After shedding a few pounds, a leaner and meaner Luka Doncic shredded the competition at the FIBA European championships. The Los Angeles Lakers should be excited for the 2025-26 NBA season following Doncic’s historic EuroBasket performance in which he led Slovenia to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Germany. “Luka’s play in EuroBasket made it … [Read more…]
Seeing is believing and the Golden State Warriors are getting an up-close-and-personal look at Playoff Jimmy. Jimmy Butler is showing up and showing out in a big way for his new team in the 2025 NBA playoffs. “He’s different. I’m happy he’s on our side,” Draymond Green said about Butler, who dropped 38 points to … [Read more…]
Klay Thompson returned to the Bay Area for the first time as a member of the visiting team. The Dallas Mavericks guard/forward wasn’t treated as a villain. He was treated like a conquering hero. Thompson, an integral part of the Warriors’ four NBA championships in his 13 years there, received the ol’ tip of the … [Read more…]
For the past eight seasons, no one has been able to solve the Golden State Warriors’ perplexing puzzle. Until now. The four-time NBA champions were finally dethroned as the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Warriors in six games in the 2023 Western Conference semifinals. The Lakers became the first Western Conference team to beat the … [Read more…]
Christmas Day for basketball fans is the unofficial start of the “real season,” when contenders begin to separate themselves from the pretenders. Seven of the top 10 teams and seven of the 10 best players in the NBA are playing on Christmas Day. There’s no shortage of star power when ABC starts its live marathon … [Read more…]
Steph Curry plays with a lot of emotion, but it is extremely rare to see him cry on the court. That’s what happened in the final moments of Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals in Boston. The Golden State Warriors were seconds away from winning their fourth NBA championship in eight seasons and Curry … [Read more…]
Bob Myers was in tears when he delivered the grim news about Kevin Durant. The Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations confirmed that Durant sustained an Achilles tendon injury in the first half of Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals and most likely won’t be able to play basketball for the next nine … [Read more…]
You’ve probably heard this before. The NBA playoffs are all about adjustments. A series can easily flip from one game to the next. That’s exactly what transpired in the 2019 NBA Finals between the defending champion Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors took Game 1 thanks mainly to Toronto’s 25-year-old forward Pascal … [Read more…]
When DeMarcus Cousins couldn’t get a call from NBA teams during the free agency period, he picked up the phone himself, called the Golden State Warriors and offered his services for below market value. The Cousins signing nearly shut down the internet, as the basketball community threw up their arms in disgust and basically surrendered … [Read more…]
When ESPN released its annual statistical model projecting win totals for the upcoming NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers were left out of the playoff picture. That had many basketball experts scratching their heads because the Lakers enjoyed the best offseason of any NBA team this summer, landing the most coveted free agent on the … [Read more…]