Alen Smailagic has seen action in only nine games thus far in his rookie campaign with the Golden State Warriors. That was by design, as head coach Steve Kerr stated in December that Smailagic would spend most of the year with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the G League.
With the team trading Omari Spellman, one of their first bigs off the bench, to the Minnesota Timberwolves, there is a role that needs to be filled, and it’s one that Smailagic himself could be capable of filling.
Spellman was a consistent source of energy whenever he was on the floor, and his accuracy as a three-point shooter provided spacing for the Warriors to operate on offense.