With shooting guard Damion Lee now entered into health and safety protocols, it looks like the Warriors will need another “hardship” deal on the roster to comply with the NBA’s standards. Earlier this week, the Dubs signed G-Leaguer Quinndary Weatherspoon to a 10-day, hopefully to get them through until Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins are made available.
Read MoreIf you are on Twitter these days, there are some common themes, or phrases, seeming to populate everybody’s feeds: “Health and safety protocols” and “10-day hardship deal”.
And with the Warriors’ placing Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole so far in the former category, Golden State went ahead and signed its first player to a hardship deal Wednesday.
Read MoreAs of today, Andrew Wiggins has the 8th best three-point percentage (minimum 5 attempts per game) in the entire NBA at 42.5 3P% through 29 games played this season. He also leads the Golden State Warriors in three-point percentage with Nemanja Bjelica in 2nd at 40.0 3P% and Steph Curry in 3rd at 39.6 3P%. I know, this was shocking to me as well but it does make sense once you really think about it.
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading up on the hype behind NFTs recently and still don’t fully understand them… join the club. Non-fungible tokens, as most people understand them, are akin to digital collectibles: Like art that exists online. And much like art, ownership of the original (or in this case, the image that the NFT exists as) is a mark of status. Why do you own something rare as a collectible? Because it has value. That’s the idea behind NFTs, if you were to make it boiler-plate simple.
Read MoreAn interesting stat appeared last night after the Warriors’ victory against the Kings. Warriors’ superstar Steph Curry is leading the league in the plus/minus category by a wide margin with +331.
The closest player behind Curry is Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell with +246
Read MoreEarlier this week, former Cavaliers guard, NBA champion, and now “Dancing With the Stars” champion Iman Shumpert went on the Bootleg Kev podcast with hip hop DJ Bootleg Kev to discuss a variety of basketball-related topics. Shumpert, a veteran swingman who’s calling card was mostly on the defensive side for his career, dished specifically on his view on the Golden State Warriors, then versus now.
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