The Dallas Mavericks have acquired Willie Cayley-Stein in a trade with the Golden State Warriors.

The Mavericks were looking for depth at center following the season-ending injury to Dwight Powell.

Cayley-Stein signed a two-year, $4.6 million deal with the Warriors in the offseason.

The Golden State Warriors and Steph Curry are targeting a return on March 1st against the Washington Wizards, according to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic.

The date is not set in stone, but Thompson adds that Curry is expected to return before the end of this season.

Curry, who broke his hand on October 30th, is no longer wearing a brace.

Curry has missed 40 games thus far on the season.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have intensified their pursuit of D'Angelo Russell.

Deals have yielded no traction as the Golden State Warriors have been inclined to keep Russell. The Wolves attempted to sign Russell this past offseason and is known to be close friends with Karl-Antony Towns.

Minnesota traded Jeff Teague to the Atlanta Hawks earlier on Thursday.

The Golden State Warriors have signed Damion Lee to a three-year contract.

The deal contains a partial guarantee for the 20-21 season.

Lee was previously on a Two-Way contract with the Warriors.

According to Bobby Marks of ESPN, the Warriors are now $394,357 below the hard cap with one roster spot open.

Klay Thompson gave a positive update on his rehab from a torn ACL, though added that he doesn't know if he'll return this season.

"It's going great ... I don't know what's going to come this season, I would love to get out there. ... I just kind of miss -- I know it's a tough part of the season. It's very rare for me not to be grinding through it with them, but I'm trying to make sure this type of injury never happens to me again, so I'll be very patient because I want to play at a high level til my late 30s," said Thompson during the Warriors' loss to the Mavericks.

Thompson will be re-evaluated around the All-Star Break. Both Thompson and the Warriors have stated that they do not want to rush the rehab process.

Steve Kerr said that he's asked both Steph Curry and Thompson to be around this group of Warriors players more often as they work through their injuries. 

"I'm asking him to be around our team a lot more. Both Steph [Curry] and Klay I've talked to about starting to be engaged and involved with the group. The new players need to get to know those guys and vice versa. And they give our young group some confidence just with their presence. So I think that's all part of the next step here for both Steph and Klay."

The Golden State Warriors will re-sign Marquese Chriss to a Two-Way contract.

Chriss was recently waived by the Warriors to convert Damion Lee to a standard contract.

Chriss has averaged 7.4 points and 5.4 rebounds in 17.7 minutes over 37 games this season for the Warriors.

Steph Curry and Klay Thompson will both be re-evaluated by the Golden State Warriors in February, according to Kerith Burke of NBC Sports Bay Area.

Curry, who broke his left hand, will be re-evaluated on February 1st.

Thompson will be re-evaluated at the All-Star break after tearing his ACL last season.

Steve Kerr said on Chris Haynes' Posted Up podcast that Curry will "for sure" play this season, giving a March return date. 

The Golden State Warriors are "unlikely" to trade D'Angelo Russell before the February trade deadline, according to a source that spoke with Sam Amick of The Athletic. 

Another source offered a hard "no" when asked about the Warriors' interest in a trade of Russell to the Orlando Magic for Aaron Gordon.

Russell is averaging 23.2 points, six assists and 3.4 rebounds for the Warriors.

Gordon signed a four-year, $76 million deal in 2018 but has regressed this season. Gordon is also a native of the San Francisco Bay Area.

“There is chatter coming from Orlando,” one executive said this week.

Stephen Curry was seen on camera talking to Giannis Antetkounmpo following Wednesday's win by the Milwaukee Bucks over the Golden State Warriors.

Many speculated as to their conversation as it appeared Curry was recruiting Antetkounmpo.

"I reached out to Steph via text and (he said) all he was doing was giving Giannis his gamer tag for an online game called PlayerUnknown Battleground. He said he told Giannis, ‘Come see me on this game. We can team up and do some damage. Let’s do it. Come on.'”

Antetkounmpo can become a free agent in 2021 and he also shares the same agency as Curry.

Steve Kerr has been fined $25,000 for verbally abusing an official. 

Kerr was ejected from Monday's loss by the Golden State Warriors at the Sacramento Kings in the second quarter.