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The Warriors need enough cap space to sign Kevin Durant - this summer and next. That likely means trading Andrew Bogut. Clearing his salary and renouncing all its free...
July 4, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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A 73-win team adding a former MVP in his prime. The Warriors will be an experiment for the ages. Kevin Durant in The Players Tribune: I have decided that I am going to...
July 4, 2016 at 8:45 AM -
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If Durant doesn't come to the Bay Area, the Warriors will match this offer for Barnes.
July 2, 2016 at 5:45 PM -
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The Thunder's meeting with Kevin Durant yesterday reportedly went well. The Warriors' meeting with Durant today? You guessed it. Sam Amick of USA Today: And now, for the...
July 1, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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What's a wilder idea, a team wanting Stephen Jackson to coach or Jackson coming back as a player? How about both? Marc Stein of ESPN: I'm told Golden State has shown...
June 29, 2016 at 8:45 PM -
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The Warriors will have to trim salary to sign Kevin Durant. A key candidate to go? Andrew Bogut. Golden State drafted Vanderbilt center Damian Jones with the No. 30...
June 29, 2016 at 6:45 PM -
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The Warriors will meet with Kevin Durant on Friday. That won't be his first exposure to them pitching him. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: Here's the thing that's...
June 29, 2016 at 4:45 PM -
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The most likely outcome of the Kevin Durant free agency bonanza this summer is he signs a one-plus-one two-year deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder, then we have this...
June 25, 2016 at 6:45 AM -
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The Warriors' plan to chase Kevin Durant is well-known. But Golden State might also be willing to break up its 73-win team for less-productive free agents than Durant...
June 24, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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After the heartbreak of a Game 7 defeat and a championship that somehow got away, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers went home late Sunday and had a rare...
June 22, 2016 at 6:45 AM -
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A couple months ago, the Warriors were reportedly frontrunners to sign Kevin Durant if he left the Thunder. Since, a couple potentially landscape-changing events have...
June 21, 2016 at 11:45 AM -
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Shooting had covered up Golden State bad habits all season, until it mattered most.
June 20, 2016 at 2:45 PM -
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Golden State was historically great. That's a compliment to the Cavaliers. The Warriors won an NBA-record 73 games this season, and Cleveland still beat them – an...
June 20, 2016 at 12:45 PM -
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Around this point last year, the Cavaliers were favored to win the 2016 title. They quickly lost that status as the Warriors won an NBA-record 73 games then built a 3-1...
June 20, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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"But this ain't the last that you'll see from us." —Draymond Green
June 20, 2016 at 1:45 AM -
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The Warriors outscored the Cavaliers by 48 points in Games 1 and 2 – a Finals record. The series looked over. The biggest question was whether Golden State would...
June 19, 2016 at 9:45 PM -
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Stephen Curry knows that the record-setting 73 wins, awards and memorable moments that highlighted Golden State's special season will only be footnotes if the Warriors...
June 19, 2016 at 11:45 AM -
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Credit Michael Jordan for never having to do this. He never fell behind 3-1 in the NBA Finals. He never faced a team as good as the 2016 Warriors – how could you...
June 17, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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Even for fines you knew were coming, the NBA acted mighty swiftly. Stephen Curry (throwing his mouthpiece into the crowd) and Steve Kerr (running wild on the...
June 17, 2016 at 8:45 AM -
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The Warriors – most notably Stephen Curry and Draymond Green – lost their composure in their Game 6 loss to the Cavaliers last night. One Golden State player...
June 17, 2016 at 6:45 AM -
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A Stephen Curry ejection was just one of Golden State's problems on Thursday.
June 16, 2016 at 10:45 PM -
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CLEVELAND — The Golden State Warriors thought suspending Draymond Green for Game 5 was too much. The Cleveland Cavaliers thought it wasn't tough enough, they...
June 16, 2016 at 2:45 PM -
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Draymond Green's return matters far more than losing Andrew Bogut for the Warriors.
June 16, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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The 2016 NBA Finals have had little flow. The Warriors won Games 1 and 2 in routs. Kevin Love got hurt, and with Richard Jefferson starting, the Cavaliers turned the...
June 16, 2016 at 9:45 AM -
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Kevin Love is not a bad player. I promise. He's not. In fact, he's a very good player. The Warriors just play a style that exposes his biggest weaknesses. Unfortunately...
June 14, 2016 at 1:45 PM -
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OAKLAND — With the Cavaliers' backs against the wall down 3-1, coach Tyrone Lue tweaked his game plan in one key way early: He put the ball in LeBron James hands...
