Jack Winter Articles - Page 47

Joe Lacob can stomach a $500,000 fine from the league office. He’s a billionaire multiple times over, and the Golden State Warriors raked in over $800 million in revenue last season. Lacob deserves credit for spending more than any other owner in the NBA, but it’s not like his general wealth nor quality of life […]

Not even the early 2000s Los Angeles Lakers enjoyed the sustained success of the Golden State Warriors. But just because the Lakers’ dynasty fueled by Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant didn’t have nearly the shelf life of Golden State’s hardly means its all-time peak lags far behind the Warriors’. Shaq, in fact, is fully confident […]

Gary Payton II not only rejuvenated his fading NBA career last season, but played a pivotal role in the Golden State Warriors’ NBA Finals comeback.  They were in an 0-1 hole against the Boston Celtics when Payton returned to the lineup after missing the previous 10 games with a fractured elbow, giving Golden State another […]

The Golden State Warriors are ready to run it back after making one last marginal move in free agency. As the 2022-23 season dawns, though, Bob Myers still finds it tough to fathom the once-struggling Warriors will be defending another championship. “We kept most of it together, but we have to stay healthy,” he said, […]

The Golden State Warriors’ offseason is essentially over less than a month before it started. JaMychal Green is set to sign with the reigning champions after completing a buyout from the Oklahoma City Thunder, giving Golden State its 12th guaranteed contract. The Warriors aren’t rushing Andre Iguodala into a decision on retirement, content to hold […]

It turns out the Golden State Warriors weren’t quite done tweaking the roster this summer. Nearly three weeks after the inception of free agency, the defending champions will sign veteran forward JaMychal Green once he reaches a buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Veteran forward JaMychal Green is working toward […]

Don’t worry, Los Angeles Lakers fans. In wake of a culture-shifting phone call between Russell Westbrook, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, rookie head coach Darvin Ham knows exactly how to maximize the 2017 MVP alongside his superstar teammates. During an appearance on The VC Show with Vince Carter and Ros Gold-Onwude, Ham detailed his plans to not […]

The Golden State Warriors aren’t quite running it back in 2022-23. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson are entrenched with the defending champions, of course, with the extension-eligible Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole soon set to join them. The Warriors re-signed Kevon Looney to a team-friendly three-year deal in free agency, while Moses Moody […]

The season that changed Andrew Wiggins’ career forever was at risk before it began. He was unvaccinated against COVID-19 when training camp tipped off last September, wary of the shot’s long-term effects in part due to an allergic reaction he had a few years ago. But San Francisco mandated vaccinations for people working in the […]

Few athletes in the history of sports have inspired and silenced crowds quite like Stephen Curry. No player in the league elicits more euphoria from home fans than the Golden State Warriors superstar, and his exploits as an arena-hushing heel were on epic display during Curry’s 43-point masterpiece against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 […]

Andre Iguodala still doesn’t know whether his playing career will continue. Pressed about his future by podcast guest Joe Lacob on the most recent edition of Point Forward, Iguodala even refused to shed light on where he is in that decision-making process with the Golden State Warriors owner. As he continues mulling the prospect of […]

The Golden State Warriors aren’t rushing Andre Iguodala into making a decision on his future. Anthony Slater of The Athletic recently reported that the defending champions will leave a roster spot open for the veteran wing entering training camp, affording Iguodala all the time he could possibly need to choose between playing another season and […]

Jonathan Kuminga flashed all the physical tools and nascent skill in Summer League that makes him a fixture of Golden State Warriors’ long-term future. But the sophomore forward’s play in Las Vegas was objectively inconsistent nevertheless, most beset by a jumper that failed him again and again from both beyond at the arc and at […]

The Golden State Warriors enter Sunday’s Las Vegas finale against the Washington Wizards at 1-6 in Summer League play, with five of those losses coming by double digits. Don’t conflate that lack of team-wide success with automatic discouragement about Golden State’s talented young players, though. The Warriors were never going to be as cohesive at […]

The Golden State Warriors’ ongoing dynasty marks one of the most dominant single-team runs in NBA history. Still, Joe Lacob isn’t satisfied after winning a remarkable fourth championship in eight seasons. Golden State’s notoriously confident owner has even bigger long-term ambitions, directly influenced by an icon from his team’s Southern California rivals./ During his appearance […]

Owner Joe Lacob and general manager Bob Myers definitely aren’t the only ones who have high hopes for the Golden State Warriors’ next generation. Before the Warriors’ Las Vegas Summer League game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, promising sophomore forward Jonathan Kuminga was asked what it’s like to be on the court with […]

James Wiseman’s first basketball game in well over a year couldn’t have gotten off to a better start. The Golden State Warriors center had a thunderous lob dunk, off-dribble triple and two towering blocks in the first four minutes of his debut at Las Vegas Summer League on Sunday, reminding Dub Nation and the NBA […]

Jonathan Kuminga called his 2022 Summer League debut “one of the worst games I’ve ever had in my life.” His four-point, five-turnover performance against the New York Knicks last week came just 48 hours after he’d returned from his native Congo, joining the Golden State Warriors late in their preparations for Las Vegas. Kuminga subsequently […]

The Golden State Warriors just set an NBA record for total payroll, combining nearly $176 million in salary with another $170 million in luxury-tax penalties. They’ll blow past that unprecedented number again next season despite letting Gary Payton II walk in free agency, with $184 million in guaranteed salary already on the books for 2022-23. […]

Kevin Durant’s known preference is to play for the Phoenix Suns or Miami Heat. But Deandre Ayton’s offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers complicates a potential trade to the desert, and it’s unclear if Miami has enough assets to entice the Brooklyn Nets in a prospective Durant trade without giving up Bam Adebayo. The market […]

