The Golden State Warriors have signed 6-foot-8 Australian forward Alex Toohey, 21, and 6-3 guard Pat Spencer, 29, to two-way contracts, the team announced Monday.
Toohey, originally selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 52nd overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, was acquired by Golden State as part of the league’s first-ever seven-team trade on July 6. Spencer returns for his third season with Golden State, his fourth with the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Golden State Warriors guard Pat Spencer shoots a layup after passing Houston Rockets’ Aaron Holiday during the teams’ NBA game at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday. (John Lee – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
Toohey has spent the past two seasons playing for the Sydney Kings in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL), where he posted career averages of 9.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.0 assists in 22.2 minutes per game across 59 appearances (51 starts).
Last season with the Kings, Toohey earned the 2024-25 NBL Next Generation Award, an annual award given to the best player under the age of 25, after he averaged 10.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 1.5 steals per game across 30 games played (26 starts). The Australia native trained at the NBA Global Academy and was selected to the 2023 Nike Hoop Summit World Team.
Spencer has appeared in 53 games across two seasons with the Golden State Warriors, including eight appearances during their 2024-25 postseason campaign. Across 39 regular season games last season, he recorded NBA career-high averages of 2.5 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 6.4 minutes per game.
Spencer has four years of NBA G League experience with the Capital City Go-Go (2021-22) and Santa Cruz Warriors (2022-25), with regular season averages of 12.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.1 steals in 23.8 minutes per game across 56 appearances (six starts).
Originally undrafted in the 2020 NBA Draft, the guard initially signed with the Warriors on an Exhibit 10 contract in July of 2022 after his lone season with the Go-Go. Spencer signed his first two-way contract with Golden State on Feb. 22, 2024, before his contract was converted to a standard NBA deal on March 4.
Flag football
St. Francis 41, at Monterey 31: The Sharks won their game Monday to remain to remain unbeaten in their PCAL Gabilan Division match Monday.
St. Francis (15-3, 8-1) hosts Palma on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
At King City 12, Watsonville 7:Â
Katie Slama with a pick 6 to seal the win for KC in the 4th 1:38 left in the teams’ PCAL Gabilan Division game Monday.
Watsonville’ s Aliah Anaya hauled in a 1-yard touchdown pass from Aaliyah Arellano. Anaya also had a 1-point conversion reception as well.
Freshman safety Yoselin Delgadillo made three interceptions.
Watsonville hosts Monterey on 5:45 p.m.
Girls volleyball
At Scotts Valley 3, Rancho San Juan 0:Â Outside hitter Rylee Giesen had 12 kills, two aces, nine digs, and one block, and the Falcons earned a 25-15, 25-7, 25-7 sweep in their nonleague match Monday.
Middle blocker Harlan Hennager had five kills and three blocks. Outside hitter Hayden Smith had 16 kills, four aces, 11 digs, and one block. Setter Ava Dumesny had 29 assists, two aces, two kills and seven digs.
Scotts Valley hosts Soquel on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
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