Why Steph’s Warriors’ Burden, at 36, Is Heavier Than Ever originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors don’t want to be in this line with the regular folks of the NBA, who stand behind the velvet rope watching the league’s spark plug teams get waved through the VIP entrance. It’s… Read More »
Kerr’s lineup decision when Kuminga returns really isn’t that difficult originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors training staff granted Steve Kerr a reprieve Thursday afternoon in Houston. By informing the coach that it was best to give Jonathan Kuminga at least one more night off, he was able to postpone a decision… Read More »
Payton Pritchard is averaging 18.7 points and 7.7 dimes over his last three games for the Boston Celtics, who may be able to move on from some players and open up more minutes for Pritchard. That makes him a great player in fantasy basketball leagues. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Specially for Yahoo Sports With… Read More »
The long grind of the regular season is coming to an end, with a new, more urgent grind on the horizon. Here are a few burning questions facing the NBA, a month away from the start of the playoffs. The refereeing has become lighter, the number of fouls has dropped and the scores are not… Read More »
In the midst of “the most difficult transition of my life,” Damian Lillard continues to face his biggest on-court challenge yet. The 33-year-old veteran will be held responsible for the outcome of this Milwaukee Bucks season, for better or worse, whether he deserves it or not. That’s what happens when a front office trades a… Read More »
Warriors’ venerable championship core knows what time it originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After winning a game they absolutely needed, the Warriors can continue chasing that coveted No. 6 seed in the Western Conference while also rationally believing they have enough to get there. But any real chance of making that move in… Read More »
Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that tells you who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the week ahead in fantasy basketball. Each week you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, lineup notes (who’s in and out of… Read More »
CP3, Wiggs comes through for Warriors in ‘aggressive’ performance against Spurs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Backup Warriors point guard Chris Paul is a noted master of the pick-and-roll, but when that didn’t work out well after a loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, the 12-time NBA All-Star opted to play… Read More »
What we learned as a complete team effort fuels Warriors’ win over Spurs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN ANTONIO – Jonathan Kuminga scored seven of his 22 points during a crucial game-changing sequence in the second half, and the Warriors won for the first time in five games this season while playing… Read More »
Each week during the 2023-2024 NBA season, we’ll dive deeper into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an effort to determine whether the trends going forward will be more based on fact or fiction. [Last week: Is the NBA All-Star Game fixable?] This week’s topic: In the NBA scoring era, 40,000 points are not… Read More »