At long last, some good news on the health front for the Golden State Warriors: Andre Iguodala will be ready to rock when the NBA playoffs tip off. From the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Connor Letourneau: After missing six of the Warriors’ final seven regular-season games with left knee soreness, Andre Iguodala is poised to return for [...]
April 11, 2018
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Kevin Durant will be a free agent this summer… not really though. According to a report from Chris Haynes of ESPN, Durant is going to opt out of his deal in order to restructure his contract this summer. “A nine-time All-Star and the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Durant will be turning down a salary of [...]
April 11, 2018
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Quinn Cook has worked his way from undrafted player out of Duke to currently playing an important role for the reigning NBA champions. He has been serving as their starting point guard in Steph Curry’s absence. He has averaged 15.6 points, 5.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game in April on 53% shooting from the [...]
April 9, 2018
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Injuries continue to pile up for the Golden State Warriors. Stephen Curry is already out through at least the first round of the playoffs. Andre Iguodala has been dealing with left knee soreness. Omri Casspi is recovering from a sprained right ankle. Draymond Green is laboring through a left ankle issue. And now Patrick McCaw [...]
April 6, 2018
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Stephen Curry isn’t worried about his eventual return from a Grade 2 MCL sprain. He knows it will come at some point in the playoffs, perhaps by the end of the first round. If not, then by the start of the second round for sure. And whenever he returns, he’s confident he’ll be fine—impactful and [...]
April 5, 2018
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Kevin Durant wants you to know the Golden State Warriors aren’t NBA Finals locks. They aren’t locks for anything, period. Most had the Warriors ticketed for another championship at the start of this season. Even now, with the Houston Rockets having clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, it’s tough for some to [...]
April 4, 2018
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At long last, some good news on the injury front for the Golden State Warriors. After missing the team’s past six games with an incomplete right ribs fracture, Kevin Durant plans to rejoin the rotation for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: [tweet https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/978818452461776897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fkevin-durant-plans-return-thursday-warriors-hope-green-thompson-arent-far-behind-032459288.html] Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, ever the [...]
March 28, 2018
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Steve Kerr isn’t too worried about the Golden State Warriors pushing forward without Stephen Curry. The point guard was diagnosed with a Grade 2 left MCL sprain in his first game back from a sprained right. The injury is expected to keep him out for at least another three weeks, which takes Golden State well [...]
March 27, 2018
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The defending champs appear to be a little more vulnerable than many people ever expected they would be as we head into the 2018 NBA Playoffs. The biggest reason is that their two-time NBA MVP and the player around which their all-time great offensive system is built is currently out with a Grade 2 MCL [...]
March 26, 2018
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Kevin Durant isn’t yet done taking aim at those who have criticized him for abandoning the Oklahoma City Thunder and signing with the Golden State Warriors in 2016. His latest troll: A KD 10 colorway with a snake emoji. Here’s a pic: [tweet https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/976943900903510017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhoopshype.com%2Frumors%2F] Sole Collector’s Brandon Richard elaborated on the significance of Durant’s footwear: [...]
March 23, 2018
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