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Juan Toscano-Anderson left his hometown team in free agency, seeking a more prominent role elsewhere. Don’t feel too bad for the Oakland native, though. Not only did Toscano-Anderson grow up idolizing Kobe Bryant, but he has the incredibly rare of luxury of going from playing with one GOAT to another—and plans on taking full advantage […]

It’s no longer a matter of if James Wiseman will make his long-awaited return to the floor at Las Vegas Summer League. As the Golden State Warriors prepare for their Sin City opener on Friday against the New York Knicks, it’s finally become an imminent matter of when. A few days after Wiseman was cleared […]

The once-juggernaut Golden State Warriors reverted back to “Strength In Numbers” to win a remarkable fourth championship in eight seasons. As Steve Kerr’s assistants continue reaping the rewards of the team’s sustained success, the Warriors are relying on that long-held rallying cry to compensate for Mike Brown’s departure to their Northern California rivals. Amid Brown […]

Klay Thompson’s rapid re-acclimation from missing two-and-a-half seasons while rehabbing from multiple lower-body surgeries made it easy to take his playoff performance with the Golden State Warriors for granted. He scored his first points since 2019 on a driving poster dunk during his long-awaited return on January 9th,  then dropped 33 points on the Los […]

No one had more fun at the Golden State Warriors’ raucous championship parade than Klay Thompson. After going viral multiple times for his semi-drunken public antics on the streets and waters of San Francisco, the future Hall-of-Famer finally addressed his biggest gaffe—in typically hilarious fashion, of course. During his appearance on the latest episode of […]

The Golden State Warriors didn’t exactly get Summer League play off to a rousing start. The California Classic hosts went winless at Chase Center, losing three games by a combined 65 points. But the summer squad that takes the floor in Las Vegas over the next week-and-a-half, thankfully, will look much different than the short-handed […]

The Seattle Seahawks are in dire need of a franchise quarterback after trading Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos. No matter how Pete Carroll and company ultimately address Wilson’s departure, though, don’t expect Baker Mayfield to find himself starting games in the Pacific Northwest. During a Tuesday appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, NFL insider Ian […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks will eventually fall under new ownership. Amid recent reports of billion-dollar offers for the franchises controlled by her late brother’s trust, though, Jody Allen has pushed back the timeline on their expected sales. The chair of the Blazers and Seahawks issued a statement on Tuesday clarifying that neither […]

Ja Morant just signed a five-year max extension with the Memphis Grizzlies. Even before putting pen to paper on a life-changing contract that could pay him up to $231 million, though, the notoriously grounded superstar was making a habit of paying his wealth forward. On episode three of the Ja Morant Docuseries, titled “God Is […]

The Golden State Warriors have been expectedly mum since Kevin Durant rocked the league by requesting a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, complying with league rules about tampering. But the reigning champions are rumored to have interest in bringing Durant to The Bay, and Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson reportedly touched base in […]

There’s no in-depth explanation necessary to understand why it’s virtually guaranteed that Kevin Durant won’t be returning to the Golden State Warriors. The widespread assumption that he’d grown irreversibly crossways with franchise pillars after bailing on Golden State three years ago was always naive. Indeed, Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic reported on Sunday that […]

Kevon Looney is coming back to The Bay, Gary Payton II got his bag elsewhere and Otto Porter is taking his talents north of the border. The Golden State Warriors still have possible extensions with Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins to negotiate, but barely 48 hours after the start of free agency, suddenly find their […]

Joe Lacob’s pockets weren’t deep enough to retain the Golden State Warriors’ title-winning core after all. Gary Payton II agreed to a three-year, $28 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, a stunning development the reigning champions could have avoided by simply writing a bigger check. Instead, the Warriors crumbled under pressure […]

P.J. Tucker is on the move to another Eastern Conference contender once again. A year after spurning the reigning-champion Milwaukee Bucks to sign with the Miami Heat, the veteran forward has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $33.2 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. Free agent PJ Tucker is finalizing a three-year, $33.2 […]

Gary Payton II finally found his NBA home with the Golden State Warriors. Though both sides would prefer the veteran guard remain in The Bay going forward, there’s a chance Payton’s breakout campaign in 2021-22 could make retaining him too costly for the Warriors. Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer reported on Wednesday that Golden State may […]

Kevin Durant is back on the move again, three years after he bailed on the Golden State Warriors. As a frenzied bidding war materializes in wake of his shocking trade request from the Brooklyn Nets, though, dreams of the two-time Finals MVP returning to the Bay Area will surely remain just that. Bleacher Report’s Jake […]

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving’s on-court partnership is surely over. As their star-crossed tenure with the Brooklyn Nets comes to a close, it seems like there was never a real possibility of Durant and Irving returning to the team next season. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that despite Irving picking up his player option on Monday, […]

So much for the Brooklyn Nets’ status as basketball’s sleeping juggernaut. After Kevin Durant rocked the basketball world on Thursday by requesting a trade, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Brooklyn is prepared to engage in trade discussions for every player currently on the roster. As the Nets prepare to move one of the most valuable […]

Dominick Barlow already has the work ethic it takes some NBA players years to master. “A lot of kids, you’ll have to beg them to come into the gym,” says Overtime Elite player development coach Pat Quinn. “I have to get Dom out of the gym.” A former mid-major recruit who ranked far outside the […]

One of the most highly anticipated Summer League rosters in Golden State Warriors history is down a key player. Second-round pick Ryan Rollins has a stress fracture in his right foot and will re-evaluated at the end of Las Vegas Summer League, the team announced on Wednesday. Ryan Rollins injury update: pic.twitter.com/mplPIgiqla — Warriors PR […]

