The preseason got off to a not-so-positive start for the Warriors’ centers as the injury bug seemed to catch three of the big men. Prior the team’s first exhibition game of the 2019-20 season, new Dub Willie Cauley-Stein suffered a mid-foot strain, the returning Kevon Looney “had a little tweak of his hamstring” according to Head Coach Steve Kerr, and rookie Alen Smailagiu0107 rolled and sprained an ankle.
Though not the start anybody would have predicted or hoped for, the outlook is by no means bleak for the Warriors and their bigs as they head into Opening Night on Thursday against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers.