Sitting 12th in the Western Conference and with a 19-24 record, things are starting to get desperate for the Golden State Warriors — and it could even spell the end of the team’s ‘Big Three’. That is according to The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania, who again on Tuesday reiterated that “everyone is on the … Read more
LeBron James, Stephen Curry and reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid were named among a 41-strong player pool for the USA’s 2024 Olympics basketball roster this week. The star-studded roster will be whittled down to a 12-man squad for this summer’s Olympics in Paris, where the US will be chasing a fifth consecutive gold … Read more
There never was, nor should there have been, any internal debate about the best place for Chris Paul among the Warriors. They always knew. Paul’s greatest value to this team is as the leader of the second unit, the role he moved into Sunday in Houston. After publicly dodging the issue for more than three … Read more
LeBron James is not winning the NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Victor Wembanyama will be the most powerful rookie since James entered the league in 2003. 6 Steph Curry wants a fifth ring to add to his collectionCredit: Getty Chris Paul will finally win it all, thanks to CP3 oddly joining the same … Read more
LeBron James is not winning the NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Victor Wembanyama will be the most powerful rookie since James entered the league in 2003. Steph Curry wants a fifth ring to add to his collectionCredit: Getty Chris Paul will finally win it all, thanks to CP3 oddly joining the same Golden … Read more
On 11 occasions last season, Chris Paul failed to commit a turnover. He was guilty only once in 16 other games as a member of the Phoenix Suns. Careful possessions are symbolic of his 18-year NBA career, and they qualify as point guard gold. That history is why Warriors coach Steve Kerr isn’t sweating the … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – Never in his nine seasons as coach of the Warriors has Steve Kerr sent out a starting lineup as small as that which trotted out Saturday against the Lakers. This was a dare. OK, Lakers, see if you can exploit a lineup that averages 6-foot-5. They could not. And Chris Paul, at … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – After returning to the Bay Area last May, having been ousted from the NBA playoffs, the Warriors’ first order of business was to bandage the wounded pride that comes with losing to a lower-seeded team in, for crying out loud, the second round. The second order of business was for coaches and … Read more
The wisest and classiest move Chris Paul can make in the coming days is to extinguish the fire that started with his cryptic response in his first meeting with reporters assigned to the Warriors. Sometime before next Monday, when Paul and his new teammates gather for media day at Chase Center, the veteran guard can … Read more