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Pundits have long been claiming that the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors’ 73-9 season doesn’t quite have a “ring” to it. Dubs head coach Steve Kerr agrees, admitting that the achievement doesn’t feel as good considering they failed to win the title that year. “I know are guys were proud of it, but we didn’t validate […]

Teams around the NBA are at a bit of a loss when it comes to scouting draft hopefuls. Plenty of scouts rely on postseason play — including the NCAA conference and national tournaments — to help inform their opinions of players and draw up draft boards. However, with those tournaments canceled because of the coronavirus […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry do not have similar game tapes. Jordan was a high-flying acrobat who eventually developed a lethal midrange jumper and deadly post game. Meanwhile, Curry is a gunner whose proficiency from the perimeter helped revolutionize the NBA and the way front offices construct their […]

The Golden State Warriors were the most recent iteration of a dynasty in the NBA. They won three titles in five years with Steve Kerr manning the ship. Apparently though, it did not take long for the Warriors head coach to realize that he had a budding dynasty on his hands. The 54-year old recently […]

Steve Kerr joined the Golden State Warriors before the start of the 2014-15 season. Since then, the Dubs have gone to five NBA finals, won three championships and captured an NBA-record 73 wins during a regular season. The Warriors have an amazing record of 337-138 in the regular season under Kerr. The team has also […]

You’d be hard-pressed to name a team that had such a meteoric rise to fame than the Golden State Warriors during the 2010’s. This team came from a 23-win squad during the 2011-12 season to a full-blown dynasty within the span of a few years. However, as they always say, all good things come to […]

The Warriors franchise has racked up six championships in organizational history thanks in large part to having several Hall of Fame players suit up for the team. The Dubs, who were called the Philadelphia Warriors and San Francisco Warriors before settling on the Golden State Warriors in 1971, have captured over 2,700 wins in the […]

Steve Kerr knows that Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green is a former Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time NBA champion, but even a veteran gets jabbed and pranked by teammates and friends from time to time. According to Drew Shiller in NBC Sports Bay Area, via Yahoo Sports, the Warriors have […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has never shied away from criticizing President Donald Trump. That trend continued on Friday when Kerr called Trump a racist on Twitter: Thank you @PabloTorre for the perfect text. In 2017 Trump called kneeling NFL players who peacefully protested police brutality ‘sons of bitches.’ Last night he called […]

Ayesha Curry, the wife of Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, was the latest celebrity to denounce President Donald Trump for a tweet condemning the protesters of George Floyd’s murder. Trump, who vowed there’s nothing he’d like to do than to delete his Twitter account, predictably went back to Twitter to complain about the recent […]

In one of his more succinct tweets to date, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr blasted Donald Trump after the POTUS announced that he wanted to get out of Twitter. The 54-year old mentor had just one word to perfectly react to Trump’s hilarious statement: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/R4LaQ4rUDQ — Steve Kerr (@SteveKerr) May 28, 2020 That’s some […]

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is less about showing off his machismo or brashness in confrontations than throwing subtle jabs. Curry had one such jab for former Cleveland Cavaliers center and current ESPN commentator Kendrick Perkins during Game 2 of the 2018 Finals. The two-time MVP had a short confrontation with Perk after […]

A determined Michael Jordan found his way back to the NBA, curiously, by practicing with the Golden State Warriors during the MLB strike before his eventual return to the Chicago Bulls from retirement in 1995. Chris Mullin, who was Jordan’s Dream Team teammate at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, recently reflected upon the time when Jordan […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had his shares of shining moments as an NBA player, none more crucial than a game-winner over the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals as a member of the Chicago Bulls. Many have wondered what would have happened if Kerr missed that shot and the […]

Could “The Match” become an annual thing, complete with other stars from the NFL, NBA and beyond? It looks like we are working toward that. After Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning teamed up to defeat Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in “The Match: Champions for Charity” on Sunday while raising $20 million for COVID-19 relief […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is one of the latest NBA players to react to the killing of George Floyd, an African American man who died after a Minneapolis police officer restrained him by putting his left knee on his neck. Floyd was seen moaning in pain at the foot of a squad car […]

Joe Smith. A name so ordinary that Wikipedia brings up 56different pages for various people with the same exact name. That includes three different congressmen, a jazz trumpeter, the founder of a religion, and 22 different professional athletes. One of those athletes is the Joe Smith we are about to talk about. Otherwise, they are […]

Stories about the New York Knicks’ relentless pursuit of Stephen Curry in the 2009 NBA Draft have been told aplenty. Former general manager Donnie Walsh still recalls making moves to see if he could land him with the eighth overall pick — though others in that front office don’t think Walsh played his cards right […]

Much like the rest of the world, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was left angered and disgusted on Tuesday after the shocking events that led to the death of George Floyd. The African-American civilian was a victim of blatant police brutality after a now-viral clip showed him pinned to the ground by a […]

For former NBA player Kendrick Perkins, Houston Rockets star James Harden is way better than Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry. Via Twitter, Perkins replied to a fan who commented on the First Take debate regarding Curry and Harden. Perkins doubled-down on his case, noting that Harden is the “better all-around player.” Again the only […]