Pump the brakes on James Wiseman’s long-awaited return to the court this summer. Though the No. 2 overall pick of the 2020 draft completed a full-contact practice on Wednesday and is on the Golden State Warriors’ roster for this weekend’s California Classic, Wiseman will reportedly sit out his team’s initial action with the hope of […]

Stephen Curry will turn 35 years old by next season’s playoffs, while Draymond Green and Klay Thompson will be 33. The Golden State Warriors couldn’t have won a fourth title in eight seasons without a revamped supporting cast, but none of their elite young prospects carved out a consistent spot in Steve Kerr’s playoff rotation. […]

No one has ever suggested the Golden State Warriors are better without Kevin Durant. Draymond Green reiterated as much during a recent podcast collaboration with J.J. Redick, insisting the Warriors wouldn’t have subsequently dethroned LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers after their epic collapse in the 2016 Finals if Durant hadn’t spurned the Oklahoma City […]

The Golden State Warriors became the first team to ever surrender a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals when they fell to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. But even that historic collapse doesn’t quite convey just how close they were to repeating as champions and beating Cleveland for the second year in […]

The Golden State Warriors’ first priority this summer is retaining incumbent free agents. Kevon Looney, Gary Payton II and Otto Porter will all hit the open market when free agency opens on Thursday afternoon, their reputations burnished by playing key roles during the Warriors’ dominant playoff run to a fourth title in eight seasons. Another […]

Steve Kerr was busy during the lead-up to the 2022 NBA Draft, guiding the reinvigorated Golden State Warriors to a fourth championship in eight years after they missed the playoffs each of the last two seasons. But he was able to get his eyes on one group workout at Warriors headquarters regardless, a random happenstance […]

Kevin Durant grew closer with Damian Lillard last suymmer while leading Team USA to gold at the Tokyo Olympics, and still has a public, personal affinity for the Pacific Northwest well more than a decade after being drafted by the Seattle Supersonics. Still, odds of the two-time Finals MVP putting the Portland Trail Blazers on […]

Andrew Wiggins took his game to new levels in the playoffs, cementing himself as one of basketball’s preeminent stoppers and suddenly emerging as a game-changing force on the glass. The best basketball of his career helped propel the Golden State Warriors to another championship, their fourth in eight seasons, and served as a forceful rebuke […]

Kevin Durant’s future is uncertain once again. The way he still waxes poetic about Stephen Curry, it sure seems like the two-time champion wouldn’t mind a reunion with the Golden State Warriors. On the latest edition of The ETCs With Kevin Durant, the Brooklyn Nets superstar turned podcast co-host went out of his way to […]

Patrick Baldwin Jr. would’ve been selected some 20 spots higher if the NBA draft took place a year ago. A hugely disappointing freshman campaign at Wisconsin could ultimately work in Baldwin’s favor, though, as the Golden State Warriors work to help the 6’9 sharpshooter regain the form that made him a consensus top-five prospect in […]

One of the most pivotal offseasons in Portland Trail Blazers history continued on Thursday night, but not in the way lots of fans hoped and many analysts expected. Here are full grades for Portland in the 2022 NBA Draft. *Watch NBA Games LIVE with fuboTV (click for free trial)* Portland Trail Blazers 2022 NBA Draft […]

The Golden State Warriors are barely more than a week removed from winning a fourth title in eight seasons, but it’s already time to look ahead. Here are full 2022 draft grades for the newly-minted NBA champions. Watch NBA Games LIVE with fuboTV (click for free trial) Golden State Warriors 2022 NBA Draft Grades No. […]

It sure seems like the Golden State Warriors think they’ve found another gem late in the NBA draft. After sending No. 51 and $2 million in cash to the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night for the 44th pick, Golden State selected Toledo guard Ryan Rollins. The Warriors sent No. 51 and $2M to Hawks for […]

The Portland Trail Blazers rocked Rip City on Thursday night, taking preeminent mystery man Shaedon Sharpe with the seventh overall pick of the 2022 NBA draft. But just because the Blazers made their most controversial possible selection hardly means it was the wrong one. Sharpe, in fact, is the perfect pick for Portland. There isn’t […]

The Houston Rockets have selected Auburn forward Jabari Smith Jr. with the No. 3 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. The Houston Rockets have selected Jabari Smith with the third pick in the 2022 NBA Draft 🚀 pic.twitter.com/pfb0LdbfTo — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 24, 2022 The athletic, sweet-shooting freshman was one of the best players […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have selected Gonzaga big man Chet Holmgren with the No. 2 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. Earmarked as a surefire top-five pick before his lone season in Spokane, Holmgren lived up to the hype with the Bulldogs despite existing questions about his exceedingly lithe frame holding up against improved […]

The Atlanta Hawks are hellbent on moving John Collins around Thursday night’s NBA draft and also want to add reinforcements around Trae Young in the backcourt. Even though the San Antonio Spurs have engaged them in trade talks regarding Dejounte Murray, though, the two sides apparently remain far apart from reaching a deal. According to […]

Even the most zealous Dub Nation partisans must admit that the Golden State Warriors’ latest title team doesn’t compare to its predecessors in terms of individual talent and overall quality. The 2017 and 2018 Warriors were two of the most dominant squads in league history, championship shoo-ins around Steph Curry and Kevin Durant even before […]

Another pivotal summer for the Portland Trail Blazers got off to a rousing start on Wednesday, as the team filled its gaping hole on the wing by nabbing Jerami Grant in a pre-draft trade with the Detroit Pistons. Grant’s acquisition is hardly surprising by itself. He’d been linked to the Blazers in persistent trade rumors […]