I’ve said to fellow basketball fans that nothing in this season matters until Boogie Cousins comes back from his injury. Everything before that time…
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Podcast
Announcing the Oakland Warriors Podcast! Episode 1: Ups and Downs of Warriors Fandom, KD Unfiltered, Warriors vs. Lakers
We’re excited to announce the Oakland Warriors Podcast. We’ll be talking all things Golden State Warriors from an old school fan’s perspective. Listen to…
The Offseason
The League Isn’t Broken: 2 PERENNIAL NBA DOORMATS Just Made the Finals FOUR Years in a Row!
A lot of fans around the NBA seem to imagine a “good old days” of Association when everyone had a chance. I’ve been watching…
Game Notes
An Old School Warriors Fan on How Golden State Could Possibly Blow Their 3-0 Lead
Everyone is talking about the Warriors sweeping or at least beating the Cleveland Cavaliers handily in no more than five games, but the old…
Game Notes
Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself: 2 Observations from the Warriors’ WCF Game 1 Win Over the Houston Rockets (1-0)
1) Rockets have no match for KD Houston picked up PJ Tucker and Luc Mbah a Moute specifically to combat the Warriors. Both are…
Playoffs
Rockets, Be Careful What You Wish For
To quote the great Frank Costanza: “You want a piece of me? You got it!” The Rockets are built to beat one team. They’re…
Game Notes
The Warriors’ Key to Winning? Just Play Your Best Players
Steve Kerr started the game with his best lineup on the floor and his team played their best game of the postseason. Hard to…
Game Notes
And the Beat Goes On: The Return of Stephen Curry and Other Thoughts on the Warriors’ Game 2 Win Over the Pelicans
It didn’t take long for Steph to shake off the rust from having played 25 minutes of NBA ball in the past 7 weeks.…
Game Notes
The “Playoff Warriors”: 5 Observations from the Warriors’ 2nd Round Game 1 Win Over the New Orleans Pelicans (1-0)
1) “Playoff Draymond” Like I said in my last post on the Spurs series, Draymond is good. It’s kind of tongue-in-cheekish to call him…
Playoffs
1st Round Wrap-up
Well, that went about as expected. 5 pretty uninteresting games and a pretty easy series win. The Spurs were disciplined and smart and they…
Game Notes
Moving On: 4 Observations from the Warriors’ 1st Round Game 5 Win Over the San Antonio Spurs (4-1)
1) The Warriors shifted to autopilot too soon As the fourth quarter wore on, the Warriors lead got stuck at around 11 after being…
Game Notes
The Big Letdown: 4 Observations from the Warriors’ 1st Round Game 4 Loss to the San Antonio Spurs (3-1)
1) The Warriors came out flat and stayed flat This game felt sleepy from the beginning. Credit the Spurs for playing hard and cohesively…
Game Notes
Switch Flipped: 4 Observations from the Warriors’ 1st Round Game 1 Win Over the San Antonio Spurs (1-0)
1) Defense shows up By starting Andre Iguodala with Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Javale McGee, the Warriors put their best defensive…