Omari Spellman did not exactly have the most encouraging training camp. There were comments from Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr about Spellman’s weight not being where anyone wanted it to be, and the second-year big didn’t produce much during the preseason.
Yet it was impossible to criticize the Warriors for trading center Damian Jones for Spellman. Jones showed little in his three-year tenure by the Bay, and his contract was slightly bigger. If all Spellman did was sit on the back of the bench doing his best Jones impression, it wouldn’t have been a bad trade.