Golden State Warriors guard Yuri Collins (99) dribbles the ball down the court during an NBA Summer League basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and Miami Heat at the Thomas & Mack Center on Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Yuri Collins is moving up to the NBA.
The St. Louis native who attended St. Mary's High and St. Louis University was called up to the Golden State Warriors from the G League, signing a 10-day contract Wednesday.
Collins, who stands 6-foot and turns 24 next month, spent the past two seasons in the NBA G League.
Collins ranks second in the G League at 10.5 assists per game in 18 games in the regular season for the Santa Cruz Warriors this season. He averages 16.2 points per game.
As a senior at SLU in 2022-23, he led the NCAA in assists (324) and assists per game (10.1), the second straight year he did so.
Golden State (28-27) was in need of depth after it shipped out four players to acquire Jimmy Butler earlier this month at the trade deadline. Kevin Knox II also came up from the G League alongside Collins.
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The Warriors open the second half Friday night at Sacramento, though Collins isn't expected to contribute much, according to a .
NBA teams can sign players to two 10-day contracts per year before keeping them for the rest of the year or returning them to free agency.
Collins joins fellow former SLU and St. Louis-area native Jordan Goodwin, who was recently called up to the Lakers. It's the first time SLU has had more than one former player on active NBA rosters in more than 50 years. In 1968-69, Bob Ferry played seven games with Baltimore, Rich Niemann played 34 games for Detroit and Milwaukee and Barry Orms played 64 games with Baltimore. At the same time, SLU had two former players in the ABA, Gene Moore with Kentucky and Don Dee with Indiana.Â
