Brad Weinstein of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Warriors have signed a backup guard to replace A.J.Guyton who was waived on Tuesday. 5-foot, 5-inch point guard Earl Boykins will now compete with Dean Oliver for minutes backing up Gilbert Arenas.

The Warriors discussed bringing in other free agents like Randy Livingston or George McCloud but they settled on Boykins. His 3.3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio last season helped in making the decision. Boykins gives the Warriors a pure point guard to run the offense and ignite the fast break.

"I feel I can bring stability at the point-guard position," said Boykins, who averaged 4.1 points and 2.1 assists in 68 games with the Clippers last season, his fourth in the league. "Gilbert is playing a lot of minutes and it's only natural that he would tire out during the course of the year. I feel I can bring solid play as a backup."

"The one thing with Earl is he can change the complexion of the game," coach Eric Musselman said before Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets. "He's a tempo-changer. It's good to have a guy that if you're down, a team can go on a quick spurt with him in the game."