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The Warriors waived the former University of Houston backcourt core whose performance during the preseason was a highlight?

3:21am, 20 October 2025【Basketball】

The Golden State Warriors officially announced that the team has waived backcourt player Seth Curry and backcourt rookie LJ Cryer.

Among them, Claire was born in October 2001. She has just turned 24 years old. She is 185cm tall and weighs 91kg. She was the undrafted pick in this year's NBA draft. In the NCAA last season, Claire played 40 times on behalf of the University of Houston, averaging 32.6 minutes per game. He averaged 15.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game. He also had 1.1 turnovers and 1.4 fouls. He shot 41.1% from the field, 42.4% from the three-point range, and 89.5% from the free throw line. Clare's performance last season was impressive. He was named to the All-American Third Team and the Big 12 All-NBA First Team last season. He is the backcourt core and leading scorer of the University of Houston. He led the University of Houston to the NCAA finals last season. Unfortunately, the team unfortunately lost to the University of Florida in the finals and finished second. However, since Claire is indeed relatively limited in terms of body shape and is obviously older in terms of age, it is reasonable for him to eventually become an undrafted player.

This summer, Clare signed a training camp contract with the Warriors that included an Exhibit 10 clause. In the previous NBA Summer League, Claire played a total of 4 times on behalf of the Warriors, averaging 18.1 minutes per game. He averaged 9.2 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 0.8 steals per game. He also had 1.5 turnovers and 2 fouls. He shot 50% from the field, 42.1% from the three-point range, and 83.3% from the free throw line. In the preseason, Claire played a total of 5 times, averaging 9.6 minutes per game, averaging 5 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.4 steals, and 1 foul. His shooting percentage was 38.1%, 42.9% from three-point range, and 75% from free throws.

In fact, Claire's performance during the summer league and preseason was quite bright. He showed quite good scoring ability during the summer league. He also seized the opportunity to score a lot of points, which can be regarded as providing a lot of support to the team. In the preseason, although Clare's performance was not stable, he was still able to bring his scoring and shooting abilities into play in some games. As a substitute player, it is not easy to be able to achieve a certain effect when playing time is unstable. Next, Clare should join the Santa Cruz Warriors, the Warriors' NBA Development League affiliate, after the start of the new season. We can also see if he can seize the opportunity to perform competitively in the NBA Development League.