Amidst their continued quiet offseason, the Golden State Warriors have been hosting players for workouts to zero in on potential training camp invitees. According to a report by Danny Emerman of The San Francisco Standard, that group of workouts has included a pair of NBA veterans, power forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and point guard Dalano Banton. While neither would be expected to make the roster, they would both be great depth pieces to bring into the organization on non-guaranteed training camp deals
that possibly lead them to Santa Cruz.
Both Robinson-Earl and Banton were second-round picks in the 2021 NBA Draft, and have played at least 31 games in each of their four NBA seasons since. Robinson-Earl is a 6’9 big who has primarily played power forward, although could be stretched to center, averaged 6.3 points and 4.8 rebounds in 18.8 minutes per game (66 games) last season with the Pelicans. Robinson-Earl is far from a volume scorer, his career 14.8% usage rate shows he’s quite the opposite, but is efficient when he shoots. Last season, he made 55.7% of his two-point attempts, 34.1% of his three-point attempts (2.5 per game), and 83.6% from the free-throw line.
Banton is a unique guard who has the size and length (he’s also 6’9, although far more lanky) to be an excellent perimeter defender alongside flashes of the ball handling and passing ability team’s want from a backup point guard. However, he’s yet to develop into enough of an impact player with his strengths to overcome his inability to score (46.4% career from two and 30.4% career from three). As the Blazers backup point guard last season, Banton averaged 8.3 points, 2.4 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 0.6 steals, and 0.5 blocks in 16.7 minutes per game (67 games).
