Two former teammates are reunited in the Bay Area.When the Warriors signed guard Brandon Williams this offseason, all they envisioned was a key depth piece to help the franchise return to the NBA playoffs after a one-season absence. For Williams, coming to Golden State meant so much more. It meant reuniting with guard De’Anthony Melton, his former high school teammate in Southern California.
Williams and Melton grew up 15 minutes from each other, Williams in Panorama City and Melton in North Hollywood. The two shared the floor at Crespi Carmelite High School and won back-to-back state titles in 2015 and 2016.
Speaking with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson and Bonta Hill on the latest episode of “Dubs Talk,” Williams shared when it became clear that he would join forces with Melton on the Warriors.
“It’s crazy, I was telling him about how I should go through free agency and what I should expect,” Williams told Hill and Johnson. “But we didn’t know that it was going to happen. Because we played a game every day, we talked probably too much. But I want to say the second week of free agency....