SAN FRANCISCO — Short on big bodies for training camp, the Golden State Warriors reached out to a familiar name.
Kavion Pippen — nephew of Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, a former teammate of coach Steve Kerr — got the call last Thursday. By 5 o’clock Friday morning, he was on a plane from Little Rock, Arkansas, to San Francisco, with a brief layover in Dallas in between. The younger Pippen, 22, impressed in workouts, and the Warriors signed him to a contract.
“The big thing is we’re just so beaten up at the center spot, so we need him to help us get through camp,” Kerr said.