Warriors’ Damian Jones assigned to G-League

Minnesota Timberwolves' Jimmy Butler, left, drives past Golden State Warriors' Damian Jones during the basketball match of the 2017 NBA Global Games in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) less Minnesota Timberwolves' Jimmy Butler, left, drives past Golden State Warriors' Damian Jones during the basketball match of the 2017 NBA Global Games in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, Thursday, Oct. ... more Photo: Kin Cheung, Associated Press Photo: Kin Cheung, Associated Press Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Warriors’ Damian Jones assigned to G-League 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

Golden State has assigned center Damian Jones to its Gatorade League affiliate in Santa Cruz, the team announced Wednesday afternoon.

The Santa Cruz Warriors opened training camp Tuesday at Kaiser Permanente Arena.

Jones, 22, didn’t appear in Golden State’s first four regular-season games. A 7-foot, 245-pound project, he is heading to the G-League to refine his fundamentals and learn how to more consistently play with a high motor. Jones was buried behind Zaza Pachulia, JaVale McGee, David West and Jordan Bell on Golden State’s depth chart.

In 10 games with the NBA club last season, Jones averaged 1.9 points and 2.3 rebounds in 8.5 minutes. Jones also played 31 games last season for Santa Cruz, averaging 11.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 26.4 minutes. He was named the D-League Player of the Month in March and April after averaging 17.6 points and 7.8 rebounds in 12 games.

Additionally, Golden State’s two players on two-way deals — guard Quinn Cook and forward Chris Boucher — are with the Santa Cruz. In his only appearance with Golden State, Cook had two points in one minute of Saturday’s loss to Memphis. Boucher is still recovering from a torn ACL sustained in the Pac-12 tournament with Oregon.

Under the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement, teams have two additional roster slots for players to spend up to 45 days with their respective NBA team and the rest of their season with a G-League affiliate. Anyone on a two-way contract will make $75,000 in the G-League and a prorated portion of the NBA rookie minimum salary — about $816,000 this season — for any days with the big club.

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Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @Con_Chron