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After the deflating loss to the Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler laid it out plainly to reporters: “We definitely need 30 back.” So, in what felt like a must-win game to prevent a three-game skid, No. 30 himself, Stephen Curry, returned to the Warriors starting lineup and led the team to a solid […]

While the Golden State Valkyries have yet to play a game in the WNBA, they are already at the top of the league in one category: ticket sales. The expansion team announced they are the first team in the WNBA to sell 10,000 season tickets. With the first preseason home game a little over a […]

Jimmy Butler’s big return to Miami was far from storybook. Storybook was Butler leading Miami to two unlikely NBA Finals appearances in the post-LeBron James Heatles era. Storybook was showing up to media day with an emo haircut and eyebrow piercings. But in a game where Butler only notched 11 points on 5-12 shooting, as […]

Since returning from an ankle injury, Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga has been under the microscope. From the fans of Dub Nation to the local Bay Area media, everyone is examining whether or not Kuminga’s playstyle is cohesive to this Warriors roster with heavy championship aspirations. And six games into his reintegration process, it […]

Jersey retirement debates have heated up, with a Jimmy Butler-Miami Heat reunion quickly approaching. Heat fans are split. Butler’s exit from the Heat was less than delicate. And the feud with Pat Riley was extremely public. They’re weighing the drama of Butler’s departure against the only two finals appearances they’ve had since the LeBron James-led […]

The Golden State Warriors’ six-game road trip is off to a rough start. The Dubs were outgunned by the Atlanta Hawks 124-115. It was the Warriors’ first game without Stephen Curry due to a pelvic contusion suffered earlier this week, but the lack of their leading scorer was far from the reason why they lost. […]

It was dead quiet in Chase Center when Stephen Curry fell hard onto his tailbone. The image of their leader visibly writhing in pain under the basket was the last thing the Golden State Warriors and the sold-out crowd needed to see, especially amidst a dangerous trap game with the Toronto Raptors and the tides […]

This game was the reason why the Golden State Warriors traded Jimmy Butler. With Stephen Curry taking the night off to rest his sore back, the Warriors bounced back from a deflating loss to the Denver Nuggets to take down the Milwaukee Bucks, 104-93. In a game with heavy playoff seeding implications, Butler willed himself […]

For the last three seasons, Nikola Jokic has been kryptonite to the Golden State Warriors. Headed into this game, the Denver Nuggets had won the last eight meetings with the Dubs. So when the three-time MVP was ruled out of this game, alongside co-star Jamal Murray, there was the sense that the Warriors could snap […]

Only Draymond Green could take Stephen Curry’s infamous “Night Night” celebration and make it his own. After blowing by Karl-Anthony Towns to seal the Golden State Warriors’ seventh win in a row, Green took the opportunity to hit the New York Knicks with his iteration of the Curry-patented “Night Night,” celebration. While Curry’s already given […]

There was no lost love between Draymond Green and Karl-Anthony Towns on the court. Green made that point clear with a Stephen Curry patented “Night Night” celebration in the Golden State Warriors’ 97-94 win over the New York Knicks. It was a highly anticipated meeting. Earlier this month, Green gave a small apology to Towns […]

The Golden State Warriors did not need Jimmy Butler’s scoring in their 130-104 blowout win versus the Sacramento Kings. With eight players getting into double-digits in scoring, Butler instead focused on helping his team with his all-around game. He finished with six points, five rebounds, seven assists, and one steal. Butler’s low-scoring output has been […]

Everyone’s role on the Golden State Warriors has been clarified following the blockbuster Jimmy Butler trade. And while there were some question marks about how rising young star Jonathan Kuminga would fit into the Dub’s recently solved jigsaw puzzle by the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ 130-104 rout of the Sacramento Kings, that question mark […]

With four NBA titles, two MVPs, and the all-time three-point record under his belt, championships are still at the forefront of Stephen Curry’s mind. For Curry, the quest for ring number five is what’s pushing him in his 16th season in the league. And with the Golden State Warriors surging to 12 wins in their […]

Over a decade ago, Ray Allen broke Reggie Miller’s all-time 3-pointer record with his 2,561st 3, reaching the pinnacle of shooting. Back then, 3,000 was just out of reach. And 4,000? That benchmark wasn’t even an idea; it was a fantasy. But that’s what Stephen Curry makes special– he makes the impossible possible. He makes […]

When the Golden State Warriors traded for star forward Jimmy Butler, there were rumors that these next two seasons could be the twilight run of all-time NBA legend Stephen Curry.  Discussing Curry’s potential retirement on his podcast, The Draymond Green Show, with Baron Davis, the four-time All-Star recalled a conversation with his long-time teammate about […]

With Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga expected to return to the court Thursday against the Sacramento Kings, the head coach Steve Kerr is actively thinking about how the seventh overall pick of the 2021 draft fits next to Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry, and the rest of the team.  On the Willard and Dibs show, […]

Jimmy Butler has been a revelation for a Golden State Warriors team dead in the water pre-trade deadline. A team once flirting with the 10th seed of the play-in tournament, Butler and the Warriors have surged to sixth in the West and only three games behind the Houston Rockets, winning nine of their last 10 […]