Golden State Warriors Analysis

Kevin Durant's Exploratory Era

by John Wilmes

May 2, 2024 1:35 PM

For many, Kevin Durant's career has been less about his skills and more a cause for referendum on modern league politics, and on what happens when a player attempts to fully tell their own story. Read more »

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Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by RealGM Staff Report

Apr 16, 2024 4:03 PM

The Celtics finished in the top spot in Net Rating for the second straight season, while the Thunder jumped up from 28th to 14th to second. Read more »

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The Warriors Aren't Dead Yet, The NBA Regular Season Is Just A (Too) Long Slog

by Jack Ross

Mar 6, 2024 1:51 PM

One of the main culprits of the Warriors' uneven season might be unreasonable expectations, thanks to the NBA's half-year long slog, and its associated, exponentially-growing media ecosystem, microscope and storyline/podcast quotas. Read more »

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Golden State's Draft Misses Have Added Up

by Wes Goldberg

The Warriors famously built their dynasty through the draft, but the franchise has had very little success selecting players over the past decade. Read more »
The NBA's Most Decorated Bully Has No Reason To Change

by Colin McGowan

Draymond Green appears to believe that his whole act is a net positive. He's probably right about that, but it's been a point of debate not just in the press over the years but within the Warriors organization. Read more »
Chris Paul's Shameless And Brave Time With Golden State

by Colin McGowan

It still feels strange that Chris Paul has allowed himself to choose the Warriors. It speaks to both to his desperation and his competitiveness. Read more »
NBA's Top Wing Trios Ranked

by Wes Goldberg

We've ranked every team's wing corps from 1 to 30 based on the top three wings' production, upside and versatility. Read more »
The Gnarly Path Of Draymond Green

by John Wilmes

The Draymond Green torrent has always gone on, forward, away from pause or introspection. The reckless, universal-beef warpath is inseparable from all the championship qualities he brings to the Warriors. Read more »
This Is The Kevon Looney Main Character Moment We Never Expected

by Kevin Yeung

Kevon Looney has paid specific focus in his development on the grimier skills that matter for a Warriors center: rebounding, screening, passing, being a bit of an asshole in the paint. Looney is thriving in the role Wiseman, Bell and Ezeli could never figure out. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by RealGM Staff Report

The Celtics finished first in Net Rating ahead of the Cavaliers, who jumped up from 13th last season and 28th as recently as 2021. Read more »
Klay Thompson, Rudy Gobert Offer Two End-of-Season Moods

by John Wilmes

Klay Thompson embodies both the zombie-like malaise of the Warriors, and that of the league in general as we end another long season in its most laborious, most unstable era ever. On the opposite end is probably the most-disliked person in the modern NBA, who ended his regular season with maximum indignity. Read more »
Draymond Green And The Gross Truth Of Sports

by John Wilmes

Access to the frenetic, physical, hyper-communicative disruption and coordination Draymond Green offers on the court has long required dealing with all the storm and fever he brings off it. Read more »
Stephen Curry Is The Cosmos

by Micah Wimmer

How do you become more immortal than you already were? This title for Stephen Curry and the Warriors was both validation and valediction, a chance to postpone chatter, to stop debating about legacies, and simply savor something special. Read more »
Draymond Green Is Brilliant, And A Disaster

by John Wilmes

The line between brilliance and disaster is one Draymond Green moves back and forth over more than maybe than anyone ever has, and whoever wins these Finals just might be determined by how many games he can spend on the right side of it. Read more »
How Do You Guard The Impossible?

by Micah Wimmer

While Golden State may have the higher ceiling than Boston, one never knows whether it will continue to rise or come crashing down. It comes down to what you value most: would you rather have reliable greatness or the ability to occasionally, and unpredictably, conjure magic? Read more »
The Warriors' Dynastic Ethos Is Back In Place

by John Wilmes

The reason the Warriors collect into a boulder capable of knocking all else over is because they have what other teams do not, to house all these wonders: a concept. An idea, a philosophy, an ethos. Read more »
The Warriors And Grizzlies Fight For The Future

by John Wilmes

Memphis seems destined to figure heavily in the future either way, but the grizzled three-time champions are not prepared to concede the present after spending the past couple of seasons licking wounds and rebuilding around their core. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)

by RealGM Staff Report

The Suns jumped from 30th in the NBA in Net Rating in 17-18 to 29th to 18th in 19-20 to third last season and first in 21-22. Read more »
Andrew Wiggins Has Finally Become An All-Star But Not Quite

by Colin McGowan

This is comfortably the most successful season of Andrew Wiggins' career, and it's been exactly successful enough to get him a piece of recognition he doesn't deserve. Read more »
Klay Thompson's Dispatch From A Simpler Time

by Micah Wimmer

Klay Thompson seems to embody the vibe that many NBA fans like to believe that they would have themselves... if only they were an athletically brilliant multi-millionaire. Read more »