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Everyone entered the NBA preseason wondering how the league’s teams and players would handle the national anthem. The Association is explicitly against kneeling or sitting during it, but the NBA is the most progressive professional sporting entity in North America. Surely its players would do something. And some did. The Denver Nuggets, for instance, locked [...]

The Golden State Warriors are still trying to figure out Kevin Durant. Sure, they know this partnership is going to yield lucrative returns. It already has. The Warriors won 67 games last season, went 16-1 during the playoffs en route to a title and saw Durant nab the NBA Finals’ MVP award. And yet, his [...]

The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions. They won 67 games during the regular season. The went 16-1 through playoffs, mutilating pretty much everyone in their path. They have four All-NBA talents on their roster, all of them in their prime. They might be, and probably are, the best team in NBA history. The thought [...]

Steve Kerr is not worried about missing any time on the sidelines next season. Back issues forced him out of action at different points of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns, but the Golden State Warriors’ head coach doesn’t anticipate any issues leading into 2017-18. As he told the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Scott Ostler (h/t CBS Sports’ Chris [...]

Things aren’t always what they seem in the NBA. The pay cut Kevin Durant accepted in his new two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors is not one of them. He took the discount for the exact reason you think he did—to keep the reigning champs together. Here’s what Durant told The Athletic‘s Anthony Slater of [...]

Might the Golden State Warriors consider going after Paul George in free agency next summer? Maybe. The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami appeared on the Posting Up podcast with The Washington Post‘s Tim Bontemps (h/t NESN), and some comments he made about George and the Warriors, while not an official rumor, are making the rounds, so we’re going to jump in [...]

Darrell Arthur has high hopes for the Denver Nuggets next season. So high, they’re probably delusional. Per BSN Denver’s Harrison Wind: Well, damn. The Nuggets have improved. No one is denying that. Some of their possible lineup combinations are scary as well. Run out Jamal Murray, Gary Harris, Wilson Chandler, Paul Millsap and Nikola Jokic, [...]

Post-NBA Finals Kevin Durant Twitter is awesome. Earlier on his in career, Durant was pretty forthright on the 140-character machine. As time went on, he began to shut down and become more diplomatic. There would be the occasional fire tweet or troll burn, but like many big-time athletes, his feed felt contrived and, oftentimes, neglected. [...]

Leading into free agency, Andre Iguodala’s return to the Golden State Warriors didn’t feel like the surest thing. It was likely, perhaps inevitable, but there was this growing feeling that some team could come along and offer more than Golden State was willing to pay. Iguodala even admits he didn’t explore the open market just [...]

The possibility that Andre Iguodala will leave the Golden State Warriors continues to gain momentum. ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes reported earlier this week that seven teams plan to pursue the 33-year-old swiss army knife. Now, The Vertical’s Shams Charania is reporting that the Warriors are worried they might not be able to keep him: This is a fair [...]