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The Golden State Warriors made a big-for-big trade earlier this summer, giving up Damian Jones for a younger Omari Spellman, despite the risks of his weight becoming an obstacle for his contributions. Head coach Steve Kerr is optimistic about his potential role in the team, but argues Spellman must be disciplined with his eating regimen […]

Omari Spellman finds himself in a different situation now that the Golden State Warriors traded to get him earlier in the summer. Yet he still finds himself in a big man logjam with Draymond Green, Kevon Looney, and new addition Willie Cauley-Stein already en route to strong minutes. Head coach Steve Kerr, however, thinks Spellman […]

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks says he has not talked with Kevin Durant about how KD came back from a calf injury for the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. Durant tore his Achilles in Game 5 of the Finals and is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season. Marks says he has […]

Power forward Marquese Chriss has agreed to a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Chriss split time last season with the Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers. He was the eighth overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. Free agent forward Marquese Chriss — […]

Draymond Green and Kevin Durant’s brother are not friends. Earlier in the 2018-19 NBA campaign when Green and Durant had a heated verbal exchange on the court that carried over into the locker room after the game, Durant’s brother, Tony, took some shots at Green, saying that his “true colors” were revealed. Well, as evidenced […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had an eye-opening experience during his first time coaching international basketball as Gregg Popovich’s right-hand man during Team USA’s FIBA World Cup stint. The Americans placed seventh in the recent competition, the worst finish by a United States team since NBA players were allowed to participate. Kerr insists […]

The Golden State Warriors will look starkly different during this 2019-20 season, having hollowed out a large part of their roster after the departure of Kevin Durant and the hard cap that put them in a strenuous situation this summer. Head coach Steve Kerr is aware that only bringing back six players from last year’s […]

The 2019-20 NBA season will be a test of fortitude for the Golden State Warriors — not only for the players that now take part on this roster, but also the front office, which was tasked with retooling the team after the departure of Kevin Durant. The injury to Klay Thompson and a big-time move […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has “no update” on shooting guard Klay Thompson, who is recovering from a torn left ACL. In fact, Kerr says he doesn’t even talk to Thompson in the summertime. “No update. I never talk to Klay in the summertime,” Kerr said with a laugh, via Anthony Slater of […]

Former Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant told the Wall Street Journal the motion offense head coach Steve Kerr runs in Golden State “only works to a certain point.” Kerr, surprisingly, wasn’t offended by Durant’s comments at all. “I wasn’t at all offended what Kevin said because it’s basically the truth,” Kerr told Anthony Slater […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says the 2019 training camp which starts next week in San Francisco will be the “most important” camp he’s had since his first one with the Dubs back in 2014. The Warriors have a new-look roster this upcoming season. Gone are Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston. […]

Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas thinks Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell will play well together on the Golden State Warriors. Curry and Russell will start in the Warriors’ backcourt while Klay Thompson rehabs his ACL tear. Arenas says Curry has shown he can play with and adapt to other star’s games, so co-existing with Russell […]

Stephen Curry is set to start his 11th season in the league, this time with the release of his signature shoes, the Under Armour Curry 7, which are slated to release around the world in the UNDRTD colorway on Nov. 1 through UA.com — only a week after the start of the 2019-20 season. The […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Andre Iguodala is still struggling to transition to his new team, as he admittedly still interacts with his former Golden State Warriors teammates in the same way he used to when he was with the team. Iguodala saw Stephen Curry last Monday at TPC Harding Park for Curry’s benefit golf tournament, which […]

Andre Iguodala is a former All-Star, the 2015 NBA Finals MVP, the vice president of the NBPA, a renowned sixth man and a veteran leader. You can add clairvoyant to that list of accolades, as he recently told the story of how he anticipated his own trade from the Golden State Warriors, the possibility of […]

Klay Thompson’s return from a torn ACL will have the Golden State Warriors wait for another five-to-six months until he sees the court again, but neither the hardwood nor the company will be the same after an offseason of vast changes. Besides moving to a brand new state-of-the-art arena, the Warriors have also been part […]

Despite a potentially career-altering injury suffered at a crucial moment, the Golden State Warriors showed Klay Thompson the ultimate loyalty by doling out all $190 million over five years — a max contract for a player with eight years of service and a massive reason why the Warriors made a fifth consecutive trip to the […]

Klay Thompson isn’t often one to meddle in others players’ free-agent decisions, but the perennial sharpshooter told former teammate Kevin Durant that the Golden State Warriors had the potential of being the greatest dynasty to ever exist before the two hit free agency: “I mostly just let him be, but I told him we could […]

Klay Thompson is not quite champing at the bit to come back to the Golden State Warriors’ starting lineup, knowing he has a demanding road back to full health after suffering a torn ACL in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The sharpshooter has researched how long it has taken other athletes to recover from […]

Klay Thompson was at the peak of his professional career at a time of need in the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors, who had the dire need to get Kevin Durant back against the Toronto Raptors, were clinging to every bit of hope — requiring Thompson to be at his very best, something he […]

