With the 2025 NBA Draft coming up on June 25-26, the Golden State Warriors have spent much time at the Chase Center scouting talent. The Warriors don’t own a first-round pick but have the No. 41 overall selection in the second round.
The Warriors traded away their first-round selection, which eventually became the No. 20 pick, to the Miami Heat as part of the Jimmy Butler trade.
Top 5 Players Who Have Worked Out With the Golden State Warriors
Johni Broome, Auburn
Johni Broome, the well-known basketball player from Auburn, underwent drills with the Warriors on June 12. The 6’10” forward was a consensus first-team All-American and the SEC Player of the Year for the 2024-25 season. Broome averaged 18.6 points and 10.8 rebounds while shooting 51% from the field.
Former Auburn star Johni Broome had a pre-draft workout with the Golden State Warriors today.
He compared his game to Isaiah Hartenstein and Julius Randle: pic.twitter.com/NdJPuCJHAE
— Max Cohan (@MaxCohan) June 12, 2025
In addition, the forward lifted Auburn to the top of the SEC regular season and brought them to the second time in their history of the Final Four experience, explaining his multidimensional contributions through the prestigious Tigers’ lead in the areas of scoring, rebounding, assists, and blocks.
Tamar Bates, Missouri
Missouri guard Tamar Bates was present in a Warriors workout in late May after he had a great performance at the NBA Draft Combine. In his workout, Bates executed some scoring drills and was involved in three-on-three and five-on-five games.
During his senior year with Missouri, Bates recorded an average of 13.3 points, making 50.8% shooting from the field and 39.7% 3-pointers. The NBA scouts took notice of him because they found his excellent wingspan of 6’10.25” and deadly shooting, particularly from the three-point star drill, quite intriguing.
L.J. Cryer, Houston
The Warriors got to see L.J. Cryer from Houston for a pre-draft workout in the beginning of June. The 6’1″ guard was a sharpshooter in college, with 41.3% as his three-point shooting percentage over his five-year split between Baylor and Houston.
During his last year at Houston, Cryer was responsible for an average of 15.7 points per game and simultaneously shooting from the three-point line with a 42.4% success rate.
Arthur Kaluma, Texas
Arthur Kaluma had found himself on the NBA’s watchlists for years before his pre-draft days while playing for Texas, where he also performed a workout for the Warriors. A forward like him, measuring 6’7″ and possessing a 7-foot wingspan, who grabbed 7.5 rebounds and gave away 12.3 points per game as a senior was Kaluma.
Kaluma’s shooting rate was 43.1%, and he improved his three-point shooting to a 35.9% share, which shows improvement in the area that NBA teams find necessary. As for his defense, considering his versatility and rebounding ability are his trump cards, he is the one who can change the face of the game.
Eric Dixon, Villanova
Eric Dixon from Villanova had a tryout with the Golden State Warriors earlier this month, which went well. The 6’8″ forward was the leading scorer in the 2024-25 season with 23.3 points per game, while the field goal percentage was 45.1% and the three-point range was 40.7%.
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Apart from his scoring edge, Dixon also made the All-Big East selection for three consecutive seasons, and during his final year, he was a third-team All-American. Furthermore, with his extraordinary shooting skills and ability to give points, he is a player who is expected to be very attractive to teams whose rosters lack sizable floor spacers.
Other Players Who Have Worked Out
The Warriors have been thorough in their evaluation process, bringing in numerous other prospects including Nate Bittle (Oregon), Steven Crowl (Wisconsin), Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga), Kobe Sanders (Nevada), Kam Jones (Marquette), Micah Peavy (Georgetown), and RJ Luis (St. John’s), according to the rookie wire.
All the guys who had tried out for NBA teams but later decided to back out of the draft included Milos Uzan (Houston), whom the Warriors had at one of their workouts in May.
#⃣7⃣ is back!
Milos Uzan @lossyuzan will withdraw from @NBA Draft and return to @UHouston to compete as senior in 2025-26#ForTheCity x #GoCoogs
🔗 – https://t.co/2inC7c7zT3 pic.twitter.com/Wzi4pWGY3m
— Houston Men’s Hoops 🏀 🐾 (@UHCougarMBK) May 27, 2025
The league was full of other necessary cancellations during this time, such as Tahaad Pettiford (Auburn), Alex Condon (Florida), and Isaiah Evans (Duke), all of whom will be college basketball players in the 2025-26 season.
