SANTA CRUZ — The Golden State Warriors assigned 6-foot-2 guard De’Anthony Melton, 27, to Santa Cruz on Wednesday, two days after the Warriors’ G League affiliate opened training camp.
Santa Cruz faces the Rip City Remix in its 2025-26 NBA G League season opener at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
“He has intensified his individual and small group on-court workouts and will be integrated into team practice over the next two weeks, including with the Santa Cruz Warriors,” Golden State stated in a press release. “He will be re-evaluated again in three weeks.”
Melton, signed by Golden State as a free agent on Oct. 1, has been out since suffering a partially torn left ACL on Nov. 12, 2024. He participated in segments of practice with Santa Cruz on Tuesday.
He played in six games for Golden State last season and averaged 10.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in 20.2 minutes per game before undergoing a season-ending surgery on Dec. 4, 2024.
Originally drafted by the Houston Rockets with the 46th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the seven-year NBA veteran has appeared in 356 NBA games (148 starts) with the Phoenix Suns, Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers, and Warriors. Melton holds NBA career averages of 9.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.4 steals in 22.9 minutes per game.