After suffering a back injury that forced him to undergo a medical procedure and miss the final two months of the 2021-22 NBA season, Killian Tillie hadn’t been cleared for a full return when he was waived by the Grizzlies on Oct. 15, 2022, just three days before the team’s regular-season opener. Tillie returned to Spokane, rehabbed, recovered and ramped up for training camp workouts in the late spring/early summer with hopes he’d latch on with another NBA team. The 6-foot-9 forward had a number of feelers, with strong interest coming from the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers in particular.