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Four championships in an eight-year span. Not many professional sports organizations can say they have accomplished this. The Golden State Warriors joined elite company and formed this generation’s NBA dynasty in 2022 when they once again won the Larry O’Brien championship trophy. A feat that nobody thought was possible after missing the playoffs in back-to-backs […]

Who is the best player in the NBA? This is a question basketball fans debate every single year, and it’s one that often has no right answer. MVP candidates such as Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry and LeBron James are obviously amongst the best of the best, but one player cannot win […]

The lone team that stands to be more affected by the NBA’s updated rest rules than the Golden State Warriors? Not the perpetually injured LA Clippers, creaky Los Angeles Lakers or reigning champion Denver Nuggets. The veteran Milwaukee Bucks and star-studded Boston Celtics don’t apply, either, nor do the rising young Cleveland Cavaliers. Only the […]

Change was inevitable for the Golden State Warriors this offseason. Their run to the NBA Finals in 2022 and winning their fourth championship since 2015 seems like an eternity ago as we prepare for the 2023-24 season, especially with how this past year unfolded. Losing in the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers, […]

The relationship between Draymond Green and Chris Paul was not always so sweet. Both of them seemed to be at odds with one another during the Golden State Warriors dynasty’s rise. Their relationship seems to have grown as CP3 transitioned to other NBA teams such as the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Phoenix Suns. […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green had to take a five day leave of absence at the beginning of last season when he got into an altercation with former teammate Jordan Poole. Green punched Poole in practice and then knocked him down. The incident was surprising, and naturally caused many people to lose support for […]

The Golden State Warriors may be approaching their last legs as a contending team with this iteration of the squad led by the successful Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green trio. But it doesn’t mean that they have any less motivation to mount a deep playoff run and win their fifth championship as a […]

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals and proceeded to earn an NBA Finals victory as well. Both teams have high aspirations for the 2023-24 season. The Nuggets are set to run it back and the Lakers made a plethora of key offseason moves to improve their roster. Draymond […]

When the Golden State Warriors fell in the Western Conference Semifinals to the Los Angeles Lakers just a handful of months ago, this marked the first time Golden State lost in the playoffs to a Western Conference team since 2014. Just let that sink in because for close to a decade, this core consisting of […]

Paul George was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft. He was the 10th overall pick. George recently paired up with Draymond Green on George’s podcast, Podcast P. The two NBA stars discussed a lot of topics on the show, and one intriguing portion was surrounding how close the […]

Could Draymond Green have been on the Indiana Pacers? During an appearance on Paul George’s podcast, Green revealed an alternative scenario in which he could’ve been teammates with George in Indiana had the Pacers drafted him. According to Green, he worked out with the Pacers multiple times prior to the draft, but they passed on […]

From 1975 to the early 2010s, misery kept piling on and on for the Golden State Warriors franchise. They traded away future Hall of Famers for scraps, gave a high-potential rookie a shocking contract that allowed him to enter free agency after just one season, and failed to capitalize on whatever momentum they had been […]

The Golden State Warriors made the difficult decision to trade Jordan Poole this summer despite signing him to a mammoth four-year, $140 million extension last October. But after the Draymond Green incident, it appeared that one or another had to go, with their relationship never being fully mended. Joe Lacob recently spoke on the Poole […]

The Golden State Warriors have been known for paying an extreme amount of luxury taxes in the league over the last several seasons. It is not cheap to field a roster highlighted by Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, but winning championships makes footing this bill a lot easier for owner Joe Lacob. Not […]

The burgeoning rivalry between the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies didn’t exactly live up to the hype last season. Apart from the Steph Curry-less Warriors’ boastful beatdown of the Grizzlies at Chase Center on Christmas, Golden State’s rollercoaster regular season and Ja Morant’s off-court drama largely kept the teams’ focus off of one another. […]

US track star Noah Lyles won three gold medals at the 2023 World Championships over the weekend, but that’s not the reason NBA stars like Draymond Green, Damian Lillard and Bam Adebayo were talking about him. Instead it’s Lyles’ comments about NBA champions calling themselves as “world champions” that had several NBA players buzzing. Of […]

NBA Draft falls are nothing new to the players and long-time spectators of the association. There have been talents that were very outstanding at workouts but failed to make their draft stocks skyrocket. This is why a lot of all-time greats were not acquired in the lottery. And, a lot of players that turned out […]

The Golden State Warriors are greatly looking forward to their first season after the Chris Paul trade. Still, much work needs to be done if the team is to compete for another title. The Warriors have a determined mindset toward the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament. Paul, the former Phoenix Suns star, revealed what he’s “most […]

The Golden State Warriors have a daunting start to next season. The Warriors’ 2023-24 schedule begins with seven of the team’s first nine games on the road. It’s a challenge that Golden State is looking forward to facing, according to Warriors General Manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. The Warriors were historically bad on the road last […]