Former NBA player Andrew Bogut has announced his decision to not re-sign with his current squad, the Syndey Kings. The 35-year-old center, who currently plays in the National Basketball League (NBL), bared his thoughts in a lengthy Twitter post on Monday. https://twitter.com/andrewbogut/status/1264738037679878144 Andrew Bogut made it clear he is not retiring from basketball just yet […]

One of the most emotional bits of ESPN’s recently-concluded hit docuseries “The Last Dance” featured former Chicago Bulls guard and current Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and the story behind the murder of his father. In the series, Kerr narrated how his father was killed in Beirut, Lebanon as part of a political […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green does have a history of kicking people during basketball games and his now teammate Marquese Chriss was actually one of his victims. This, of course, made for one awkward encounter when Chriss joined the Dubs prior to the 2019-20 NBA regular season. Back in his rookie year with the […]

Golden State Warriors point guard and avid golfer Stephen Curry took to Twitter to share his thoughts on Sunday’s golf showdown between Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, and Phil Mickelson. Curry appeared to show love for the players being mic’d up and even tossed his name in the ring to be in a possible […]

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr played for Phil Jackson as a member of the Chicago Bulls from 1993 to 1998. Apparently, he was also nearly hired by Jackson to be the head coach of the New York Knicks. Former Warriors assistant general manager Travis Schlenk reflected on the series of events that led to […]

Chris Mullin played alongside Michael Jordan on the 1992 Dream Team and competed against His Airness throughout his Hall of Fame career with the Golden State Warriors and Indiana Pacers. And like everybody in the basketball world, Mullin recently watched “The Last Dance” docuseries on ESPN, and he came away with some renewed appreciation for […]

The Golden State Warriors have been involved in some wild trade rumors over the years. That’s what usually happens to a high-profile NBA team that has an aggressive general manager such as Bob Myers, who used to be an NBA agent. For this piece, we’ll be taking a look at some of the craziest trade […]

Houston Rockets star Russell Westbrook’s NSFW-filled words apparently stuck with Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr. While talking to Bill Murray in his “Flying Coach” podcast with Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, Kerr recalled one of his favorite quotes of all time and it came from the 2016-17 NBA MVP. Via Drew Shiller of NBC […]

When you think of the Golden State Warriors, the first thing that almost surely comes to your mind is the dynasty that won three championships and reached five NBA Finals between 2015 and 2019. But perhaps the best story in franchise history actually occurred when the Warriors made the playoffs as a No. 8 seed […]

The NBA could soon decide to resume after a long hiatus since March 11. Brooklyn Nets point man Spencer Dinwiddie recently leaked the potential date in which the season could resume: July 15. Dinwiddie hinted there would be three weeks of training camp before the league resumes the rest of the 2019-20 regular season and […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson took a swing by memory lane, sharing an old photo from the vault, remembering the time he attended the late great Kobe Bryant’s Skills Academy. Judging by the third photo in his Instagram post, this appears to take place in 2007, which coincides with his senior year of […]

The Golden State Warriors have been the most recent dynasty to dominate the NBA. While they obviously won’t reach the playoffs if the 2019-20 season were to resume, the franchise has made five straight Finals appearances—winning three titles during that time. The Warriors have built the core their current roster primarily through the draft but […]

Dallas Mavericks guard Seth Curry has made a name for himself in the NBA, but it is still tough being the younger brother of one of the greatest shooters in NBA history In fact, Seth told Austin Rivers that he would rather compete against Stephen Curry rather than join forces with him on the Golden […]

Golden State Warriors big man Kevon Looney underwent successful surgery on Tuesday at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia to repair a core muscle injury. Looney appeared in 20 games for the Warriors in 2019-20 before the season was suspended due to COVID-19. Warriors forward Kevon Looney underwent successful surgery yesterday at Vincera Institute in Philadelphia […]

Boston Celtics legend and ESPN analyst Paul Pierce ruffled some weathers on Wednesday when he said that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is not a top-five player of all time. I’m going to be honest here: that is not a terrible take, because a legitimate argument can be made for James not being top […]

Golden State Warriors president Bob Myers relented he’d consider the possibility of trading their first-round draft pick in the upcoming 2020 NBA Draft. The Warriors have an equal 14% chance to net the top overall pick in the draft — tied with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. They also have a 13.4% chance […]

Scottie Pippen is undoubtedly the best sidekick in all of basketball. In his prime, the 6-foot-8 two-way superstar was good enough to be the number one option in any team in the league. However, Pippen spent his best seasons playing Robin to Michael Jordan’s Batman and made that Chicago Bulls dynasty in the ‘90s the […]

Draymond Green will have $184,307,105 in NBA money once his current contract with the Golden State Warriors expires in the summer of 2024. Green entered the NBA back in 2012 as the 35th overall pick of the draft. He made $850,000 during his rookie season and finished the year with averages of 2.9 points and […]

Marquese Chriss is getting his best chance to live up to the hype with the Golden State Warriors, and the franchise clearly intends on maximizing the talent that made Chriss the no. 8 overall pick pick in the 2016 draft. “Golden State views Chriss as a potential franchise building block, whose knack for rim-running, passing […]