Earlier this week, when Zaza Pachulia and David West first saw each other as Warriors teammates, the two big men bear hugged.
“We’re not kids,” Pachulia said when asked Thursday about an on-court altercation he had with West last season. “We’re teammates now.”
In July, after signing Kevin Durant, Golden State added Pachulia and West for far smaller contracts than they would have landed with other teams. It was a boon for a frontcourt trying to replace the physicality of Andrew Bogut and Festus Ezeli.
Pachulia was the 42nd pick of the 2003 NBA Draft by Orlando, going 24 selections after West went to New Orleans.