Briante Weber eager to seize opportunity with Warriors
An MRI later that night revealed a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus.
Midway through his senior season at Virginia Commonwealth, just as he was emerging as an NBA prospect, Weber’s college career was done.
A Development League standout known for his defensive tenacity, he inked a 10-day contract Saturday to shore up a lean Warriors backcourt.
The hope is that Weber will provide added depth and toughness as the league’s best team chases its second NBA title in three years.
The Warriors, unlike the Hornets and Heat, needed a third point guard.
A zero-star recruit coming out of Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Va., Weber developed into a three-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year for VCU.
By late January of his senior season, Weber was a projected second-round draft pick just 12 thefts shy of the NCAA’s all-time steals record.
After going undrafted, he began the itinerant lifestyle of a player on professional basketball’s fringes: a handful of NBA tryouts, short-lived stints with the Heat and Grizzlies, long bus drives between D-League cities.
A strange thing happened after Weber, who still wears a bulky brace on his right knee, recovered from his gruesome injury: