The Warriors have this neat habit of developing players who spend elongated amounts of time in the Bay into the ideal versions of themselves. You can throw out a couple different examples - Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, even Andre Iguodala and Andrew Bogut - to support the thesis.
Read MoreCharlie touched down in the Bay Area on Friday, setting him up to attend his first Warriors game Saturday on the back end of a back-to-back.
Having traveled in from his home in the U.K., Charlie took his seat before the game against the Spurs when a message came from none other than Draymond Green, asking for his email address to send a seat upgrade. Happy to just be inside the Chase Center, the upgrade moved him down from the rafters to near the court.
Read MoreThe accolades just keep going for Stephen Curry. While it’s not exactly a medal, he received some pretty high praise from his head coach, which many players would reverse as a sort of mark of stature. Kerr, per the San Francisco Chronicle’s Connor Letourneau, compared the Warriors star to his own former teammate and the greatest basketball player in NBA history, Michael Jordan.
Read MoreIt’s hard to say there’s ever been a player who’s famous for their pregame routines, especially regular warmups. With the age of social media around the NBA, however, broadcasting what players are up to on the court before tip-off has become more and more of a fad.
Read MoreWith the first quarter of the NBA season coming to a close, teams across the league are offered a pretty solid indicator of where they stand amongst the field. With this being said, many teams have the tough choice of deciding whether or not they are buyers or sellers before the trade deadline on February 10th.
At 10-16, The Indiana Pacers have already decided they want to rebuild. In doing so, news broke Tuesday that their three-star players, Malcolm Brogdon, Domantas Sabonis, and Myles Turner would all be being shopped to other teams for draft capital and or young foundational talent.
Read MoreHall-of-Famer sharpshooter Ray Allen recently gave Stephen Curry some high praise.
“People have compared himself to myself and to Reggie [Miller] and to other great past shooters in the NBA. But he really […] he really operates somewhat in a lane of his own,” Allen said.
Allen is right. Curry is one-of-a-kind. Warriors’ commentator Bob Fitzgerald always jokes about how opponents must guard Curry when he enters the parking lot, but he’s not wrong. You can never relax when Curry is on the floor.
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