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You can’t separate the Golden State Warriors’ reported interest in trading Jonathan Kuminga for a high pick in the 2023 NBA Draft from the other major questions this team must answer during a potentially franchise-altering offseason. It was only February when the Warriors finally gave up on James Wiseman, scrapping the two-timeline blueprint to firmly […]

The Golden State Warriors have every reason to downplay their interest in moving Jordan Poole. Entering trade negotiations from multiple positions of weakness is a losing game even before letting rumors of a player’s availability run rampant. The Warriors’ new front office has nothing to gain and even more to lose from confirming its hopes […]

The Golden State Warriors front office will have crucial decisions to make this offseason. Will they bring back Draymond Green, a player who proved just how valuable his defense and playmaking are to the Warriors’ chances of competing, in free agency? And will they choose to deal away players not named Stephen Curry, such as […]

The Golden State Warriors franchise finds itself in a bit of a transitory phase. They recently said goodbye to longtime general manager Bob Myers, while the team’s heart and soul, Draymond Green, will be hitting unrestricted free agency. However, with the Warriors already footing an expensive luxury tax bill to surround Stephen Curry with the […]

The Golden State Warriors couldn’t repeat the fairytale finish that they had last season. Their campaign ended in six games against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals. This gave their personnel some free time to talk about the NBA Finals. Draymond Green hosted Warriors head coach Steve Kerr on his podcast […]

Trading Jordan Poole is the Golden State Warriors’ optimal means of revamping the roster for another title run in 2023-24, but doing so won’t be easy. Here are the three biggest challenges the Warriors will face this summer while trying to find a workable trade for Poole. 3. Necessary cost-cutting Remember the line Joe Lacob […]

The defending-champion Golden State Warriors vastly underperformed expectations this season while the Miami Heat continue defying them. After watching the underdog Heat roar back to beat the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Steve Kerr hinted at the overarching reason behind his team’s wholly disappointing title defense. Appearing on The Draymond Green Show Sunday […]

The first domino of the Golden State Warriors’ offseason has fallen. Bob Myers’ departure as general manager lands like a hammer, adding a base of uncertainty to a pivotal summer always bound to be marked by change. Just because a new voice will be making final decisions in the front office, though, doesn’t mean the […]

The Golden State Warriors won their fourth NBA Championship in the iteration of their Big 3 and head coach Steve Kerr. The 2022 crown was far different from the previous ones as the journey was more tumultuous, and there were more young guns that were included on their roster. Jordan Poole is a fantastic piece, […]

The Golden State Warriors’ pursuit of an unprecedented fifth championship in nine seasons fell flat, but hope springs eternal with Stephen Curry wearing blue and gold. Here are three major offseason fixes the Warriors must make to win the 2024 NBA Finals. Trade Jordan Poole It’s not Poole’s fault Draymond Green completely lost his cool […]

It’s still unclear who will be running the Golden State Warriors’ front office this summer. Whether Bob Myers decides to stick around, Mike Dunleavy Jr. takes his place or someone else vaults to the top of the team’s basketball operations department won’t change the harshest reality of a pivotal offseason. The Warriors’ ability to restock […]

NBA veteran Austin Rivers is no stranger to sharing his opinion on the league, and while making an appearance on his podcast Off Guard, the 30-year-old touched on who he believes is the better player between Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves and Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole. “I love Austin Reaves,” Rivers begins. […]

The early October altercation between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole that made headlines throughout the Golden State Warriors’ season has been resurfacing after the team lost in the NBA Play0ffs — and it was parodied by Inside the NBA’s Gone Fishin’ social media team on Thursday. The image itself depicts Green punching Poole off of […]

Over the past eight seasons, the Golden State Warriors set themselves apart as an organization that seemingly could do no wrong. Team governor Joe Lacob’s use of the phrase “light years ahead” may have drawn some eye rolls , but one could understand where he was coming from. The Warriors, led by Stephen Curry, were […]

The Golden State Warriors have only just begun turning the page from a failed and tumultuous title defense in 2022-23. As a potentially franchise-altering summer looms, though, widespread trade speculation surrounding Jordan Poole seems a bit premature—at least if you believe Steve Kerr. The Warriors met with the media on Tuesday for the first time […]

The Golden State Warriors had their title defense shut down by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA playoffs. Rumors are flying about the future of the team now that Golden State’s season has ended. The latest admission comes from Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who said a preseason incident led […]

Back in October of 2022, a video of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green punching Jordan Poole during a team practice began to spread. Poole, Green, and the Warriors tried to downplay the incident to the media, but the team was never able to truly recover from it. The defending champions ended up finishing with […]

The Golden State Warriors waited until after they were eliminated from the 2023 NBA Playoffs to admit it, but they have a conundrum. Following Jordan Poole‘s breakout season in 2021-22, he was essentially labeled as Klay Thompon’s future replacement. One-half of the Splash Brothers, injuries have clearly sapped Thompson of his once famed athleticism, leading […]

The defending champion Golden State Warriors saw their repeat bid come to a bitter end Friday evening. They were bested by the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals by a final score of 122-101. Despite the club’s claim to dynastic status, there are those who believe that Bob Myers and […]

