Alec Burks has chance to earn big role with Warriors in transition

Alec Burks was at his Kansas City home when a friend alerted him that his newest team -- the Oklahoma City Thunder -- traded away their star wing Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers, teaming him with two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard. The move's ripple effect doomed Burks' future in Oklahoma City, where he had agreed to a one-year contract for the veteran's minimum. After the Thunder allowed Burks to back out of his deal following the trade, he signed a one-year, veteran's minimum deal with the Warriors.