The New Orleans Pelicans played a major part in the Los Angeles Lakers finishing outside the play-in tournament last season, beating the purple-and-gold twice over a five-day span in late March and early April. Those wins were crucial to the Pelicans ultimately making the playoffs, then pushing the Phoenix Suns  to a hard-fought six-game series […]

It was barely more than a year ago that Donte DiVincenzo started every regular season game for the Milwaukee Bucks, entering the playoffs as a key member of the core surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo. Not only was he going to play a crucial role in Milwaukee’s quest for a championship, but DiVincenzo seemed on the verge […]

The endless conversation about Stephen Curry’s place in basketball’s historic individual hierarchy began even before he broke down in tears on the Boston Celtics’ home floor, overwhelmed by the prospect of winning his fourth title and first NBA Finals MVP. While his status as a peerless all-time great has been ironclad for years, Curry’s latest […]

The Golden State Warriors weren’t quite able to retain their championship roster this summer after all. Key reserves Gary Payton II and Otto Porter earned big-money raises on the open market that proved too expensive for Golden State, while bit players like Juan Toscano-Anderson, Damion Lee and Nemanja Bjelica decided to continue their careers elsewhere. […]

It’s been four years since Klay Thompson began offseason training with a completely clean bill of health. By no coincidence, that’s also the same amount of time that elapsed between the Golden State Warriors winning the third and fourth titles of basketball’s only ongoing dynasty. Thompson, finally, is back to living his best summer life, […]

James Wiseman stole the show in the Golden State Warriors’ 86-85 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Las Vegas Summer League, celebrating his highly anticipated and long-awaited return to the floor with a thunderous lob dunk, pull-up three-pointer and pair of impressive blocks all in the game’s first four minutes. He wasn’t nearly as […]

James Wiseman played his first real basketball game on Sunday since April 10th, 2020. The stakes at Las Vegas Summer League aren’t exactly high and the competition isn’t quite championship-level. Still, Wiseman provided ample and immediate reason for optimism about his once wayward career trajectory as the Golden State Warriors took on the San Antonio […]

Brittney Griner has appeared in every All-Star Game of her career since being selected with the first overall pick of the 2013 draft until this weekend. The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game is proceeding in Chicago without her, unfortunately, as the Phoenix Mercury superstar remains wrongfully detained in Russia. As support for Griner’s release and return […]

There’s never been an NBA player quite like Nikola Jokic. Just because the Denver Nuggets superstar is one of one on the basketball court, though, doesn’t mean his unique effectiveness extends to the dance floor. Don’t tell that to his native Serbians, though. The back-to-back MVP celebrated his recently signed five-year, $264 million supermax extension […]

Stephen Curry is clearly still on a high from not just winning his fourth championship in eight seasons with the Golden State Warriors, but finally taking home NBA Finals MVP, too. He’s been celebrating those achievements this weekend at the American Century Golf Championship in South Lake Tahoe, catching touchdown passes from Green Bay Packers […]

Donte DiVincenzo essentially had his pick of free agency destinations. What team in the league wouldn’t want a proven two-way guard with obvious room to grow on a contract worth less than the taxpayer mid-level exception? DiVincenzo chose to sign with the Golden State Warriors, though, filling a void on the roster left after Gary […]

Shaedon Sharpe’s first competitive basketball game in nearly a year didn’t exactly go as planned. The Portland Trail Blazers announced in a statement that an MRI revealed the rookie guard has a small labral tear in his left shoulder, cutting his highly anticipated Summer League tenure short after just a few minutes of court time. […]

Discussions with his former teammates notwithstanding, it’s still unclear if Kevin Durant would actually be interested in returning to the Golden State Warriors. There are other major obstacles the Dubs and Brooklyn Nets would have to clear in a potential trade built around the the two-time Finals MVP, too. Ignore those complications for now, though. Why? The […]

Charles Barkley doesn’t exactly seemed concerned with pleasing Dub Nation. In fact, the loudmouth TNT analyst and NBA legend appears more willing than ever to intentionally pit himself against Golden State Warriors fans. At least he has respect and appreciation for the actual Warriors, right? During a break in play at the American Century Celebrity […]

Jonathan Kuminga followed up an eye-popping debut at Summer League last July with an extremely promising rookie season. But he was a bystander during the Golden State Warriors’ championship run, garnering mostly garbage-time minutes in the playoffs despite starting three games against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round. Don’t take Kuminga’s barely-there postseason role […]

Take it from Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard. The New York Post, believe it or not, maybe isn’t the most accurate publication in news media. Just 24 hours after the NY Post reported that Blazers owner Jody Allen had recently ignored his calls and emails, Portland’s franchise player forcefully denied that account, insisting he […]

Stephen Curry is in South Lake Tahoe this weekend for the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament. The charity exhibition features stars from all over the sports and entertainment world, including Curry’s Golden State Warriors teammate Andre Iguodala, brother Seth Curry and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. While not every celebrity playing in the tournament […]

The Golden State Warriors’ original Big 3 have reportedly already spoken with Kevin Durant in wake of his trade request from the Brooklyn Nets. Rumors indicate Stephen Curry, the newly-minted Finals MVP, would welcome his former teammate back to the Bay Area, too. Speaking with reporters from the American Century Championship golf tournament in South […]

Andrew Wiggins was the beneficiary of fleeting NBA Finals MVP buzz mostly for his stellar individual defense on Jayson Tatum and ability to make the Boston Celtics pay for loading extra defenders toward Stephen Curry. But his career-altering performance en route to the Golden State Warriors’ fourth championship in eight seasons should be remembered most […]