The secret formula for NBA success
The four teams left standing in the conference finals have one thing in common. Each signed a foreign-born big man midseason.
The four teams left standing in the conference finals have one thing in common. Each signed a foreign-born big man midseason.
Three of the four NBA semifinal series are shaping up as 15-round heavyweight bouts. And the Warriors’ reaction? Great! Take these suckers to seven games! And play multiple overtimes every night!
There weren’t a lot of revelations for veteran Warriors-watchers when Steve Kerr appeared as part of the Sonoma Speaker Series. But there were tidbits.
Even today there are Game 1 tickets for sale, and not just via resale sites like StubHub.
There are many reasons to discount the Pelicans’ chances in this series, now that the Warriors are up 2-0 and Stephen Curry is pretending he never left. But PANIC does not appear to be one of those reasons.
This year, the Warriors could become the best of the second-best. That is, they could finish with the top record ever among teams that failed to complete a regular season as the NBA’s best.
That long line wasn’t fans queuing up to buy tickets for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. It was former NBA players lining up to say their old team(s) could beat the Warriors.
Eddie Johnson seems to think Draymond Green is overrated. Or at least he doesn’t buy the idea that Green is the secret behind the Warriors’ success.
It’s kind of fun to debate the identity of Golden State’s third-best player. But here’s a better question: Why a Big Three? Why always a damn Big Three?
Not all handwriting is created equally, or legibly. Here are the Warriors’ autographs, ranked from best to worst.