Gui Santos was not expected to start for Golden State on Sunday, October 4, 2026, in the Warriors’ preseason opener against the Los Angeles Clippers. That is a pregame projection reported by CBS Sports on October 2—not a confirmed lineup or a prediction of Santos’s regular-season role.
Why Santos was projected to come off the bench
CBS Sports, attributing the lineup expectation to Luca Evans of the San Francisco Chronicle, reported that rookie Yaxel Lendeborg and veteran Al Horford were expected to take the two initially open starting spots. The openings were connected to Jimmy Butler’s knee issue and Kristaps Porzingis’s undisclosed issue. These were reported circumstances and expectations before the game, not an official announcement of the starting five. CBS Sports’ October 2 report
Could Santos start later in preseason?
Yes. The report said Santos could remain in contention as Golden State mixes and matches its exhibition lineups. The Sunday projection concerns one preseason game; it does not rule out a later preseason start. RotoWire’s matching report
What his 2025–26 starts show—and what they do not
RotoWire reported that Santos averaged 14.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game across 30 regular-season starts in 2025–26. Those figures describe his production in that season’s starts; they do not establish whether he will start during the coming regular season.
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