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Most modern NBA fans know that Steve Kerr has been part of the two best NBA teams ever: this year’s 73-9 Warriors as a coach, and Michael Jordan‘s 72-10 Bulls in 1995-96 as a player. With that pedigree, Kerr certainly has a unique perspective on who the best player of all time is, and how […]

Stephen Curry returned to Game 4 of the Warriors and Trail Blazers second round playoff series after being out for two weeks due to injury. He missed his first nine 3-point attempts. Then he hit five treys in the final 10 minutes en route to 17 points in overtime and a comeback win for Golden […]

Stephen Curry has officially been announced as the 2015-16 NBA Most Valuable Player. It’s the second consecutive season that he has won the award. On top of that, Adrian Wojnarowski notes that Curry is the first unanimous MVP winner in the history of the NBA. Yesterday, Marc Stein reported that Curry would be revealed as the […]

Draymond Green was pretty clear about his feelings after the Warriors‘ hard-fought overtime victory over the Blazers, giving Golden State a 3-1 lead in the second round series. In his postgame press conference, Green was asked if he thinks that the Blazers are done. He didn’t shy away from the question one bit. From ESPN’s Ethan […]

In case there was any doubt, Steph Curry is back from his knee injury and he’s looking just fine. In his first game back in just over two weeks, Curry led the Golden State Warriors to an exciting 132-125 win in overtime to help the Warriors take a 3-1 series lead and all but end […]

The MVP is back. Well, probably. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr announced ahead of Game 4 of the Warriors‘ Western Conference Semifinal matchup with the Trail Blazers that Stephen Curry is “active and he’ll play” under one condition: Steve Kerr on Stephen Curry's status for Game 4: "If all goes well with his warmup, he […]

On the heels of an unofficial announcement that he’ll receive his second consecutive MVP award, Stephen Curry and Warriors fans received more good news on Monday. Previously listed as doubtful for Game 4 against the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State stated that Curry is now questionable for tonight’s pivotal game, according to CSN Bay Area’s […]

Stephen Curry has been largely absent for the NBA playoffs after suffering a knee injury in the first round against the Houston Rockets, but his incredible performance in the regular season is on the verge of being honored, deservingly so. According to Marc Stein of ESPN, Curry will be announced as the NBA’s Most Valuable […]

In a press conference after the Golden State Warriors lost against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals, Draymond Green heavily criticized his own performance during the game. Green states, “I think it was my worst game of the series. […] I didn’t do what I do for this team, I […]

This one is interesting. Is Warriors center Mo Speights trolling his followers, or speaking out about the future to come? The Los Angeles Lakers are rumored to go after both Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli this summer when they become restricted free agents. Speights, while filming his two teammates sitting at a table, made a Snapchat story with […]

Meyers Leonard has plenty of free time these days. Although his Portland Trail Blazers are currently in the midst of a tough series with the Golden State Warriors, Leonard won’t be a part of it—he’s out for the season due to a left shoulder injury that required surgery. Since Leonard won’t be a part of […]

There have been a lot of head coaches that have lost to the Golden State Warriors over the past two seasons. However, it is an exclusive club when it relates to playoff coaches. As everyone knows, the Warriors have won their last five playoff series. They’re currently in the semifinals after dispatching the Houston Rockets in the […]

Stephen Curry who? The Golden State Warriors don’t seem to be missing his three-point shooting as initially thought, at least for the moment. In a competitive matchup on Saturday night, the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Warriors 120-108 at Moda Center, where a little bit of unnoticed history happened. According to ESPN Stats & Info, […]

Since spraining his MCL in his right knee against the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs, Stephen Curry has not returned to action. His injury was reported to have him sidelined for at least a few weeks and now that the time has come, it is reported that Curry will still have […]

The Golden State Warriors guard Leandro Barbosa has found solace in a different type of medicine for injuries. He once tore an ACL in his knee and pushed past conventional medicine to get back on the court and play the level of basketball he is playing now. His younger self earned the nickname the Brazillian […]

It took one heck of a monster performance to beat the Golden State Warriors, but Damian Lillard was up to the task. The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors for the first time in their best-of-seven series on Saturday, 120-108. Despite both Draymond Green and Klay Thompson scoring at least 35 points each, Lillard’s 40 points […]

Steve Kerr spoke out yesterday saying Steph Curry will not play in Game 3 versus the Blazers as the Warriors aim to take a commanding 3-0 lead. However prior to Game 3 in Portland, Steph Curry suited up on the court and took on a fun game of 2-on-2 against the Warriors coaches. Since round […]

When you’re on top of the league like the Golden State Warriors, critics and competitors are always going to find something to try and bring you down. One of the most common complaints about the Dubs is that they set, and get away with, illegal screens. The biggest culprit is supposedly the Warriors’ key glue […]

When Stephen Curry didn’t practice with the rest of the Warriors on Thursday, head coach Steve Kerr told the media that he likely wouldn’t be playing in Game 3 on Saturday. It has now been confirmed. “He’s not going to play,” Kerr said on the Dan Patrick Show on Friday. Golden State was just fine without him […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have already set their sights on the next big man they want to don a Lakers uniform, it’s Festus Ezeli, according to SportingNews.com’s Sean Deveney. Not only did they hire Luke Walton as the head coach but now they want a Golden State player. They literally would be taking part of the Warriors and applying […]

