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The Golden State Valkyries’ first-ever WNBA Draft is officially in the books, and it was one to remember. With three new rookies headed to the Bay Area, here are the grades for each of the Valkyries’ 2025 WNBA Draft picks. Justė Jocytė: A Surprise at No. 5 The Valkyries made a bold pick right from […]

The Golden State Valkyries are in a prime position to find a franchise cornerstone with the fifth pick in the 2025 WNBA draft. While reigning NCAA Champion Paige Bueckers will not be headed to the Bay Area, there are still many potential stars in this year’s draft class. In an interview with the SF Chronicle, […]

The Golden State Warriors’ rollercoaster season is officially in danger. After an overtime battle for the final spot in the top-six in the Western Conference, the Warriors came up short to the Los Angeles Clippers, falling 124-119 at home. The loss sends the Dubs to the dreaded Play-In Tournament, where they will host the Memphis […]

Jonathan Kuminga has been the Golden State Warriors’ most polarizing player all season long. And in the Warriors’ heated loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, which doomed them to the Play-In Tournament, Kuminga could not find the floor as Steve Kerr did not include him in the team’s must-win rotation. After the game, Kerr addressed […]

Jonathan Kuminga’s fit next to Jimmy Butler is the biggest question for the Golden State Warriors heading into the postseason. It’s been a question since the Warriors acquired Butler — one that has only grown more prominent as the team positions itself for a deep playoff run. And it’s clear to head coach Steve Kerr […]

It’s no secret that the Jimmy Butler trade saved the Golden State Warriors’ season. Going 22-6 since Butler joined the team back in February, the Warriors are in a prime position to make a deep postseason run. However, a huge part of the Warriors’ success in the playoffs will depend on how the Western Conference […]

Coaching has always been a high-pressure job in the NBA, but it has never been more unstable after the Denver Nuggets fired championship-winning head coach Michael Malone. After the Nuggets dismissed the winningest coach in Denver history, Golden State Warriors’ Steve Kerr shared his honest reaction to Malone’s firing ahead of the Dubs’ matchup with […]

Back in February, the Golden State Warriors were the 11th seed in the West, facing the reality of NBA purgatory. Not good enough to seriously contend for a championship and not bad enough to justify a full-blown teardown. The Warriors were in danger of letting franchise legends Stephen Curry and Draymond Green finish their careers […]

In a game where Stephen Curry and LeBron James traded 3-pointer after 3-pointer, it was the Golden State Warriors’ Brandin Podziemski who stole the spotlight from the Los Angeles Lakers. Podziemski drained a career-high eight threes en route to 28 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists, helping the Dubs take down the Lakers 123-116. Whenever […]

After a short waiting period, the Golden State Valkyries have officially signed restricted free agent Temi Fagbenle to a one-year deal, Noa Dalzell of SB Nation reports. The veteran center was a key rotation piece on the Caitlin Clark-led Indiana Fever. She averaged 6.4 points and 4.7 rebounds in 22 games last season in Indiana. […]

It’s no secret that the current generation of the NBA is fed up with how the mainstream media compares them to the past. But the vitrol has reached another level following the historic performances of Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic on Tuesday night. In the morning after Curry’s explosive 52-point night, the trending topic wasn’t […]

With a chance to wrestle the fifth seed in the Western Conference away from the Memphis Grizzlies, Stephen Curry once again came up huge for the Golden State Warriors. In a game where his team needed him the most, Curry drained 12 3-pointers en route to a 52-point performance, outgunning a sinking Grizzlies team as […]

Watching Stephen Curry is a one-of-a-kind basketball experience. In the Golden State Warriors’ biggest game of the season, the two-time MVP erupted for 52 points on 12 3-pointers, leading the Dubs to a 134-125 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Curry had a sizzling true shooting percentage of 75.3%, while also adding in 10 rebounds, eight […]

Draymond Green takes great pride in his Hall of Fame-level defense. That pride, paired with his unparalleled defensive IQ and vision, has helped him lead the Golden State Warriors to the seventh-ranked defense in the league as well as the odds-on favorite for Defensive Player of the Year. But sometimes, that pride, which is more […]

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 […]