Golden State Warriors
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11.3K7Warriors’ offseason plans look obvious now
The Golden State Warriors were mocked for something they didn’t even discuss during their historic regular season run. When Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski brought up the obvious back in early February — the Warriors are a “serious threat” to sign Kevin Durant — heads shook and eyes rolled. How could a team like this NOT stand […]
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22.5K3Warriors and Cavaliers killed the NBA regular season
It was given last rites when the Shaq-and-Kobe Lakers coasted through multiple campaigns, but the Warriors brought out the defibrillators and resuscitated it. Two months later, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors turned into 30 Jack Kevorkians in the NBA Finals. The NBA regular season is dead. The NBA is doing fantastically well in […]
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27.0K27If Durant is telling the truth about what motivates him, he should come to Golden State
The smart money has been on Kevin Durant signing a two-year max extension with Oklahoma City that includes a one-year opt-out, due to … money. Durant would stand to make several million dollars more by doing so. However, the free agent-to-be might be looking at his shoe deal (potentially worth up to $300 million) and […]
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28.8K35Warriors become first team to lose Finals after taking 3-1 lead, and everyone is to blame
Kyrie Irving hit a well-contested three and the Warriors couldn’t score. That’s how the best game of the NBA Finals ended, and with it the Warriors’ dream season crumbles to pieces. 73-9 during the regular season … 15-9 in the playoffs. Steve Kerr and Draymond Green might say that this season isn’t a failure, but […]
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5.2KA dummy’s guide to how the Warriors need to play tonight
After the most interesting regular season in franchise history (perhaps NBA history) and a fabulous/shocking comeback against the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals, everything about how way the Warriors (and all basketball fans) feel about their 2015-16 campaign rides on how they perform tonight. It seems unfair, but not all games are equal. This […]
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12.3K16Warriors have one last chance to slow LeBron James (and show some composure): Game 7
LeBron James opened up the window just a crack with his lobbying after the Cavs lost Game 4, and he smashed that sucker in Game 5. Then he ripped the frame out and threw it at the Warriors bench in Game 6. This series has been a circus since Game 4 ended, with slaps toward […]
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7.8K5After Warriors lost Draymond Green, they lost their identity, Game 5 and possibly Andrew Bogut
Tonight was yet another example proving that the Warriors are indeed a defensive team first, but their identity is quite fragile. All it took was losing Draymond Green temporarily, plus a whole lot of nada from every player not named Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson or Andre Iguodala, to lose 112-97. It’s clear at this point […]
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7.1K10Without Draymond Green, Warriors need huge Game 5 performance from this player
Draymond Green played incredible defense on Friday night, and as Tim Kawakami points out, the sheer volume of numbers Green contributes nightly makes his absence a huge one for the Warriors tonight. And that’s saying nothing about Green’s tenacity and emotional energy, which the Warriors will only feel during Game 5 if it somehow travels […]
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29.8K19NBA does cynical LeBron James’ bidding, suspends Draymond Green
I’m not sure if LeBron James watches Survivor, but he understands the theme: “Outwit, Outlast, Outplay.” James couldn’t outplay the Warriors or Draymond Green. A few minutes after Green came through with a weakside block on a James layup attempt, in the midst of a turnover-laden and thoroughly ineffective game from James, the two forwards […]
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12.6K30NBA shouldn’t suspend Draymond Green for what happened last night
In a world where butt-slaps are considered kind, Draymond Green ran the risk of being a serial criminal — in a sporting sense — with this action on Friday night. The result of their entanglement, after it continued under the basket, was a double-personal for LeBron James and Green. No one in the arena knew […]
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7.2K17Warriors can go back-to-back, at home, after signature Game 4 win
CLEVELAND This 108-97 win, which gave the Warriors a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, should and undoubtedly will make Warriors fans extremely proud, much like Golden State’s remarkable comeback in the Western Conference Finals. The potential reward for their efforts in Game 4 could come on Monday, when they have a chance to clinch […]
