Golden State Warriors: Grading each player in the first round

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Damian Jones/Jordan Bell: N/A

Again, we’re just taking a look at each of the Warriors players that participated in the first round, which means guys like Stephen Curry, Patrick McCaw and Zaza Pachulia won’t even be mentioned.

However, there were two guys that barely played in the first round, those two guys being Damian Jones and Jordan Bell.

Jones and Bell played the least amount of games out of the 12 Warriors players that touched the floor in the first round, appearing in only three contests each.

Over the course of that trio of games, Jones averaged 0.7 points and 1.0 rebounds in 2.6 minutes. He went 1-for-1 in Game 3, but failed to convert his lone free throw attempt.

Bell averaged 1.0 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists in 3.7 minutes. He attempted three shots in Game 1, making only one of them (33 percent). He also split FT’s that afternoon, going 1-for-2.

Certainly, you can’t expect me to assess a grade for a pair of players that appeared in no more than 21 minutes the entire series. Therefore, we’ll consider their grades “not applicable.”