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Pat Spencer Rumors
He made the Capital City Go-Go, the Wizards’ G League team, but found himself trapped by two point guards. In the G, players on two-way contracts are prioritized. Local tryouts who make the team eat last. But Spencer played well enough in practice, and when he did get minutes, to earn a spot on the Summer League team. After a few DNPs, he spoke up for himself. “I went nuts on them,” Spencer said, a proud smile breaking across his face. “I talked to a handful of coaches like, ‘Respectfully, I didn’t come out here for a f—ing vacation. … You’ve seen me the whole summer. What am I doing? They’re like, ‘It’s just whatever the front office tells us.’ I was like, ‘F— that. Tell the front office I’m playing these last two games.’ Played Indiana. Smoked ’em. Played the Warriors the last game. Killed ’em. I got a call from (then Santa Cruz Warriors GM David) Fatoki like a day later. That’s how I ended up here.”
“My mom, for a long time until I got to where I’m at,” Spencer explained, “she would always question my choice to pursue basketball. Not in a bad way. Just like, … ‘You just have this whole thing (in lacrosse) lined up for you. Are you sure?’ I’m living in this s— spot in Germany for three months. I’m away from my family. The journey’s been a grind. She’d be like, ‘Are you sure about this?’ But I’m a believer that if you’ve got a passion, you’ve got to pursue it.”
Draymond Green knows the feeling. In the Warriors’ post-practice runs designed to give injured players scrimmage time, Spencer often cooks all comers. “He dropped me off so bad when I was coming back from my calf injury,” Green said. “It was embarrassing. I went out there thinking I’m about to win games — I pride myself on winning those games. I got one win, but I couldn’t, like, win. He was talking crazy to me, and I couldn’t do nothing about it. I was mad as hell. But that is Pat. And he brings that same energy every single day.”
Pat Spencer on Stephen Curry: He gets held more than anybody in the NBA Q. Can you speak to the physical condition Stephen Curry is in? Because I feel like that's a thing that he also doesn't get enough credit for. Pat Spencer: Yeah, just the ability to run non-stop um and still be as precise as he is a shooter. I mean, you watch him play. We have so many counters for the way teams play him because he gets thrown with one. He gets held more than anybody in the NBA. He doesn't get enough calls. He probably got to be a little better about selling it because they don't give him enough calls the way he gets held. But he gets top locked every game. You name it, he gets picked up full court. they'll just hit him in the half court double. And the dude, his endurance is off the hook. To be able to deal with all that and still be a 44% three-point shooter or whatever his numbers are is just absurd.
Pat Spencer on Stephen Curry: You just become a little bit numb to the shooting, right? Like I think you just kind of expect the ball to go in. I think that's the craziest part for me. Like just watching him work out, I would say, is probably the most eye opening. JJ Redick was a movement shooter, so I'm sure he moved quite a bit during his shooting drills, but Steph works out the way he plays. So, he's the kind of guy who's literally the way he's shooting in games is how he's shooting in practice. Like, he'll start on one side of the court, sprint to the other side, get one shot. And I don't know too many NBA guys that are doing like full-court shooting drills on a daily basis.
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Pat Spencer was given backup point guard duties in the second half and bolted off the bench with his tough, aggressive approach. He poked away two steals, grabbed two rebounds and hit a layup and running hook. Kerr said Spencer will be a part of the Game 2 rotation without Curry. “Pat is a damn good basketball player,” Green said. “I know it don’t look like it. … The No. 61 don’t help. … But Pat is one of the toughest players on this team.”
Podziemski had 12 points and five assists. It was a small step forward as he tries to climb out of his offensive slump. Pat Spencer, the two-way guard who stepped into backup duties, turned the game with his second-quarter energy. Kuminga scored a team-high 19 points on 8 of 21 shooting. “JK came and did that great job after that first (stint) when he was rusty,” Kerr said. “We definitely will play that smaller lineup with JK at the four and Draymond at the five plenty coming up. But my gut would be to keep starting the way we’ve been starting with Trayce and Draymond.”
Michael Scotto: The Golden State Warriors signed Pat Spencer to a two-year, two-way contract, league sources told @hoopshype. Spencer was a lacrosse star in college, where he still holds the NCAA record for career assists and won the Tewaaraton Award (Lacrosse's Heisman Trophy).
Pat Spencer lands two-way contract from Warriors
Anthony Slater: The Warriors are signing Pat Spencer to a two-way contract, per sources. He replaces Lester Quinones, who is being promoted to main roster. Spencer has been in GSW program the last two seasons. Playing for Santa Cruz this season. Former college lacrosse superstar.
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Golden State Warriors PR: Warriors waive Jerome Robinson & Pat Spencer: pic.twitter.com/yq3tTTtlgC
Warriors sign Mac McClung, Pat Spencer & Trevion Williams: pic.twitter.com/vsXbpDtcxQ
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) August 5, 2022
Tandem Sports + Entertainment has signed Northwestern guard Pat Spencer for representation in the NBA draft. Matt Laczkowski, Tandem director of athlete and talent representation, is representing Spencer, who transferred to Northwestern after playing lacrosse for four seasons at Loyola-Maryland. Spencer was drafted No. 1 in the 2019 Premier Lacrosse League draft, but chose to spend the next year pursuing basketball as a graduate transfer at Northwestern.
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