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Kobe Bryant had the possibility to join a potential powerhouse right before he finally called it quits, retiring from the NBA after 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. The perennial scorer revealed during an interview with Alex Kennedy on The HoopsHype Podcast that his old friend, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, didn’t […]

A miraculous recovery in the NBA Finals sparked a debate on just how injured Klay Thompson was ahead of Game 2 of the series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. His father, Mychal Thompson, explained the extent of his son’s injury and why he chose to take the court after going down with it. via Drew Shiller […]

While the Golden State Warriors have a two-time NBA Finals MVP in Kevin Durant, an elite spark plug in Stephen Curry and a defensive ace in Draymond Green, the unsung hero of their NBA season has been the head of physical performance and sports medicine, Chelsea Lane. The Australian-born Lane was previously an Olympic physiotherapist […]

The Golden State Warriors are now officially a dynasty after winning the 2018 NBA Finals, their third championship in four years. The rest of the league is trying to catch up to the Warriors, who have formed a team that is not only comprised of some of the best players in the game, they also […]

Newly crowned NBA champion Kevin Durant shut down any possibility of a potential coalition with LeBron James this summer for the Golden State Warriors during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The charismatic host asked the two-time champion the one pressing question in fans’ minds, but the once-again Finals MVP wasn’t buying it. Kimmel: “If […]

Andre Iguodala nearly became a member of the Houston Rockets last year only to turn and head back to the Golden State Warriors. That decision paid dividends not only financially but also professionally for the veteran swingman, as he won another NBA title with the team this month when they destroyed the Cleveland Cavaliers in […]

It’s been days since the Golden State Warriors completed a one-sided win in the 2018 NBA Finals, sweeping LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games. That does not mean that James is out of the limelight, however. He still is, albeit in a more negative light, thanks to his “injured” hand. According to […]

The 2017-18 NBA season came abruptly came to a close last Friday night when the Golden State Warriors routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-83 at Quicken Loans Arena, which completed a four-game sweep of the Cavs for the Dubs’ second consecutive championship and third title in four years. It was quite an underwhelming end to the season […]

The Golden State Warriors seemingly have mastered the way of collecting NBA titles with ease, as they now have three Larry O’Brien’s since 2015. That said, Warriors big man David West recently revealed that the road towards their latest championship was not as smooth as what it looked like to most people, saying that the […]

All the success the Golden State Warriors are having over the past few seasons appears to be taking a toll on the team – at least in terms of sustaining their level of interest over a course of an entire NBA season. Make no mistake about it. The Warriors are going to begin next season […]

The Golden State Warriors won the 2018 NBA Championship; that makes it two championships in a row and three out of the last four for the Bay Area team. Their fans have seen arguably the greatest four-year stretch not only in the NBA, but in professional sports as their dominant Warriors haven’t seemed to face […]

Kevin Durant is living the life. Now a two-time NBA champion and two-time NBA Finals MVP, the Golden State Warriors’ superstar is expected to sign a huge deal with the team in the summer. Durant signed a two-year deal with the Warriors last year, but the last leg of that contract gives the forward a […]

The Golden State Warriors won the 2018 NBA Championship on Friday night, and that meant a whole weekend worth of hardcore celebrations. One guy who probably did more celebrating, and drinking, than anyone else was backup shooting guard Nick Young. Swaggy P, as he’s famously known, went from the gutters of the NBA’s Western Conference […]

Kevin Durant could leave the Golden State Warriors this summer if he wanted to. But his general manager, Bob Myers, doesn’t think it’s happening. Via Melissa Rohlin of Bay Area News Group: “Maybe I’m naïve but I never felt like he was leaving,” Myers said. That’s probably how most people feel about KD who would […]

JaVale McGee was the 15th man signed to the Golden State Warriors roster the past two seasons, but in his short time with the team, he’s already etched his place in franchise history. McGee now leads the franchise in field-goal percentage efficiency, having made 80 of his 114 attempts in two seasons with the team […]

Kevin Durant has quickly gone from a no-title star in the NBA, to winning two championships in two years with the Golden State Warriors. The long-winged easy money sniper could see himself walking away from the age at the very number his jersey sports — at the ripe age of 35. “This game, your craft, […]

Jordan Bell seems to be enjoying the life of an NBA Champion, even though he is still receiving hate from fans who didn’t think he did enough on this Golden State Warriors squad. Bell posted on Snapchat a message to all of his haters. Still wearing goggles and his NBA championship hat while the song Leave […]

The Golden State Warriors managed to check the last empty box in their four-year duel with the Cleveland Cavaliers, a clean sweep. Short of a Game 1 that went to overtime, the Cavs looked drastically overmatched by a team that retained its potent firepower, clearly lacking the presence of perennial All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving […]

As the Golden State Warriors have won yet another championship, retracing the steps of how this team — once the laughing stock of the league — got to where it is right now, is one of the most fascinating transformations. Andrew Bogut, who was (quite unpopularly acquired) from the Milwaukee Bucks for Monta Ellis in […]

