"Every Day Will Be Media Day"
The Golden State Warriors had their Media Day today, and despite the immense hype train and media monster that will be tagging along for the remainder of the season, the overall message today was one...
View ArticleThe 16-17 Warriors: Champion to Dynasty
On Saturday, the Warriors will play the first of 89 preseason games. If there's a hangover from the final three games of the Warriors' record-breaking, runner-up campaign, it has little to do with what...
View ArticleOne Small Step (Warriors 93, Raptors 97)
The Golden State Warriors journeyed to Vancouver to play Toronto as a part of the NBA Canada series, where they fell to the Raptors 97-93 in a turnover-laden game that clearly showed two teams shaking...
View ArticleIf you have pure intentions... (Warriors 127, Trail Blazers 104)
"Good things usually happen," Steph said postgame, "if you have pure intentions about how everyone's going to get involved." There was marked improvement in virtually every element of the W's game in...
View ArticleFinally...the end of pre-season (W's 117, Raptors 112)
I confess that I'm not a fan of the NBA's decision to extend the pre-season this year. Or at least to extend it in the W's case. Eight pre-season games are simply too many for any one team to have to...
View ArticleProcessing (Warriors 135, Sixers 114)
The Philadelphia 76ers have been “trusting the process” for years now, part of a now-legendary rebuild strategy espoused by now-deposed GM Sam Hinkie in an effort to accrue talent the new-fashioned...
View ArticleStrength in Numbers (Warriors 110, Magic 100)
On Steph Curry Bobblehead Night at Oracle, the Warriors were somewhat amusingly without the services of Steph Curry, who suffered a thigh contusion early in the win over the Philadelphia 76ers. If the...
View ArticleWarriors/Thunder Open Thread (Warriors 91, Thunder 108)
The best of teams occasionally lay the worst of eggs, and the Golden State Warriors collectively laid a doozy of an egg in a hyped matchup against the probably-better-than-their-record Oklahoma City...
View ArticleGrit and Grind (Warriors 127, Lakers 123)
Staples Center has been the site of some of the Golden State Warriors’ most inexplicably bad losses over the last few seasons. While it would be a stretch to call it a house of horrors, for whatever...
View ArticleHeating Up (Warriors 123, Heat 95)
The simplest conclusion to draw from the Golden State Warriors’ trip to Florida is that the Dubs really like it down there. Fresh off a 46-assist pasting of the Magic, the Warriors handled the Miami...
View ArticleWarrior/Nuggets Open Thread (Warriors 124, Nuggets 114)
Most people would consider basketball a global commodity, but it was interesting that in the full 3 weeks I spent in India, I had maybe 5 to 7 minutes of total conversations about the sport. Now, all...
View ArticleThe Streak Ends (Warriors 106, Clippers 125)
All good things must come to an end, and the Golden State Warriors’ utter domination of the rival LA Clippers over the last three years came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday night, as the Clippers, sans...
View ArticleLockdown (Warriors 108, Bucks 94)
The Golden State Warriors have some of the loudest (and best) fans in the world coming to Oracle Arena for their home games, but this season the Dubs have actually been a better road team. Despite...
View ArticleNonchalance (Warriors 123, Knicks 112)
The Golden State Warriors opened their homestand with a fairly ho-hum victory over the Kristaps Porzingis-less New York Knicks, in a game that saw the Knicks jump out to a robust early lead and put all...
View ArticleThe Two Towers (Warriors 109, Celtics 105)
One of J.R.R. Tolkien’s timeless works set in Middle Earth is The Two Towers, the second volume of the Lord of the Rings. While the titles of the other two volumes (The Fellowship of the Ring and The...
View Article“We Suck” (Warriors 105, Thunder 125)
A coworker was at Oracle on Tuesday night to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder pound the Golden State Warriors into oblivion, and after Paul George put Zaza Pachulia on a poster midway through the third...
View ArticleRecovery (Warriors 122, Spurs 105)
The Golden State Warriors elected to stay out of the fray on the day of the NBA trade deadline, standing firm while chaos unfolded around them. The Cleveland Cavaliers shipped out their entire roster...
View ArticleWelcome Back (Warriors 134, Clippers 127)
The Golden State Warriors went into the All-Star Break looking up to a team in the standings for the first time in a long time, and they had to spend what must have felt like an eternity enduring the...
View ArticleThunderous (Warriors 112, Thunder 80)
Hidden just under the surface of the Golden State Warriors’ gaudy 45-14 record heading into Saturday evening’s contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder was a concerning fact: against their two biggest...
View ArticleWorkmanlike (Warriors 109, Wizards 101)
The Golden State Warriors didn’t visit the White House yesterday, having been disinvited by the President of the United States. Instead, they went to the National Museum of African American History and...
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