It’s no secret that the Golden State Warriors could sign Kevin Durant this offseason. While the Warriors are already explosive with their current core, the prospect of adding the top free agent on the market would just about make Golden State an unstoppable force. To some players on the Warriors’ current roster, they would feel […]

Warriors‘ star Steph Curry has been out for the passed two weeks due to a knee injury suffered in the Warriors’ opening playoff series versus the Houston Rockets. There have been rumors that he could possibly play in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Trail Blazers, but now it looks like that […]

The Golden State Warriors trailed the Portland Trail Blazers 87-76 entering the fourth quarter of their Game 2 Western Conference Semifinal matchup. Then they limited the Blazers to just 12 points in the final frame while scoring 34 of their to take a 2-0 series lead. Much of that comeback was due to Klay Thompson […]

Although Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers expects Stephen Curry to return for Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Portland Trail Blazers, head coach Steve Kerr isn’t so sure. Kerr told Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News before Game 2: “(Curry’s) doing pretty well. … He’s making the improvement […]

When Stephen Curry‘s knee was initially evaluated and the MRI results revealed a Grade 1 knee sprain, the Warriors officially announced that he’d be re-evaluated in two weeks (on May 9th). Well, Golden State’s training staff has been tracking his progress and working with him tirelessly, giving him treatment up to three times a day. […]

Even though Stephen Curry barely misses on the court, it appears that off the court he doesn’t hit all of his shots. In an interview with Parents Magazine, the Curry’s revealed that Steph struck out on his first kiss attempt with his future wife, Ayesha: According to the wife of the 2014-15 MVP: “I mean, […]

Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have hired a new head coach, there remains the question: how will the players will be used efficiently and what type of system fits the current Lakers squad the best. The Lakers were supposed to run a Princeton movement system under former coach Byron Scott, but with a lack of […]

You can count Luke Walton as a believer in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ young core. Although Walton was just hired as head coach a few days ago, he has already made a mark by discussing his vision for the future of the franchise. As a player who won two championships with the Lakers, Walton knows […]

Before he was hired as the newest head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Luke Walton was the hottest name on the free agent coaching market. While Walton is currently serving out his tenure as Golden State Warriors head coach, he literally had interest from every team looking to fill a head coach void. Yet, […]

Oracle Arena has an in-house promotion where they parachute coupons for free McDonald’s french fries through the arena. During a Game 1 Western Conference Semifinal victory for Golden State over the Portland Trail Blazers, the coupons found their way to Warriors Forward Draymond Green while sitting on the bench. Twice. RELATED: Andrew Bogut thinks Draymond Green is ‘best all-around player’ in the […]

Last year Alvin Gentry left the Warriors staff to coach full time. Now Luke Walton has agreed to a 5- year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Warriors couldn’t be happier for him. Warriors general manager GM Bob Myers spoke to the Star Tribune about Walton’s departure for Los Angeles: “We are thrilled for Luke. […]

Although Stephen Curry is expected to win his second straight MVP award, many would argue that he isn’t the best all-around player in the NBA. That honor many would argue belongs to Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard. However, one of Curry’s Warriors teammates disagrees. After a Game 1 Western Conference Semifinal victory over the Trail Blazers, […]

On Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that they had agreed to a multi-year deal with Luke Walton to have the former Laker and current Warriors assistant coach become the new head coach for the purple and gold. After accepting such ha big opportunity, you’d expect Walton to be excited. And though he undoubtedly was, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors had a testy start to their series as Blazers’ Gerald Henderson And Warriors’ Anderson Varejao would end up getting ejected from the game. After some physical contact between Henderson and Varejao on a play, the two got into each others faces. Eventually both players would be […]

A local Bay Area rapper, going by the stage name @arpcity, put together an anthem in honor of the reigning MVP, Stephen Curry. The upbeat song (Broke the Game – prod. Wixard x NextRO) features a direct shot at the Oklahoma City Thunder, “the Bay’s getting wet but I don’t hear no thunder” and even […]

Stephen Curry has been out of the playoffs ever since injuring his MCL in his knew after slipping in Game 4 against the Houston Rockets. Curry was expected to miss a couple weeks of action due to this injury and will have to sit out at least a couple of games against the Portland Trail […]

Yesterday, Steve Kerr ruled that Steph Curry would not be eligible to play in Game 1 of the Warriors-Blazers series opener. But then the question of Curry’s availability in Game 2 still remained. Kerr was asked about the possibility that Curry plays in Game 2 and according to Marc Stein he responded: “I’m not going […]

After finishing with the best regular season record in NBA history, the Golden State Warriors’ journey back to the Finals hit a bump in the road when guard Stephen Curry sprained his right MCL in Game 4 of his team’s first-round series against the Houston Rockets. With the Warriors beginning the Western Conference semifinals Sunday […]

For as good as the Boston Celtics were in 2015-16, they lacked one key ingredient to a championship—a superstar. According to Chris Mannix of The Vertical, the Celtics plan on making a run at the biggest superstar in the free agent pool this offseason, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant. Manic reports: “The Celtics believe Durant will […]