The Golden State Warriors have just taken a major step up as the NBA’s next dynasty in the making, but the sea of impending contracts should be a vital essence they should tread carefully in hopes to keep this roster together. A star signing for every season — last year was Curry’s five-year, $201 million […]

Kevin Durant of the champion Golden State Warriors is set to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to celebrate his team’s back-t0-back championships. As posted by Durant on his Twitter account, he will appear on the show on Monday night: Let’s go #DubNation! I’ll be on @jimmykimmel Monday night (tomorrow) to celebrate our B2B championships🏆🏆 — […]

LeBron James has a big decision to make in the summer. Should he waive his player option with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he’ll be a free agent who’s definitely going to attract an inordinate amount of attention from plenty of teams. After all, he remains as the planets’ best player even though his Cleveland Cavaliers just […]

We now live in a world where Nick Young is an NBA champion – the same world where J.R. Smith is also a proud owner of an NBA ring himself. Although Young and Smith were on opposite sides during the recently-concluded 2018 NBA Finals, the latter made sure to congratulate the former after the Warriors’ […]

From the beautiful game of the 2014 San Antonio Spurs to the Golden State Warriors’ first NBA championship, a freewheeling style appeared to be the future of basketball everyone had to adhere to. In just a few short years, the league has adapted, giving way to a new style these playoffs. In the Finals, as LeBron […]

Andrew Bogut knows how the Golden State Warriors operate. Here was right there in the center of it all when they won their first title of this recent run three years ago. After the Warriors’ third championship in four seasons, Bogut spoke out to remind everyone of a truth that should scare the rest of […]

The 2018 NBA Finals is officially in the books with the Golden State Warriors coming away victorious for the second straight year with Kevin Durant leading the way. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers had an incredible run throughout the NBA playoffs with LeBron James playing perhaps the best basketball of his career, it wasn’t enough to […]

With an anticlimactic Game 4, the Golden State Warriors completed its sweep of the 2018 NBA Finals. Now with three rings out of four, and the fourth year going down to the last minute of Finals Game 7, the Warriors are now widely called a dynasty. But are they really? In some ways, the NBA […]

Once Kevin Durant made his decision to sign with the Golden State Warriors two years ago, no one knew exactly how things would pan out in the Bay Area. Durant added another superstar to an already stacked roster filled with stars and many thought egos might get in the way of success. Two years later, Durant […]

The 2018 NBA Finals is officially in the books with the Golden State Warriors winning titles back-to-back and Kevin Durant starting to put himself in select company with two rings and two NBA Finals MVPs. Following the sweep of LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals, Durant made some interesting comments. The perennial All-Star believes […]

When Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors it really turned the competitiveness of the NBA upside down. The Warriors were already the best team in the NBA, but now they had only gotten a lot better. Many of the owners and front offices around the league weren’t very happy and team owner Joe […]

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant is a straight shooter who calls it as it is. This is probably why the 29-year-old did not shy away from taking a veiled shot at LeBron James when asked about his thoughts on the prerequisites of being a great basketball player. Kevin Durant to @YahooSportsNBA: "I feel […]

When discussing the Golden State Warriors’ remarkable championship run this season, it would be easy to overlook the contributions of the team’s role players. However, the hard work put in by the likes of Patrick McCaw both on and off the court are undeniably significant. With the 22-year-old’s two-year deal coming to a close, McCaw […]

As the Golden State Warriors and their enormous fan base celebrate the spoils of their recent Championship, the rest of the NBA have already set their sights on the 2018-19 season. The good news is that the offseason has started earlier than it has in the past 32 years, which gives teams more than enough […]

The Golden State Warriors are coming off yet another dominating finish in the NBA Finals, claiming their second straight NBA title over the Cleveland Cavaliers. This further pushed them to the top as being the unquestioned best team in the league after going through what may have been their most difficult playoff trip to the […]

After leading the Golden State Warriors to three NBA Championships in four years, Steve Kerr is considered by many as one of the best head coaches in the game today. However, after it was revealed in a recent news report the 52-year-old predicted his team’s six-game winning streak to close out the Playoffs, it appears […]

After the Golden State Warriors won the NBA Title on Friday night, it officially concluded the NBA season which means that head coach Steve Kerr is entering the last year of his deal. The Warriors front office has already said that one of the top priorities this offseason is to get Kerr an extension and it’s a […]

To say that Golden State Warriors guard Nick Young is overjoyed about his first ever NBA Championship would be an understatement. In true Swaggy P fashion, the 33-year-old has taken over the reigns of being the topless champion. This prestigious title was owned by J.R. Smith until just a few hours ago when Young decided […]

The players of the Golden State Warriors are true real-life warriors in every sense of the word. Take for example Klay Thompson, who played through the pain of an injury to help his team eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers in just four games in the NBA Finals. In their post-victory presser though, Thompson did get called […]

After accomplishing a convincing four-game sweep against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Golden State Warriors have every right to celebrate their second straight NBA Championship. However, as captured by David West on his Instagram post, it appears that some players have taken their partying to the limit. The Henney undefeated!!! pic.twitter.com/YCUivtxTLz — David West (@D_West30) June […]