Brandon Williams Agrees to One-Year Deal With Golden State Warriors
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Brandon Williams is a basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks before. Now, he will play for a new team.
A report says Williams has a new deal with the Golden State Warriors. The deal is for one year.
The Warriors are a basketball team in California. They wanted a new guard for their team. Williams plays as a guard.
A news report said the Warriors must think carefully about Williams. This was before they made other big team decisions.
Now, the report says the deal is done. Williams will join the Warriors for the next season.
Vocabulary15 words
- deal
- an agreement between two people or groups
- guard
- a player position in basketball
- season
- the months when a sport is played every year
- contract
- a paper that says what a player agrees to do
- team
- a group of players who play together
- report
- news information from a writer or website
- sign
- to agree officially to join a team
- former
- someone who used to have a job or role before
- roster
- the full list of players on a team
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- basketball
- a sport played with a ball and two baskets
- one-year
- lasting for twelve months
- join
- to become part of a team or group
- news
- new information about something that happened
Quiz
Answer key
1. Dallas Mavericks 2. One year 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Brandon Williams is a basketball _____. He played for the Dallas Mavericks before. Now, he will play for a new _____.
A report says Williams has a new _____ with the Golden State Warriors. The deal is for one year.
The Warriors are a basketball team in California. They wanted a new _____ for their team. Williams plays as a guard.
A news _____ said the Warriors must think carefully about Williams. This was before they made other big team decisions.
Now, the report says the deal is done. Williams will _____ the Warriors for the next _____.
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