Last season, the Golden State Warriors won their fourth NBA championship with the nucleus of this squad. Entering the 2022-23 season, they had a similar core but a subpar campaign for a championship-contending team. As the sixth seed in the Western Conference, the Warriors toppled the Sacramento Kings in seven grueling games before losing to […]

Remember when Jordan Poole was once touted as the heir apparent to Stephen Curry? It was around this time last season when Golden State Warriors fans were talking up the 23-year-old as the team’s next cornerstone star. The Dubs rewarded him too, locking Poole up to a four-year extension last summer to the tune of $123 […]

The Golden State Warriors bowed out in round two of the playoffs Friday night in a game that showcased former Villanova shooting guard Donte DiVincenzo’s fit with and value to the team. DiVincenzo scored 16 points on an off-night for both Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole that proved to be the Warriors’ undoing in a […]

It’s no surprise that the scandalous pre-season incident between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole has now resurfaced as the talk of the town following the Golden State Warriors’ NBA Playoffs second-round exit at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers. After all, folks are desperately trying to determine the reasons behind the defending champs’ utter […]

It’s reductive to say the Golden State Warriors’ dreams of defending their title vanished back when Draymond Green punched Jordan Poole at practice. But the Dubs’ lack of connectedness on and off the floor was apparent throughout a tumultuous regular season. And it was then exposed for all to see on Friday night as the […]

Jordan Poole scored seven points on 10 shots and missed each of his three tries from deep in his team’s Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, ending the Golden State Warriors’ brief playoff run struggling to the same damning extent he did throughout it. He averaged 10.3 points and 3.5 […]

In a bitter end to the Golden State Warriors‘ season, Jordan Poole‘s underwhelming performance in the playoffs only added salt to the wounds of the passionate fans. Over the last five games of the series, Poole accumulated more fouls (14) than field goals (13), per NBA on ESPN. Although he scored an impressive 21 points […]

The Golden State Warriors‘ title defense fell short on Friday night, losing in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. There are now a lot of uncertainties this offseason for the Dubs, especially when it comes to the future of Draymond Green. While there is a strong […]

The Golden State Warriors were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of their 2023 NBA Playoff series. It was a severely disappointing finish to the Warriors’ playoff run. Not only did Golden State’s championship defense end in the second round, but the Lakers blew the Warriors out 122-101 in a one-sided contest. […]

Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole has struggled throughout the NBA Playoffs, leading to no shortage of criticism from around the sports world. Poole recently received more backlash, this time from an anonymous NBA executive, per Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report. “He’s empty calories,” the NBA executive stated. That is a simple, yet telling statement […]

The Golden State Warriors scored 17 points on as many field goal attempts in the fourth quarter of Monday night’s loss, a whopping six turnovers doubling their amount of assists and free throw attempts as Game 4 hung in the balance. Even those ghastly numbers aren’t an accurate portrayal of just how impossible it proved […]

Jordan Poole’s playoff-long struggles reached a nadir at exactly the wrong time. The Golden State Warriors guard went scoreless in his team’s nail-biting Game 4 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, on the bench for the fourth quarter’s duration en route to a season-low 10 minutes of playing time. The defending champions […]

Looking like they were going to come away with a key road victory in Game 4 on Monday night to even up this Western Conference Semifinals series at 2-2, the Golden State Warriors threw the game away to the Los Angeles Lakers and are now on the brink of elimination. From shots not falling to […]

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers came down to the wire in Game 4. Three points ended up being the difference, which made Jordan Poole’s goose egg on the box score even more glaring. It wasn’t easy for Warriors fans to stomach Lonnie Walker’s 15-point fourth quarter ultimately being the final boost LA […]

The Los Angeles Lakers stunned Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. The Lakers roared back late to take Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals 104-101. Here are three reactions from the defending champions’ second straight loss at Crypto.com Arena, putting them on the brink of elimination as this series shifts […]

Everyone knows how Jordan Poole operates. Whenever the Golden State Warriors marksman sees baddies on the sidelines, he switches into basketball god mode. With that said, when sportscaster and media personality Kay Adams attended the Dubs’ Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers, many couldn’t help but troll Poole about it. Adams was a true […]

During the NBA playoffs a season ago, Jordan Poole emerged as a key scoring weapon for the Golden State Warriors and helped lift this organization to their fourth championship in the last eight seasons. This year, the Warriors are back in the playoffs and looking to win another championship, but Poole’s production has taken a […]

There were high expectations for Jordan Poole following his breakout season with the Golden State Warriors in 2021-22 but, as they say, life comes at you fast. It might have started before the season even began, with Draymond Green decking him with a punch mid-practice as an argument between the two escalated. It was made […]

On a recent episode of his show, It Is What It Is, Cam’ron criticized Golden State Warriors player, Jordan Poole, for allegedly spending $500,000 on a date with Bronx rapper, Ice Spice. Although both parties have remained silent on the alleged date, it hasn’t stopped rumors and speculations from circulating. Cam’ron started the episode by […]

There was no shortage of stars on Thursday night’s Game 2 action between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers. One celebrity that caught the eye of the viewers at home was none other than Hollywood a-lister Zendaya, who was repping the Dubs with her Warriors hat on. NBA Twitter was swooning over […]