The calculated risk that came with signing Nick Young in July is looks, at least for now, like more sheer risk than cogent calculation for the Warriors.
It’s early, only two weeks since training camp opened, but Young has done nothing to distinguish himself as the valuable addition the defending champions expected when they gave him their $5.2 million mid-level exception to provide scoring off the bench.
The most discouraging aspect of this is that most, if not all, of the blame falls directly at the feet of Young, a 6-foot-7 veteran guard who has not shot well in practice and, through two preseason games, is 5-of-15 from the field.