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Jonathan Kuminga and Anthony Lamb served as de facto backup centers in Monday night’s much-needed victory over the Sacramento Kings, the biggest departure among the Golden State Warriors’ highly anticipated rotation changes following a winless five-game road trip. Steve Kerr quickly deviated from his pre-planned bench lineups after the reserves coughed up another early lead, […]

Jordan Poole was a surprise second-half starter for the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. Replacing Kevon Looney to unleash the defending champions’ vaunted small-ball lineup indeed gave them the jolt Steve Kerr knew his team so badly needed. Golden State trailed the Sacramento Kings 67-55 at intermission, but made up nine points on the […]

The Golden State Warriors entered Monday’s matchup with the Sacramento Kings coming off a winless five-game road trip. Trailing by double-digits at both halftime and early in the fourth quarter, it sure seemed like the early-season problems plaguing the defending champions went much deeper than long-awaited rotation changes, too. None of the planned lineup buttons […]

The Golden State Warriors ended a five-game losing streak on Monday night, escaping Chase Center with a much-needed 116-113 victory over the Sacramento Kings. Anyone expecting the defending champions to re-stake their claim among the league’s elite back home in the Bay Area, though, no doubt remains somewhat disappointed. The Warriors trailed by 12 at […]

The Golden State Warriors’ playing rotation is due some much-needed changes against the Sacramento Kings. No matter how Steve Kerr tweaks his lineups or how his team plays on Monday, though, expect more changes to come the next time Golden State takes the floor at Chase Center—at least as long as Donte DiVincenzo continues progressing. […]

Steve Kerr peeled back the curtain on Sunday, just over 24 hours before the struggling Golden State Warriors take the floor at Chase Center following a winless five-game road trip. Breaking their stunning early-season losing streak is obviously of greatest importance when the Warriors face the Sacramento Kings. But Monday’s game will also serve as […]

The Miami Hurricanes have officially reached rock bottom under Mario Cristobal. The first-year head coach spoke with reporters on Saturday after his team’s 45-3 thrashing at the hands of longtime rival Florida State, a loss that dropped Miami to 4-5 on the season and 2-3 in the ACC. Cristobal went out of his way to […]

It’s hardly a secret that Carson Wentz isn’t long for the nation’s capitol. The Washington Commanders essentially confirmed as much halfway through the regular season, writing Wentz’s future on the wall of FedEx Field. Before kickoff of their Week 9 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, the Commanders advertised for 2023 season tickets by featuring quarterback […]

The Indiana Pacers will be without a key wing for the foreseeable future. At least Chris Duarte’s absence should help his team in the race for Victor Wembanyama, right? ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the third-year wing will be sidelined for the next four-to-six weeks after suffering a Grade 2 ankle sprain in the Pacers’ […]

More minutes are coming for Jonathan Kuminga. Steve Kerr confirmed that assumption after the Golden State Warriors fell to the New Orleans Pelicans 114-105 on Friday night, ending their five-game road trip winless as a resting Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green watched their woefully short-handed team fight hard against a full-strength […]

The Golden State Warriors were outlasted by the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, losing 114-105 after the home team pulled away late. Don’t mistake context behind the Warriors’ latest defeat for that of any other on their winless disaster of a five-game road trip, though. Playing without the reigning Finals MVP, two more future […]

The controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving hasn’t just left the struggling Brooklyn Nets without their superstar point guard for at least the next five games. After Steve Nash’s departure earlier this week, the team’s subsequent attention on managing fallout from Irving’s promotion of an antisemitic film apparently put the brakes on Brooklyn naming its next head […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have barely missed a beat offensively this season without Tyreek Hill. As their newest playmaking weapon makes his debut on Sunday, expect the Chiefs to be even more dangerous both in Week 9 and going forward. Andy Reid spoke with media on Friday, answering “I think so” when asked if wide […]

Major lineup changes are definitely coming for the Golden State Warriors on Friday. Just don’t expect their matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans to be any indicator of what the Warriors will look like once Steve Kerr finally figures out a successful rotation. Golden State is resting Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins […]

Stephen Curry followed the lead of Steve Kerr and Draymond Green after his team’s dispiriting 130-129 loss to the Orlando Magic on Thursday, telling reporters changes were coming for the Golden State Warriors’ struggling bench. Here’s what the reigning Finals MVP and four-time champion said in response to questions about altering Golden State’s reserve units, […]

Changes are coming for the Golden State Warriors’ bench irrespective of when Andre Iguodala returns to the floor. Considering his cryptic tweet following his team’s wholly dispiriting, all-too-familiar loss to the Orlando Magic, though, don’t be surprised if Steve Kerr’s altered rotation soon includes another four-time champion. Iguodala appeared to tease the date for his […]

The Golden State Warriors squandered another double-digit lead in typical early-season fashion on Thursday, falling to the Orlando Magic 130-129 for their fourth straight loss. The defending champions face their toughest test in the final game of this disastrous road trip in less than 24 hours, traveling to meet Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and the […]

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, among the NBA’s the loudest and most respected voices on sociocultural and political issues, responded to Kyrie Irving’s antisemitic Twitter post before his team’s game against the Orlando Magic on Thursday. Framing Irving’s implicit support of an antisemitic movie through the perils of social media, Kerr warned against everyone—not […]

The Golden State Warriors lost their third straight game on Tuesday night, crumbling in crunch-time against the Miami Heat. The defending champions are winless on their five-game road trip, with its biggest test—a back-to-back against the Orlando Magic and surging New Orleans Pelicans—still to come before returning to the friendly confines of Chase Center. Now […]

The Miami Heat outlasted the Golden State Warriors 116-109 on Tuesday in South Beach, sending the defending champions to a third straight loss. Golden State remains winless away from home over two weeks into regular season as a result, careless turnovers and occasionally poor shot selection wasting an effort that surely would’ve been good enough […]

