The very best teams of all time regularly include strong relationships between the head coach and the most important player. In the NBA, we’ve seen it with Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan, Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan, and Red Auerbach and Bill Russell. There are plenty of examples in other sports as well, but very few of those would be likely to produce a video like the one of Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry that recently went viral on Twitter.
Read MoreCue the rumors and “according to sources,” fire up those jersey photoshops, and officially allow the Giannis Antetokoumpo speculation to begin. Granted, the likely back-to-back MVP still dons the Milwaukee Bucks jersey and has a super-max extension offer on the table this coming offseason, but all questions and inevitable speculation will hinge on whether he signs on the dotted line.
Read MoreHere we are at the end of August. The NBA is being played in a bubble in an altered season which was close to being cancelled due to an ongoing global pandemic. The Warriors, along with 7 other teams, have had their season cut short. The NBA playoffs were nearly cancelled due to protest of yet another horrific incident involving police brutality. All in the wake of the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant. If someone had told me on New Years Eve that all of the above mentioned things would take place in the coming months I would have laughed at how outrageous it sounded. But here we are. Life has somehow continued to go on in the midst of all the madness that has been 2020 thus far and it will continue to go on for the Golden State Warriors as well.
Read MoreThe Golden State Warriors return next season at full health, reminding the ever-competitive Western Conference that there is one more threat to account for, and at its core is the three-time champion trio of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. Looking ahead, those three will welcome a new addition to the fold, and step one of that process begins with the NBA Draft Lottery.
Read MoreThe modern NBA media world is dominated by instant reaction. Because of the nonstop news cycle and social media, fans and media personalities are trained to respond immediately to every shot, game and event. In some ways, this is a good thing. We get our news as soon as it occurs and don’t have to wait for hours to start interpreting the story and thinking about what it means. But this trend has massive negative effects as well. It leads commentators to put too much weight on what is happening in the moment. Context and history are ignored and recency bias runs rampant. The hot take is rewarded over the more reasonable, measured opinion that takes more information into consideration, and it harms the way we watch sports.
Read MoreUnder normal circumstances, Golden State Warriors fans would be dissecting and analyzing exactly how the new-look roster would fit come to the start of next season. But of course, this year has been anything but “normal,” and while 22 NBA teams close out the regular season in Orlando and begin the playoffs in the month of August, the Golden State Warriors are preparing to see where their odds lie in the upcoming NBA Draft Lottery on Thursday.
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