Golden State Warriors rookie Jordan Poole is aiming to be the next Dubs player to hook up with a Spider-Man cast member after All-Star Klay Thompson’s budding romance with “Homecoming” actress Laura Harrier. Unlike the Splash Brother, however, the 20-year-old has his sights set on a franchise mainstay in Zendaya. Poole made his intentions known, […]

The Golden State Warriors will have the chance to fly under the radar for the first time since 2014, a five-year window that has since made them into the hunted instead of the hunters. Klay Thompson, who is bound to sit out for at least half of the season, is looking forward to being the […]

Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Klay Thompson has a long comeback mission ahead of him this season and a very different team to return to, yet the cult icon has no hard feelings after Kevin Durant chose to leave for the Brooklyn Nets this summer. “It was no hard feelings, man. I know Kevin,” Thompson told […]

Leandro Barbosa hasn’t been in the NBA since 2017 after a short reunion with his inaugural team the Phoenix Suns, but the combo guard revealed that should he decide to officially retire from active play, the Golden State Warriors already has a spot reserved for him. During an appearance on ESPN Brasil, the 36-year-old made […]

It’s official. The 11 Rules of Klaytheism have been released. You know, the entire dilly surrounding Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson. The rules were translated by Reddit user sundaequeen. See the official list below, per r/Warriors on Twitter. The 11 Rules of Klaytheism pic.twitter.com/GXjadJyenL — r/Warriors 🏆 (@GSWReddit) September 21, 2019 These are hilarious. […]

Klay Thompson and Zaza Pachulia are close friends that go back to the retired center’s time with the Golden State Warriors. However, they’re not close enough that Klay will actually shell out some serious money for the new Warriors consultant. LetsGoWarriors clarified the rumors that Thompson actually bought Pachulia a luxury car as a retirement […]

Dr. Tim Hewett, an expert knee doctor who spent the bulk of his career studying the biomechanics of the knee, says Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson should sit out two years. Thompson tore his left ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals. Dr. Hewett and Dr. Christopher Nagelli did a study […]

Former Boston College star guard Ky Bowman is perfectly accustomed to being labeled an underdog. After all, there was not a whole lot to love about an Eagles team that went 14-17 and just 5-13 in ACC play last season. However, Bowman developed a reputation as a gamer. The Havelock, NC native averaged 19.0 points, […]

With three-time NBA champion Shaun Livingston opting to call it a career this summer after 14 years in the NBA, the former fourth overall pick’s recent announcement has prompted some heartwarming tributes for Livingston and his inspiring journey in the league. So much so, that Livingston himself admitted to feeling a bit overwhelmed by all […]

The Golden State Warriors may have lost some major pieces of their championship roster during the summer prompting many to declare the Western Conference (and title road) wide-open, but All-Star guard Klay Thompson doesn’t think it’s right to count them out just yet. During an event by the Thompson Family Foundation, one-half of the vaunted […]

Zaza Pachulia has officially walked away from playing basketball, but his successful relationship with the Golden State Warriors aren’t done just yet. In fact, he just got a surprise gift from Klay Thompson. He spent two successful seasons with the Warriors before ending his career with the Detroit Pistons. Now that Pachulia is about to […]

Golden State Warriors star shooting guard Klay Thompson voiced his frustrations with U.S. President Donald Trump for his insensitive comments about the Bahamians. The 29-year-old three-time NBA champion reacted to the comments made by the president about the Bahamians, who was greatly affected by Hurricane Dorian that ravaged the Caribbean. The Bahamas is the birth […]

NBA executives see the Golden State Warriors competing for a playoff spot, though one exec is confident enough to declare that the Dubs will surely make it to the postseason. Per Ethan Strauss of The Athletic: One league executive, via text: “The Warriors will make the playoffs (Cue Draymond Green’s ‘are you an idiot’ face)” […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant tweeted and deleted a response to Magic Johnson’s comments about KD’s perceived unhappiness with the Golden State Warriors. Durant told the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago he felt like an outsider in Golden State since Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green — the main cornerstones of the […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson is hoping to play alongside his teammate, Stephen Curry, at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Curry has already made it clear that he plans to participate in the 2020 Olympic Games. Assuming he stays healthy, Thompson has the same goal: Via Marcus Thompson of The Athletic: “That […]

Former NBA player Jalen Rose has chimed in on the recent narrative pertaining to Kevin Durant and his apparent discord with his former team, the Golden State Warriors. According to the former Most Improved Player of the Year winner, he truly believes that there is indeed some tension between Durant and the Dubs at this […]

Klay Thompson was forced to watch Team USA’s quest for gold at the 2019 FIBA World Cup from home, after tearing his ACL in Game 6 of the NBA Finals and needing surgery to follow. While others with much healthier summers turned down the option to play with Team USA, Thompson admitted it was tough […]

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is a year away from happening. However, plenty of NBA stars are saying that they want to play for Team USA. One of the stars that will be joining the team if healthy is Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson. The Athletic approached the injured guard and talked about the chances […]

Stephen Curry is the greatest shooter of all time; at this point, there can really be no room for wavering on that topic. With a smooth, lightning-quick stroke that he can get off against any defender in the world seemingly, Curry has shot his way into the hearts and minds of NBA fans the world […]