Warriors Get Positive Injury Updates on Brandon Williams and Will Richard

I also go into how these injury updates impact the Dubs' trade urgency

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The Golden State Warriors have avoided worst-case scenarios with the injuries to Brandon Williams and Will Richard.

An MRI revealed that Williams has a minor hamstring injury. He will be re-evaluated in a week. A more significant hamstring injury could have kept him out for several weeks.

Richard is listed as questionable for Wednesday's game with his left thumb UCL tear, which suggests he will be trying to play through the injury. It initially wasn't clear if he would be able to play through it, but apparently it's not as bad as it could have been.

Gary Payton II has already been ruled out for Wednesday's Rockets game, which means Richard would likely get a decent-sized role if he can go.

Williams, Richard Injury Updates Lessen Trade Urgency

Before I knew Williams' injury wasn't serious, I wrote here that the Warriors could be forced into doing a Kristaps Porzingis trade sooner so they would have more healthy players.

With Williams and Richard getting the best-case scenario, the Dubs have less reason to rush into anything.

While Williams is out for a few games, they can play LJ Cryer at backup point guard. Perhaps Cryer will struggle in tough upcoming matchups against the Rockets and Spurs, but that possibility alone isn't damaging enough for the Dubs to get a worse return for Porzingis.