On a play off Orlando’s “The Bubble,” where the playoffs are being held, the Golden State Warriors are nicknaming their two-week minicamp “The Dubble.”
The Golden State Warriors sadly didn’t crack the top-22 teams in the NBA when the league decided to restart. To be quite frank, the team wasn’t even close as they were the only franchise already outside of playoff contention when the league was suspended in mid-March.
Now, what would’ve been interesting is if they did a play-in tournament with all the teams. Given that Golden State would’ve been healthy, they could’ve made a serious run. That never really seemed possible though.
Golden State was left on the outside looking into for the first time since over half a decade. While teams did feel that they lost something by not being in the bubble, the eight looked to create a second bubble, potentially in Chicago to scrimmage and continue their season.
It never came to fruition, but what the Warriors are planning to do is host a minicamp with their 15 players and then five other players, one of which is Jonathan Simmons.
They’ll be doing it at their facilities, and it will be voluntary. Given their winning nature, they will not call it the bubble, but they will be welcoming players to their minicamp at “The Dubble.”
#DubNation, welcome to “The Dubble”
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) September 21, 2020
Beginning Wednesday, the Warriors and five players from @GLeagueWarriors will participate in a voluntary minicamp at Chase Center. https://t.co/4HGQjEvYec || @NetSuite pic.twitter.com/esZXDAweTP
This minicamp is the first form of organized basketball the Warriors have held since March. With Klay Thompson in the mix, the Warriors excused Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, two of their long-time stars.
Golden State will be continuing to follow the rules that come with these minicamps, but they will have groud workouts and team scrimmages according to USA Today’s Warriors Wire.
This camp should also give them a good grasp on who will crack the final roster next season as several non-guaranteed deals will likely be cut as the team has a first-round pick and a potential MLE addition still to use this coming offseason.