Steve Kerr isn’t done yet. He and the Warriors have agreed to a record-setting two-year, $35 million contract extension, his agents, Rick Smith and Dan Eveloff of Priority Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday night. The new contract makes Kerr the highest-paid coach in NBA history. See more BREAKING: Golden State’s Steve Kerr has … 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
Subtract the second quarter, when they regressed to the uninspired, defensively unsound ways of their past several games, and the Warriors on Friday night seized upon a formula that can bring cheers back to Chase Center. Though the result won’t diminish efforts to upgrade the roster, this was, for the most part, an exhibition of … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Even while he sat at home recovering from his calf injury and watching the games on TV, Gary Payton II had a sense that something was amiss from the Warriors. When he finally made his return Saturday, his initial suspicions were confirmed. “I’m pretty sure you can see it on the court, … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – The feel-good vibes that had the Warriors floating into Denver with a five-game win streak four days ago have faded, and it’s not yet clear if the culprit is regression. It’s mostly about facing an upgraded caliber of competition. Golden State’s win streak came mostly against NBA weaklings. With their Christmas Day … Read more
Jordan Poole’s final Warriors season included a fist to the face from his teammate Draymond Green, an early playoff exit and a trade to the Washington Wizards. But not all of Poole’s time in the Bay was negative. As Golden State prepares to host Washington on Friday night at Chase Center, Poole and his former … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – With the NBA preseason in the books, the Warriors essentially ended their 2023 training camp on Sunday. Though some aspects went smoothly, at least one critical challenge remains very much unfinished. The preseason exposed their defensive shortcomings. That element has a lot of repairs ahead before it can hope to reach the … Read more
As a player and coach, Steve Kerr has gone through many different generations since first stepping foot in the NBA world. Born in 1965, Kerr began his NBA playing career in the late 1980s until he retired in 2003. He never really left the game, though, and has been the coach of the Warriors since … 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
Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer — not rouge, blanc and bleu. The NBA’s reigning MVP and scoring champion has told USA Basketball that, after more than a year of deliberating, he has picked the Americans over France as his team for the Paris Olympics, according to a person … Read more