June 14, 2016 at 12:45 AM -
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Of Steve Kerr's options, Iguodala comes closest to approximating Green's diverse skill set.
June 13, 2016 at 6:45 PM -
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Which healthy player will the Warriors deactivate for Game 5 with Draymond Green suspended and counting toward the active roster? That question carried surprising...
June 13, 2016 at 1:45 PM -
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Stephen Curry has scored just 26 points in the playoffs – only eight in the NBA Finals – without Draymond Green on the court. The Warriors face numerous...
June 13, 2016 at 12:45 PM -
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1) Can Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have a big night without Draymond Green?
June 13, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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The Warriors are so deep, there's genuine interest in whom they'll deactivate with Draymond Green suspended. In an NBA Finals game. For most teams, the question would be...
June 13, 2016 at 9:45 AM -
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Harrison Barnes effectively said he'd like to stay with the Warriors but it's not his call. It's Golden State's call. With Barnes set to become a restricted free agent...
June 11, 2016 at 2:45 PM -
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Tristan Thompson was paid big money last summer in part because he can combat small lineups on the offensive glass. He did that in the first quarter of Game 4 —...
June 10, 2016 at 7:45 PM -
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Even as the Warriors charged through a record-setting 73-win season that ends in the Finals – maybe with a second straight championship – some Golden State...
June 10, 2016 at 12:45 PM -
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Among the breakout stars of the 2016 playoffs – a group headlined by Bismack Biyombo – was Billy Donovan. In his first NBA season, Donovan guided the Thunder...
June 9, 2016 at 1:45 PM -
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The Warriors' bench set a modern-era Finals record in Game 1 by outscoring the Cavaliers' reserves by 35. In Game 3, the Cleveland's starters took their turn making...
June 9, 2016 at 11:45 AM -
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Game 2: Warriors 110, Cavaliers 73 Game 3: Cavaliers 120, Warriors 90 What the heck? "It's the NBA," Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. "That's just how it is." Not at...
June 8, 2016 at 10:45 PM -
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Golden State has won the first two games of the NBA Finals, both of those wins coming by double figures and with a few dominant stretches of basketball in...
June 7, 2016 at 8:45 PM -
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Kevin Love was not with his Cleveland teammates when they took the floor for practice Tuesday morning in advance of Game 3 of the NBA Finals against Golden...
June 7, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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LeBron James made hay bashing overmatched backups to start second quarters in the first three playoff rounds. Now, he's facing Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green. For the...
June 6, 2016 at 8:45 AM -
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The Warriors had to be sharper just to reach the Finals, and it shows.
June 6, 2016 at 5:45 AM -
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OAKLAND — Every time LeBron James would look down at the stat sheet in front of him, he would shake his head. It was involuntary. LeBron and his Cavaliers had just...
June 5, 2016 at 11:45 PM -
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LeBron James looked at his copy of the box score and succinctly evaluated the Cavaliers' problems. "We didn't win anything," LeBron said. The Warriors are the 32nd team...
June 5, 2016 at 8:45 PM -
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This is mostly how Golden State stayed in the game in the first quarter. The Warriors stars were cold again — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined to shoot...
June 5, 2016 at 6:45 PM -
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"I love Golden State. I'd love to be here." — Harrison Barnes
June 4, 2016 at 12:45 PM -
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There were troubling signs for Cleveland Cavaliers fans in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Splash Brothers — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson — combined for...
June 3, 2016 at 4:45 PM -
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In the Warriors' 121 games since last year's playoffs began, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 20 or fewer points just thrice: A December loss to the...
June 3, 2016 at 8:45 AM -
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The Warriors bench was awesome last night. Just how awesome? Golden State's reserves outscored the Cavaliers' backups by 35, the biggest bench advantage in a Finals game...
June 3, 2016 at 7:45 AM -
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LeBron James won't call the Cavaliers underdogs to the Warriors in the NBA Finals, but Las Vegas does. And so does historical precedent – in a big way. Golden...
June 2, 2016 at 6:45 AM -
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The Warriors went an NBA-record 73-9. And the Thunder massively outplayed them in Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference finals. No, Golden State wasn't at full...
May 30, 2016 at 11:45 AM -
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After a record 73 wins and a memorable Game 6 comeback on the road, the Golden State Warriors' goal of getting back to the NBA Finals and defending their title comes...
May 29, 2016 at 8:45 PM -
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Some Cavaliers fans still want to put an asterisk on the Warriors' 2015 championship, because Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured during the Finals. Apparently...
May 27, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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The Warriors' Nuclear Lineup propelled them to the 2015 NBA championship. It has drawn praise from the President of the United States. It has been credited with...
