Warriors reportedly had Luke Kornet interest before he signed Spurs contract

Al Horford wasn’t the only free-agent center the Warriors had interest in this summer. Months before eventually signing Horford to a two-year, $11.6 million contract, Golden State had interest in 30-year-old big man Luke Kornet — who signed a four-year, $41 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs in July — ESPN’s Anthony Slater reported in a story on Thursday, citing sources. “[Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy] had to make semi-frequent calls to reassure [Horford] of the sequencing of the plan, but Horford, team sources said, was their “absolute 1A” target and no other free agent was in his vicinity,” Slater wrote. “They also held a level of interest in Luke Kornet, sources said, but he signed with San Antonio out of their price range.”Kornet, who played eight combined seasons with the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Milwaukee Bucks, has averaged 5.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game on 53.5-percent shooting from the field and 32.1 percent from 3-point range in 354 career games (58 starts). The Warriors value what the...