Team context: Golden State Warriors · Position: SG/SF · Status: reported camp / summer candidate; no official NBA roster slot verified · As of: 2026-07-18
Conditional 2026-27 appearance projection
| GSW GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 base; 10 if converted | 5.0 | .410 | .760 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Nine-cat: E. Points: E. Dynasty: 3.0/10. Healthy opening-night allocation: 0 minutes.
Status and evidence
Reporting linked Dixon-Waters to Golden State's Summer League/camp group after his final San Diego State season (Sports Illustrated college report). That report described a 13.1-point final season after he missed all of 2024-25 with a foot injury. His ESPN player page supplies the college record.
He was not treated as a confirmed standard or two-way player because no direct team transaction was located. Even if he reaches camp, Santos, Richard, Melton, Jones, Leons, and the injured Butler/Moody occupy the same broad wing ecosystem.
Range
- Ceiling: earns an Exhibit 10 or two-way slot and develops into a spacing wing in Santa Cruz.
- Median: no Warriors regular-season games.
- Floor: the reported camp association does not become a formal agreement.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Five years of college eligibility across two programs. A negligible freshman year at USC in 2021-22, then a breakout 2022-23 as the Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year — 29 games, eight starts, 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in 25.3 minutes. Transferred to San Diego State (Mountain West) and played 37 games with 23 starts in 2023-24 at 9.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in 25.7 minutes. Missed the entire 2024-25 season with a foot injury. Returned in 2025-26 to start all 32 games and lead the Aztecs in scoring: 13.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.6 threes in 30.0 minutes on .428/.356/.878. San Diego State credited him with a school free-throw record on 151-of-170. Draft: undrafted (2026); signed an Exhibit 10 with Golden State after pre-draft workouts with the Warriors and Kings.
Dixon-Waters has never appeared in an NBA game. His most recent competitive season is the 2025-26 San Diego State line above.
Durability: The one material item is the foot injury that cost him all of 2024-25; the specific diagnosis was not verified. He answered it by starting all 32 games the following season at a career-high 30 minutes.
Trajectory: The record is a late-blooming scoring guard whose best season came at 23 after a lost year — useful shot-making, elite free-throw touch, but thin rebounding for a wing and almost no defensive counting stats or playmaking. The Exhibit 10 is a camp evaluation mechanism, not a roster place, and Golden State's wing group is deep enough that no realistic injury sequence opens NBA minutes for him this season. The honest 2026-27 outcome is Santa Cruz. He becomes worth tracking only if he converts to a two-way and shoots well above his 35.6 percent college rate in the G League, which is the one skill that would separate him from the other camp wings.
Career sources: ESPN college stats · SI: Dixon-Waters joins Warriors for Summer League · SI: Pre-draft workouts with NBA teams · San Diego State Athletics roster page · USC Athletics roster page
Open questions
- Was a formal Exhibit 10 agreement executed?
- Is the prior foot injury fully behind him?
- Can he add enough defense and secondary playmaking to separate from the camp wings?