The Golden State Warriors just keep getting more ridiculous from a roster standpoint, as the team added both Omri Casspi and Nick Young on value contracts this week. While Casspi is a Basketball Twitter darling, the addition of Young moved the needle in a (much) bigger way and the always entertaining shooting guard was introduced to the media on Friday.
As you may expect, there were quite a few highlights, including a full-blown discussion on the use of Young’s “Swaggy P” nickname. First, Warriors GM Bob Myers made it known that the organization doesn’t particularly care for the moniker.
Myers: "We're not calling him Swaggy P. His name's Nick Young."
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) July 7, 2017
Then, in typical Nick Young fashion, he did anything but renounce his nickname and, in fact, indicated he doesn’t believe he could give it up in full.
Nick Young asked if he will give up nickname "Swaggy P" now that he's joining #Warriors pic.twitter.com/9Nwn87p61k
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) July 7, 2017
In the grand scheme, this couldn’t matter any less and everyone knows it. Still, it is a window into the back and forth that could be going on in Oakland when trying to integrate Young into the fold. Beyond that, Young took questions on his noted bashing of the Warriors and their fans on Twitter in the (very) recent past and provided one beautiful answer.
Nick Young on his famous "bandwagon" tweet about Warrior fans: "I think my phone was hacked"
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) July 7, 2017
Nick Young is a delight and he’s actually pretty good at basketball at this point in his career. The Warriors are unfair.
