won’t need his approval to move him before the 2027 deadline.
In Utah, Jazz guard Trey Alexander appears to have avoided a major injury after being taken off the court on a stretcher Monday night. Sideline reporter Vanessa Richardson said the team’s initial diagnosis was a left rib contusion.
And in New Orleans, Michael McCann of Sportico reported the latest development in the long-running legal fight between Zion Williamson and his former agent, Gina Ford of Prime Sports Marketing. Ford has been ordered to pay nearly $686K in attorney fees to the Pelicans forward.
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Nuggets Depth Chart Is Taking Shape But One Concern Still Lingers
The Nuggets have spent much of the offseason quietly reshaping the edges of their roster, and the early depth chart now looks a lot different than it did a few weeks ago. A handful of minimum signings and a draft pick have altered roughly a third of the rotation picture, with Jamal Murray still at the center of it all and new faces such as Tyus Jones and Alpha Diallo beginning to settle into the conversation around the backcourt and wing spots. Peyton Watson also remains part of the mix as Denver sorts out how the next layer of its lineup should look.
Even with those pieces in place, the picture is not finished. Some of the most interesting questions are still tied to how the Nuggets balance size, defense and ball handling across the second unit, and the early projections suggest there is still room for movement as the offseason goes on. With a few roster spots unclaimed and more tinkering expected, the depth chart may be taking shape, but it is not close to set. [Read more 🡒]
Nuggets May Finally Be Addressing Their Biggest Non Jokic Problem
The Nuggets spent much of last season trying to make their non-Jokic minutes work with a smaller, more perimeter-heavy look, and this offseason suggests they may be ready to try a different answer. Denver has brought in more size and athleticism across the roster, with Marvin Bagley III, Alpha Diallo and Trevon Brazile all giving the second unit a different physical profile than the one it leaned on before.
What makes that shift especially interesting is the bench construction around it. Tyus Jones is the only true reserve point guard on hand, which opens the door for Denver to get creative and play bigger behind the starters instead of forcing another small-ball setup. A taller second unit built around Christian Braun, Julian Strawther, Diallo, Brazile and Bagley would look a lot different, and it may be the clearest sign yet that the Nuggets are trying to solve one of their biggest non-Jokic problems in a new way. [Read more 🡒]