After failing to win back-to-back championships this season, the Golden State Warriors could avenge their second-round exit by taking home the NBA In-Season Tournament trophy. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Chris Paul and the rest of the Warriors are hungry to prove that they still have it. What better way to do that than […]

The Golden State Warriors may be one of the most successful franchises in the NBA at the moment, both on the court and on a commercial level, but that was not always the case. There’s a huge reason why it took the Warriors 40 years to win another championship, as between 1975 to 2015, it […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off of arguably their most promising season since the ‘Bubble’ championship of 2020. With Austin Reaves showing out for Team USA and LeBron James hinting at his return, the news keeps getting better for the team. Reaves was praised by Team USA teammate Mikal Bridges recently. On Tuesday, a […]

Last month, the NBA officially approved a new rule that states any player who flops in the 2023-24 season will receive a technical foul. And by no surprise, there are already odds out at BetOnline who could be handed the first tech for faking a foul: Marcus Smart. The Memphis Grizzlies guard, who was traded […]

It’s safe to say that Draymond Green and Jordan Poole didn’t have the best relationship during their time together on the Golden State Warriors. Poole was ultimately traded following a frustrating 2022-23 season with Golden State after getting punched by Green prior to the start of the campaign. NBA 2K24 poked some fun at the […]

If there’s anybody that understands the position that Chris Paul may soon face himself in, its former Golden State Warriors point guard and three-time NBA champion Shaun Livingston. The No. 4 pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, Livingston’s promising career was curtailed by a major knee that he suffered in just his third season. With […]

Maybe the Golden State Warriors’ just weren’t good enough to repeat as champions last season, but talent definitely wasn’t their biggest problem. As young players pushed for bigger roles owed to their draft slot and Draymond Green’s preseason punch to Jordan Poole further fractured the locker room, the Warriors never came close to managing the […]

There’s no doubt that the Golden State Warriors will one day retire the jerseys of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. Should Kevon Looney’s jersey be hanging in the rafters one day alongside those three Warriors stars? Draymond Green seems to think so. A Twitter user suggested that Looney should easily have his jersey […]

The Golden State Warriors have been known for utilizing the Santa Cruz Warriors, their G League affiliates, as the perfect developmental system through the years. Recent first-round draft picks such as Jordan Poole, James Wiseman and Jonathan Kuminga all spent time in Santa Cruz, as did other key talents who ended up making a name […]

For the last decade, the Golden State Warriors have been the epitome of dominance in the NBA. They’ve won four of the last nine championships, including back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018, and they were coming off of a title entering this past 2022-23 season. However, things did not go as planned this past year […]

The Golden State Warriors’ title defense last season was basically doomed before it tipped off. Draymond Green’s punch to Jordan Poole was just the most combustible among a host of looming internal issues, all at least somewhat related to the “disease of more” so many teams face after raising the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Poole is […]

Draymond Green and Jordan Poole have been the center of attention on the Golden State Warriors roster. The two have had a lot of tension and unspoken beef with one another. This was all since Green punched the now Washington Wizards guard at last year’s training camp. Although, other members of the Steve Kerr-led team […]

One could argue that with Kevin Durant in the mix, the Golden State Warriors had one of the most formidable lineups in the history of the NBA. They had two championships to show for it, too. As they always say, however, all good things must come to an end. In terms of Durant’s marriage with […]

Stephen Curry is the driving force behind the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty. Anyone with even a passing understanding of the team’s historic success over the last decade, though, knows full well that Curry and the Warriors may not have won a single championship, let alone four, without the singular impact provided by Draymond Green. As […]

Throughout his career with the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green has had (at least) two high-profile squabbles against his own teammates. The first one involved Kevin Durant during the 2018-19 season when Green was seen shouting at KD during a game. This was followed by a highly publicized spat between the pair, which eventually led […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is one proud NBA brother to Jaylen Brown after the Boston Celtics star revealed his ambition to create a “Black Wall Street.” In his press conference on Wednesday after officially signing his five-year, $304 million contract extension with the Celtics–the richest deal in NBA history (at least for now)–Brown […]

The Golden State Warriors are coming off of a shocking semifinals loss in the Western Conference to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2023. With the Warriors’ core players returning except for Jordan Poole, the team has its sights set on another championship. Golden State is charging forward with new faces in its supporting cast. The […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors on his mind. He is even already dreaming about a scenario where his Timberwolves play the Warriors in the playoffs. In a recent interview with HEIR, Anthony Edwards revealed that his ideal matchup in the playoffs would be the Warriors simply because […]

The Golden State Warriors tried their best in 2022-23 to get past Draymond Green’s preseason punch to Jordan Poole. As a new season dawns with that once looming controversy firmly in the rearview mirror, Stephen Curry still isn’t sure what else he and the team could’ve done to salvage its fractured chemistry while vying to […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has built a reputation over the years for letting his emotions get the best of him. But it seems like two recipients of Green’s outbursts — Kevin Durant and Jordan Poole — have found refuge in each other if recent events are anything to go by. Durant and Poole […]