Connor Letourneau: Jordan Poole (ankle) will play tomorrow vs. Minnesota. Kevon Looney (hamstring) and Alen Smailagic (ankle) won’t.
Alen Smailagic Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 08/18/00
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:215 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Salary: $898,310
Born: 08/18/00
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:215 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Salary: $898,310
Connor Letourneau: Alen Smailagic (ankle) will miss Saturday’s preseason opener vs. the Lakers.
Connor Letourneau: Looney tweaked his hamstring and missed the last part of practice, and Smailagic rolled his ankle. Warriors will have an update later this afternoon.
Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr: “Yeah, Kevon Looney probably starts (at center).” With WCS out, Alen Smailagic and Omari Spellman really the only other early season options. Kerr: “I had big plans for Looney anyway.”
He’s still learning new terms. “Virgin” was a word introduced to him by DeMarcus Cousins a few months ago. The lumbering veteran big man went down to Santa Cruz on a rehab assignment last season and relentlessly teased the eager kid in trash-talk sessions. Smailagic recounts Cousins repeatedly yelling, “Don’t play with us, you’re probably a virgin!” Smailagic would shoot back, “I’ll show you,” perhaps not completely understanding the context of the insult. “It was great,” Smailagic said of his time trying to prove himself to Cousins.
