The Dubs will greatly miss the screen setting, defense, and all around versatility of three crucial role players who they lost in free agency, as those qualities provided by Gary Payton the second, Otto Porter Jr., and Amaniabe Aliza were no joke. 2022-23's version of Golden State will have to build back up from ground zero, but rising stars going through their second, third, or fourth seasons in warrior threads, plus underrated free agent signings in solid stretch power forward, Jermy Gugraine, and a player who started in every game he played for the 2021 Champions Dante Divencenzo has the supporting cast in solid shape. Mac McClung's Exhibit 9 contract gives him a shot at cracking the 15-man roster in the preseason, and if the kid gets the shot he deserves, the reigning champions Bench Mob becomes that much more intimidating. What should you expect the next campaign to look like, and how do all these new pieces mesh around the big three of stepped ray and clay? Stay tuned to find out! Before continuing, according to YouTube's analytics only 10% of you watching right now are subscribed, suppress the box and turn on notifications if you haven't already. Also leave a like on this video, it takes a few seconds and makes a massive difference, make sure you're following me on Instagram at D-Flow Hoops, now into the content. Summer League stand out, and newest warrior Mac McClung is coming off a season in the NBA league, where he averaged 21.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 7.6 assists, and 1.4 steals per game for the South Bay Lakers. Proving the Lakers could have definitely used his services at the pro level down the 405 freeway over in LA, MacClung made an elite 47% of his shots from the fields, he made 38% of his 5-3s attempted on average each game, and also made a stellar 88.5% of his free throws. Of course that was just playing minor league basketball, and you're probably wondering how McClung's performed during the very limited opportunity he's received at the highest level. In late December of 2021, Mac was signed to the Chicago Bulls on a 10-day contract and made his NBA debut against the Atlanta Hawks, only playing 3 minutes in garbage time. A welcome to the league moment, Summer Clung turned the ball over with one mid-air behind the back flashy pass, only other significant moment came on this possession where Mac gets by Wes a 1-2, confuses Cameron all over on a drive to the basket with a hezzy, and then calmly knocks down a foul line jumper. But sadly, right after that game in Shytown, it was back to South Bay, where MacClung would stay for the next 3-plus months, until signing a near end of the season 2-way contract with the Lakers, and playing his first NBA road game in the mile high city against the Denver Nuggets. This game summed Clung plates 22 minutes, and post a Laker 3rd best plus minus, as LA outscore their opponents by 9 points when Mac raised the court. Mac committed 2 turnovers to be fair, but his 6 points, including a 3-pointer, to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and a block, provided solid value in an eventual over-time 146-141 win for the lake show. His extra playmaking didn't fully show up in the stats. For example, after being doubled, this hockey assist to Stanley Johnson gets the defense rambling for a Wayne Ellington corner triple. On the other end, as the big man in this pick and roll set, Stanley Johnson's the one who's supposed to be hedging and recovering, but here, Mac does his job, forcing the speedy Focundo Composo to give it up, and bursting back onto future warrior Jemail Gugrain for the steal, niftily saving the ball from going out of bounds, simultaneously starting a fast break, ending in a lob jam from a leak monk. It was that defense which was most shockingly impressive in Max Laker debut, as he or he chases down in Swats Composo, showing off his stick to itiveness and verticality. This play sees him make it tough on to Marcus Cousins by getting a deflection on an outlet pass. Next, he clamps up Marcus Howard in an ISO, and Swatsim, but gets called for a foul, that could have easily doubled McCleung's block total. It looked like all ball. In that game against Denver, while it had zero implications down the stretch of the season, Mac fueled the Lakers to a late game comeback, as L.A. was down nine points with under a minute remaining, this clutch and one on a three pointer, cut Denver's lead to five, and as he would go on to prove in the summer league a few months later for Golden State, the follow-through imbalance on his jump shot is fundamentally sound. But putting the icing on the cake was this reverse throw down in the dying seconds, dunking prowess in which the legend of Gate City High School is known for. McCleung was named G. League Rookie of the Year, but still is yet to get a legitimate chance in the NBA. Lost Vegas for the summer league, Dubs was the next step for Mac, as I briefly just mentioned, and over five games in Vegas, he put up 13.4 points, 4.8 assists, and a steal per game on a shooting split of 46.50.81. You'll have to fight his way onto the roster by performing in the preseason, but personally, I think it's a good idea for the Dubs to give themselves some extra shock creation next to Jordan Poole and Diven Chenzoe off the pine by giving McCleung a guaranteed deal. Moving on to Jonathan Caminga, who's still just 19 years of age, yet already has experience playing significant minutes in the conference finals. He also got playing time in the finals, but Caminga's biggest playoff contributions came against Memphis and Dallas one in two rounds earlier. Those two playoff rounds saw Jonathan score at least 17 points on at least 43.8% shooting from the fields three different times. As an end of the bench player, that production's pretty impressive. But Caminga was far from an end of the bench player during the regular season. He legitimately worked his way into the rotation at one point, playing as many as 25.6 minutes per night over 10 appearances in February. A month earlier, and a game against the at-the-time number one seated Chicago Bulls this past January, Caminga scored a career second best up to that point, 25 points. We'll get to his transition dominance, but in terms of the half-court, right after he catches a pass, Jonathan's extremely elusive and decisive, which makes him tough to guard, considering his athleticism. This possession sees the Warriors execute a zipper pin-down action, as Damien Lee sets the downscreen to free up Caminga, and instead of Curry or another guard going to screen for the player in the corner, Steph smartly lays a flat screen on to Marger Rosen, allowing Caminga to take off. It's hard to notice, but this slight jab step directly after receiving the kick-out from Bialitza gets Iodosumo leaning, and watch the three under-controlled dribbles to get right past his fellow rookie and explode to the hoop. Along with those bunnies, another element in Caminga's bag that's scary for his size is his playmaking. Here he pushes it up in transition with his long strides, and locates Curry right in his spot. While he only averaged 0.9 assists per game as a rook, this over-the-shoulder dime from the post after drawing three defenders, along with this mid-air drop-off after batting the defense with the lay-in, proved to you that Caminga's playmaking upside is off the charts. Caminga's anticipation allows him to be a safety in the passing lanes, and his wingspan and footspeed allows him to be a rim protector on the back end. This game you're watching in Shytown saw the 19-year-old not only post a career second-best in points, but he set a career high in blocks during this showing, with three of them, while also racking up a steal. To be fair throughout the year and into the post season, we saw Caminga struggle to get the handle on opponents' offensive motion, and at times get exposed defensively, but nights like these prove to you that's an improving element. Most intimidating from an opponent's perspective, though, when envisioning how good John can get, is the handle, three-point efficiency, and general shot-creating ability, which is very rare for a player with his stature. Caminga made 34% of his three-pointers on the season overall, a decent percentage, but more notably according to his shot chart, with 15-7 seconds remaining in a possession, he averaged 1.23 point attempts per game, and made a stellar 40% of those middle of the shot clock deep-range bombs. Mix that in with John's polished teardrop, and natural feel for how to create space from the defense in and around the restricted area, and the warriors have a complete three-level score in the making. Who has the most potential of any young player on the warriors? First answer down below in the comments gets next video shout-out, and the top five commenters with the most shout-outs by September 21st earn free merchandise of their choosing. Today's Speaks winner is Cold Hands, who says I think Curry gets the most disrespect, no matter what he's done or what he accomplishes, nothing is enough for the general media and the casual fans. Curry's great and everyone is taking him for granted, he's a leader and the culture starts with him, people don't seem to realize this, great take right there, you tell the story and community speaks, so leave your take.