The Warriors are preparing for Plan B if their attempts at luring LeBron James to Northern California end King-less.Golden State already has discussed the idea of signing recently waived DeMar DeRozan, ESPN’s NBA insider Anthony Slater reported Monday.
“The Warriors, I have already been told it’s a guy they will look into at some point in the coming days, especially if they do not get LeBron James,” Slater said on SportsCenter. Where will DeMar DeRozan sign? Yaxel Lendeborg and Darius Acuff Jr.'s debut in Summer League@anthonyVslater joins SportsCenter to discuss the trending topics in the NBA pic.twitter.com/WPEJ3TSG7F
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 6, 2026 Slater also mentioned teams like the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors as other potential DeRozan suitors – the latter two being more due to their “heartwarming” nature.
The 17-year veteran is from Compton, Calif., just 20 minutes away from Inglewood, where the Clippers play and played his first nine seasons with the Raptors after being drafted No. 9 overall by Toronto in 2009.