May 26, 2016 at 10:45 PM -
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Draymond Green missed both his 3-pointers prior, but he made this. Unfortunately for the Warriors, it didn't count because it came after a whistle (that few heard over...
May 26, 2016 at 8:45 PM -
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Russell Westbrook arrived at the arena in Golden State dressed for a (very weird) funeral. The Thunder, up 3-1 in the Western Conference finals, can end the Warriors'...
May 26, 2016 at 5:45 PM -
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Steve Kerr needs a lot of things to go differently Thursday night if his defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors want to avoid elimination. That starts with Stephen...
May 26, 2016 at 8:45 AM -
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Steve Kerr gave his Golden State players a much-needed mental day off with time to rest their weary bodies, and he got back to work trying to figure out how to save the...
May 25, 2016 at 7:45 PM -
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The Golden State Warriors made history — they won 73 games, more than any team in NBA history. But they are on the verge of being remembered like the 2007...
May 25, 2016 at 4:45 PM -
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Another day, another Draymond Green controversy. But at least this time – when it comes to Green tripping Enes Kanter in Game 4 – we won't have to wait so...
May 25, 2016 at 1:45 PM -
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The Warriors are taking a beating on the court, but their turmoil reached heartbreaking levels in Klay Thompson‘s press conference after Game 4. Thompson, scanning...
May 25, 2016 at 10:45 AM -
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When the 62-win Jazz followed a Game 2 loss with a 96-54 setback to the Bulls in the 1998 NBA Finals, Utah coach Jerry Sloan offered a blunt assessment: "They ate us...
May 25, 2016 at 8:45 AM -
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The Warriors – who must replace Lakers-bound Luke Walton – have established themselves as a great organization for assistant coaches. But that doesn't matter...
May 23, 2016 at 11:45 AM -
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Steven Adams chooses the wrong words to describe the Warriors' guards. "They're quick little monkeys," he says. pic.twitter.com/ss5DbHilqD - Kenny Ducey...
May 17, 2016 at 6:45 AM -
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The Warriors fell behind the Spurs, Thunder, Cavaliers, Raptors and Heat when adjusting for playoff rotation entering the second round of the playoffs. But, to...
May 16, 2016 at 12:45 PM -
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For 82 games it felt like San Antonio was destined to be the final hurdle between the Warriors and a second straight trip to the Finals. Instead, it's the far more...
May 16, 2016 at 6:45 AM -
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As he watched Golden State take out Portland, A.J. English felt some mid-major pride, not to mention hope for his own future.
May 12, 2016 at 11:45 PM -
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The Blazers tested the Warriors, but Golden State passed.
May 11, 2016 at 11:45 PM -
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Another missed opportunity has left the Portland Trail Blazers with no margin for error in their quest to overtake the Golden State Warriors.
May 11, 2016 at 3:45 PM -
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Stephen Curry: doubtful questionable for Game 4 of Warriors-Trail Blazers tonight. Monte Poole of CSN Bay Area: Steph Curry upgraded from doubtful to questionable for Gm...
May 9, 2016 at 12:45 PM -
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"There are a lot of leaders on other teams, you'll hear them say in the media, 'I want to win,' but a lot of times it's on their terms." — Andrew Bogut
May 8, 2016 at 3:45 PM -
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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said star guard Stephen Curry will not play in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Portland Trail...
May 7, 2016 at 5:45 PM -
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First it was a chest cold, then it was a fourth-quarter dry spell. The start of Damian Lillard's playoff series against the Golden State Warriors has been...
May 5, 2016 at 7:45 PM -
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Two days before Golden State heads into Portland for Game 3 of its second-round series, the Warriors practice ended with a relatively intense scrimmage. Stephen Curry...
May 5, 2016 at 3:45 PM -
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Stephen Curry might be the face of the Warriors with the breathtaking long-range shots and ball-handling that makes Golden State so appealing to watch.
May 4, 2016 at 3:45 PM -
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Golden State backup big man Anderson Varejao insists he didn't deliberately trip Trail Blazers guard Gerald Henderson in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal...
May 3, 2016 at 6:45 PM -
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Portland's Terry Stotts came in second in the Coach of the Year voting after taking a Portland team expected to be in the bottom of the West to the second round of the...
May 3, 2016 at 5:45 AM -
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The Warriors and Cavaliers were clearly the best teams in their conferences during the regular season. Adjusting for playoff rotations only furthered those teams'...
May 2, 2016 at 11:45 AM -
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Golden State opened the game on an 18-4 run and never looked back.
May 1, 2016 at 5:45 PM