Warriors Season Review: James Michael Mcadoo

Warriors season review: In the wake of the Warriors’ second NBA title in three years, The The 10th installment focuses on James Michael McAdoo, who still has a tough time cracking the rotation. 2016-17 statistics: 2.8 points and 1.7 rebounds in 8.8 minutes per game Of the six players left from the 2014-15 team that won Golden State’s first NBA title in 40 years, four are current or former All-Stars (Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala), one is perhaps the league’s best backup point guard (Shaun Livingston) and the other is a seldom-used reserve who has toiled in the Development League (James Michael McAdoo). A five-star recruit who went undrafted in 2014 after three uneven seasons at North Carolina, McAdoo is the ideal player to round out a 15-man roster. An easy-going Southerner who lives by his Christian principles, the man known to friends as “SwagAdoo” embraces his role: encourage teammates, go hard in workouts and, above all else, stay ready. At 6-foot-9, 240 pounds, with a 7-2 wingspan, he is a power forward who can play center in smaller lineups. Stuck behind David West, Zaza Pachulia, JaVale McGee and, at times, even Anderson Varejao and Kevon Looney on the depth chart, McAdoo only cracked the rotation this past season if the game plan called for another big man capable of defending multiple positions. In one five-game stretch, McAdoo had 34 points on 15-for-22 shooting with 23 rebounds in 105 minutes. Offseason outlook: Last July, as it rounded out the roster after adding Kevin Durant, Golden State was intrigued enough to re-sign McAdoo to a one-year minimum deal. The question now is whether the Warriors saw enough this past season to bring him back. [...] unlike Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Ian Clark and JaVale McGee, he doesn’t figure to command a big offer from other teams. The Warriors, who like McAdoo’s versatility and even-keeled demeanor, could potentially re-sign him to another minimum deal. [...] it didn’t help McAdoo’s chances that Golden State paid $3.5 million for the draft rights to Jordan Bell. The former Oregon forward duplicates McAdoo’s most important trait: the ability to switch onto perimeter players in pick-and-rolls. Matt Barnes Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.