Hot take: Saturday against the Clippers was the Warriors’ best defensive game of 2024. Actually, there were maybe one or two games from last season where I jumped out of my chair during a watch party and said, “Omg! That’s the championship-level defense we need to make a playoff run!” Alas, didn’t happen much aside from those times I can count on one hand.In that vein, the … [Read more...] about Warriors-Clippers Hawaii: Melton D, Steph Curry shoe toss + more deep cuts
Warriors in Hawaii: “More Fire!” (Buddy Hield voice)
The fact that Buddy Hield’s Instagram handle is “buddylove” should clue you in on his personality a little bit. While walking outside the gym at BYU-Hawaii yesterday, he yelled, “More fire, more fire!!” Here’s the IG Reels version, below is the long-form, plus the behind-the-scenes long forms of the previous three days:letsgowarriorsA post shared by @letsgowarriorsI couldn’t … [Read more...] about Warriors in Hawaii: “More Fire!” (Buddy Hield voice)
Kerr: Wiggins “will be featured” [and is the fulcrum imo] + Dunleavy Q&A
In my video essay from the other day (embedded below), something I had wanted to do ever since the Lauri Markkanen pursuit came up short, I said that Andrew Wiggins has to be the No. 1 Priority heading into the preseason. He needs to be performing to his $26 million dollar contract by the February trade deadline.In my opinion, that was the deal-breaker much more so than what I … [Read more...] about Kerr: Wiggins “will be featured” [and is the fulcrum imo] + Dunleavy Q&A
Curry Brand Xi’an leg cancelled due to overcrowding, Steph heads to Shenyang
Stephen Curry, along with De’Aaron Fox, was supposed to arrive at his hotel in Xi’an. But according to China Sports Vision 2050, “Due to overcrowding, Xi'an local government provinsionally [sic] cancelled Steven [sic] Curry's visit to the city. After being stuck in the airport for two hours, the flight went northward to Shenyang, their next stop.”Steph’s arrival on September … [Read more...] about Curry Brand Xi’an leg cancelled due to overcrowding, Steph heads to Shenyang
Steph knows how to swim 🧐 + more epic moments from the Curry-Durant press conference
Just a core dump (entire transcript) of a most epic Stephen Curry x Kevin Durant presser from yesterday at Le Palais de Congres in Paris, France, the media center for the Olympics — there’s views of it in the embedded video below, which also has timestamps. There’s also Steph and KD leaving the premises and this wonderfully written recap of the experience, from Nik Simon of The … [Read more...] about Steph knows how to swim 🧐 + more epic moments from the Curry-Durant press conference