The Warriors’ roster is back to 14 players after a pair of 10-day deals.

The Warriors inked both Kevin Knox II and Yuri Collins to 10-day contracts, giving both Santa Cruz Warriors a chance at providing depth.

Knox, the ninth overall pick in 2018, is averaging 25.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the G League regular season. At 6-foot-8, he could give the Warriors minutes on the wing if more injuries deplete their depth chart.

Knox is just 25 years old. He has played for the Knicks, Hawks, Pistons and Blazers.

Collins, meanwhile, is a pass-first point guard who led the NCAA in assists twice for Saint Louis.

The Jimmy Butler trade that sent out Andrew Wiggins, Dennis Schroder, Kyle Anderson and Lindy Waters III required the Warriors to convert two-way center Quinten Post to a standard deal to reach the minimum 12 players. Teams can only carry fewer than 14 players for a limited amount of time.

Ten-day contracts are worth a prorated portion of the minimum salary. Teams can sign a player to two 10-day contracts before either retaining them for the remainder of the season or returning them to free agency.

The Warriors are still eligible to sign a player on the buyout market after Collins or Knox’s 10 days are up. But a player must be waived before March 1 in order to be postseason-eligible. Golden State is also operating under thin margins given they’re hard-capped at the first apron.

Notable players on the buyout market to have signed with a team already include Ben Simmons (Clippers), Torrey Craig (Celtics) and Alex Len (Lakers).

Although the Warriors have struggled to separate from the bottom of the Western Conference playoff picture this year, it has been a promising season for their developmental system. Post, a second-round rookie, started seven games before the All-Star break. Gui Santos has cracked the rotation as an energy guy off the bench. Even Pat Spencer has had moments as an emergency point guard, organizing the offense and pushing pace.

Neither Knox nor Collins are expected to contribute much, but the same could’ve been said about Santos, Spencer and Post.

A homecoming for Durant >> Kevin Durant went back to the Bay Area last weekend. He’s now going back to school.

A nostalgic time for Phoenix’s All-Star forward continues today, when Durant and the Suns play San Antonio in Austin, Texas — a home game for the Spurs and a homecoming for Durant, since the game brings him back to where he played his one college season with the Longhorns.

“It does mean a lot to me,” Durant said. “I’m excited that we get to go back to play a regular-season game there. Austin is a place where I kind of started this journey, and to have so many friends and family that are still there from, what, 16, 17 years ago is pretty sweet. So, I appreciate the NBA for setting this up. This is a unique time.”

Durant’s lone season in Austin was 2006-07, and he was college basketball’s best player that year. He averaged 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds, ranking fourth nationally in both of those categories.

He declared for the draft after that season, went No. 2 overall to Seattle in 2007 and the accolades keep piling up. Durant is the only men’s player in USA Basketball history to win four Olympic gold medals. He won two championships with the Warriors.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.