At least the Golden State Warriors’ biggest early-season problems weren’t the driving force behind their latest loss away from the friendly confines of Chase Center, right? The defending champs fell to the Miami Heat 116-109 at FTX Arena on Tuesday, crumbling in crunch-time of a competitive, back-and-forth affair between two struggling teams that desperately needed […]

Steve Nash was regarded as one of basketball’s brightest young coaches when the Brooklyn Nets hired him in September 2020. He’s out just over two years later, a pair of failed seasons, never-ending drama and wholly dispiriting beginning to 2022-23 prompting Nash’s mutually agreed upon departure from Brooklyn. Nash, obviously, wasn’t the Nets’ only problem. […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are fully embracing a youth movement at cornerback coming off their bye week. Moments before the trade deadline passed on Tuesday, the Chiefs traded veteran cornerback Rashad Fenton to the Atlanta Falcons. More! A deal that beat the buzzer: the Chiefs have traded CB Rashad Fenton to the Falcons, per source. […]

There was always a chance Joe Mazzulla would prove himself up to the task as the Boston Celtics head coach in 2022-23, making it much easier for the front office to part ways with Ime Udoka upon season’s end. Now that he’s set to become head coach of the Brooklyn Nets less than an hour […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Detroit Pistons 128-114 on Sunday, weary legs, widespread early shooting struggles and their penchant for lackadaisical defense contributing to a second loss in as many days. Needless to say, going 0-2 against the lottery-bound Pistons and Charlotte Hornets isn’t exactly how the Warriors hoped to begin their first […]

Defense ailed the Golden State Warriors most again in Sunday’s 128-114 loss to the Detroit Pistons. Golden State fouled the hell out of the Pistons, sending them to the line for a whopping 38 free throws attempts. The Warriors were pounded on the defensive glass at times, resulting in 20 second-chance points. Detroit took easy […]

The Golden State Warriors wasted the chance to begin their first multi-game road trip of the season with a comeback victory. As tipoff of their tilt with the Detroit Pistons awaits, the defending champions have more to worry about than weary legs on the second half of a back-to-back, too. A resting Klay Thompson won’t […]

Stephen Curry certainly wasn’t the reason the Golden State Warriors lost to the Charlotte Hornets 120-113 on Saturday. After his team’s arduous second-half comeback was wasted in a frustrating overtime defeat, though, the reigning Finals MVP couldn’t help but shoulder some blame—rightfully so, too. Curry harped on his pair of three-point misses in the waning […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Charlotte Hornets in overtime 120-113 on Saturday, beginning both their first back-to-back and multi-game road trip of the season with a hard-fought yet ultimately frustrating defeat. Don’t blame Draymond Green for his team’s loss to an objectively inferior opponent, though. His fingerprints were all over Golden State’s second-half […]

There’s no debating what the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster needs most. Building any team around LeBron James that lacks a semblance of competent perimeter shooting would always be a recipe for disaster, but especially with Russell Westbrook also in the fold. Anthony Davis’ ongoing struggles with his jumper only compound the biggest problem during Los […]

The Kansas City Chiefs have already made a splash before the NFL trade deadline. After getting Patrick Mahomes another playmaking weapon in 2021 first-round pick Kadarius Toney, the perennial AFC power is apparently seeking help on the other side of the ball to gear up for a Super Bowl run. According to Albert Breer of […]

Kyrie Irving finally broke his silence Saturday morning in response to widespread condemnation for his promotion of an antisemitic film earlier this week. Insisting he harbors no hate for Jewish people and believes in the peaceful practice of all religions, the Brooklyn Nets superstar tweeted that the antisemitism being attributed to him “is not justified […]

It’s obviously in Joe Lacob’s best financial interest to balk at expectations the Golden State Warriors payroll could soon explode into the $400-$500 million territory. Details of reporting about NBA owners’ yearning for a hard cap in the next CBA, though, reveal that Lacob’s summer talk about already being “in trouble with the rest of […]

The average NBA franchise has never been valuable, and we’re less than two weeks into a season where the Larry O’Brien Trophy seems truly up for grabs. As negotiations between owners and the players’ association on the next Collective Bargaining Agreement continue before the mid-December mutual opt-out deadline, though, league power brokers are pushing for […]

The Golden State Warriors weren’t forcing Tyler Herro into the action over and over during the most critical moments of Thursday’s game against the Miami Heat by accident. Stephen Curry proved as much with just over five-and-a-half minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. After inbounding the ball, flying off a pin-down from Kevon Looney and […]

James Wiseman was only on the floor for 14 minutes on Thursday, the fewest he’s played in the Golden State Warriors’ first five games of the regular season. Definitely don’t take the young big man’s comparative lack of playing time as any negative referendum on his performance against the Miami Heat, though. After his team’s […]

His ongoing ramp-up toward a normal minutes load isn’t the only reason Klay Thompson has struggled in the season’s earliest going. As Steve Kerr remembers it, the Golden State Warriors sharpshooter has never been an especially good starter in his decorated career—even before it was put on hold for two-and-half years by an ACL tear […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ 4-0 start may soon seem like a fever dream in Rip City. The silver lining of Damian Lillard’s hamstring injury suffered in Wednesday’s home loss to the Miami Heat, though? Portland’s franchise player won’t be sidelined too long. Shams Charania of The Athletic and STADIUM reported on Thursday that Lillard will be out […]

The Golden State Warriors’ floundering second unit could certainly use the defensive acumen and overall sense of stability provided by Andre Iguodala. As the 2022-23 season continues, though, it’s still unknown—publicly, at least—when he plans to debut. Iguodala spoke with reporters on Thursday for the first time since the regular season tipped off. While the […]