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The Golden State Warriors’ offseason will not be without its drama. No, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry aren’t going anywhere. Durant, in fact, will probably end up taking a slight pay cut, on a non-Bird max, so that the Warriors can retain the Bird rights to free agents Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala. But that [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ first offseason pursuit is officially a success. They now employ NBA legend, and logo, Jerry West. ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne broke the news late Wednesday night, stating that, while West hasn’t signed a contract with the Clippers just yet, he knew that Game 5 of the NBA Finals was his last as a [...]

Yes the Golden State Warriors are a superteam. No, Kevin Durant doesn’t want you calling them that. From the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Connor Letourneau: “First of all, if everybody wanted Steph, he would have been the No. 1 pick,” Durant said Wednesday of Curry, the No. 7 pick of the 2009 NBA draft. “A lot of [...]

Adam Silver has a message for any teams that might be worried or put off by the existence of the Golden State Warriors: Your move, everyone. This is more or less what he said when pressed about the issue. But here’s what he actually said (prior to Game 4), per The Washington Post‘s Adam Kilgore (h/t Bleacher [...]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was emotional following his team’s Game 5 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night, because, well,  duh. They had just won the NBA Finals, securing their second title in three years. But his display of emotion was about more than just that. It was about what this championship [...]

LeBron James wouldn’t be alone if he thought the Golden State Warriors adding Kevin Durant was unfair. Plenty of people would be right there with him. And you can easily envision him being right there with them. His Cleveland Cavaliers are down 3-0 in the NBA Finals without a puncher’s chance in hell of coming [...]

As became clear after their Game 1 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers lack many things. One thing they don’t lack: Respect for the Warriors. Soon after beginning the their third straight NBA Finals in a third consecutive 1-0 series hole, the Cavaliers waxed respect for the team that [...]

Would Mike Brown be an assistant coach-turned-interim-head coach with the Golden State Warriors without Gregg Popovich? The short answer: Nope. Here’s Anthony Slater of the Bay Area New Group with the extended explanation: A year ago around this time, Steve Kerr was in the market for a new lead assistant and Mike Brown was a target. But [...]

When the Golden State Warriors added the superstar Kevin Durant to the greatest regular-season team in N.B.A. history, the general reaction was that the season was effectively over. Fans, sportswriters and even opposing players began to speculate on who could actually beat them, how many more titles the Warriors would win and how many records [...]

It’s looking more and more like Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr won’t be returning to the sidelines before next season. His still-uncertain timetable is our first clue. But Warriors general manager Bob Myers also revealed that Kerr, who is suffering from complications due to back surgery he had a couple years back, underwent a procedure [...]