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2024-25 Golden State Warriors: A quick preview

The Golden State Warriors are primed for a stronger season, with hopes resting on a Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green, Stephen Curry continuing his MVP-level play, and key contributions from their younger players. After parting ways with Klay Thompson …

The Golden State Warriors are primed for a stronger season, with hopes resting on a Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green, Stephen Curry continuing his MVP-level play, and key contributions from their younger players. After parting ways with Klay Thompson in a sign-and-trade deal that sent him to Dallas, the Warriors gained valuable financial flexibility and retooled their roster. They brought in reinforcements like Buddy Hield, Kyle Anderson, and De’Anthony Melton, adding much-needed shooting depth and bench support – crucial to their offensive system.

The development of young talents like Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, Brandin Podziemski, and Trayce Jackson-Davis will be key, as the Warriors aim for more consistent contributions from their bench. With Curry leading the way, the Warriors have the potential to bypass the play-in tournament entirely and secure a top-six spot in the West in a best-case scenario.

Steve Kerr brings Steph Curry’s ‘Night Night’ celebration to Democratic National Convention

The Golden State Warriors head coach brought Steph Curry’s “night night” celebration to the Democratic National Convention.

Coming off a run to the Olympic gold medal in Paris with Team USA’s men’s basketball, Steve Kerr made the trip back to where he shared the court with Michael Jordan — the United Center. Yet, his trip to the home of the Chicago Bulls wasn’t for basketball, but for the Democratic National Convention.

Steve Kerr was one of the speakers on Monday in Chicago who gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Along with publicly endorsing, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, Steve Kerr finished his speech with a shoutout to the Golden State Warriors point guard.

Kerr spoke about telling former President and 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump “night night.” To end his speech, Kerr reenacted Curry’s signature night night celebration.

In the words of the great Steph Curry, we can tell Donald Trump … night night.

Via @TheWarriorsTalk on Twitter:

Watch Kerr’s speech via YouTube:

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Watch: New Warrior Kyle Anderson looks in midseason form in summer workout

One of the newest members of the Warriors was putting in work at a summer offseason run.

While most of the attention surrounding the Golden State Warriors offseason has been about the departures of Klay Thompson and Chris Paul, Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Steve Kerr have been busy filling out the rest of the roster around Stephen Curry.

One of the newest members of the Warriors is veteran forward Kyle Anderson. After two seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 10-year veteran signed a three-year deal with the Warriors early in the offseason.

With the summer winding down, the veteran wing recently participated in an offseason workout. Anderson was putting in work on the floor for a New Jersey-based run with “More The a Run.” More Than a Run shared a clip of Anderson’s workout on Instagram.

Via @morethanarun on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-nOktBxl4e/?hl=en

In 79 games with the Timberwolves last season, Anderson averaged 6.4 points on 46% shooting from the field to go along with 4.2 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 22.6 minutes per contest.

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Warriors release schedule of group play for NBA In-Season Tournament

The Warriors will open the NBA’s season in-season tournament against Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks.

In the first edition of the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament, the Golden State Warriors’ run was over before it started.

Following a loss to Malik Monk and the Sacramento Kings in a thriller in Sacramento at the buzzer, the Warriors were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers went on to win the first in-season tournament, now known as “The Emirates NBA Cup.”

On Tuesday, the NBA announced the schedule of the group stage for the 2024 in-season tournament. The Warriors group stage will begin with the return of Klay Thompson and the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks to the Bay Area. The Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans and Denver Nuggets will round out the rest of Golden State’s group. Three teams in the group all made the playoffs last season.

The schedule full schedule is below:

  • Nov. 12 vs. Dallas Mavericks
  • Nov. 15 vs. Memphis Grizzlies
  • Nov. 22 at New Orleans Pelicans
  • Dec. 3 at Denver Nuggets

Via @warriors on Twitter:

The team with the best record from group play will advance to the knockout rounds that consists of 10 teams. The top team from each group will advance along with a wildcard team from each conference. The knockout rounds are single elimination with the semifinals and finals set in Las Vegas starting on Dec. 14.

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Watch: Steph Curry scores first Olympic points with signature 3-pointer

Stephen Curry got on the board in the Olympics with a signature 3-pointer in the opening minutes against Serbia.

While he’s worn red, white and blue on the floor for the FIBA World Cup and their recent run of showcase games, Sunday morning marked the official debut of Stephen Curry in the Olympic Games with Team USA.

For the first time in his career, Curry made an appearance in the Olympics for Team USA in their opening game of the group stage against Nikola Jokic and Serbia.

While the Team USA starters opened the game cold, falling down 10-2 to Serbia in the opening minutes, the Golden State Warriors point guard provided a little spark with his signature long-distance jumper.

Via @JoeVirayNBA on Twitter:

A red-hot Kevin Durant came off the bench and fueled Team USA in the first half, scoring a fiery 21 points before halftime. At the break, Team USA is leading 63-49 over Serbia.

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Gui Santos plays 24 minutes off bench in Brazil’s loss to France in Group C

The Brazilian forward tallied nine points in 24 minutes off the bench against France on Saturday.

While Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr will highlight Team USA on the basketball court in Paris, another member of the Golden State Warriors is in Paris to represent his country in basketball.

2022 second-round pick Gui Santos suited up for Brazil on Saturday morning to open the group stage of the Olympic Games against host country France. The French roster is loaded with NBA talent, including Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier, Bilal Couilbaly, Nicolas Batum and Frank Ntililkina.

Although Brazil took an early lead, the duo of Wembanyama and Batum pushed France to a 78-66 victory on Saturday morning. Wembanyama and Batum each scored 19 points against Brazil.

Santos played 24 minutes off the bench against France, scoring nine points on 2-of-5 shooting from the field with three steals, three assists and two boards.

Watch highlights from Santos’ performance against France via @CP3_777 on Twitter:

Brazil will play Germany on Tuesday in France for their next group stage game. Brazil will round out the group stage against Japan later in the week.

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Watch: Moses Moody putting in work during offseason

The 22-year-old guard averaged 8.1 points on 46.2% shooting from the field in 17.5 minutes per game last season.

Following the departure of Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors will likely have to lean on their young core to replace valuable minutes next season. Fourth-year wing Moses Moody is a candidate to fill minutes in Golden State’s new-look rotation in 2024.

In his third season, Moody played a career-high in minutes per game at 17.5. Moody averaged 8.1 points on 46.2% shooting from the field to go along with three rebounds per contest.

With an important season looming for the Warriors, Moody is putting in work at the gym during the offseason. The 22-year-old Arkansas product shared a clip from a recent workout on his Instagram.

Via @TheWarriorsTalk on Twitter:

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Jaylen Brown names a Warrior to his all-time starting five

The reigning champ named a member of the Warriors when asked who would be in his NBA all-time starting five.

Coming off his first NBA championship run with the Boston Celtics, All-Star wing Jaylen Brown was recently asked about his all-time starting five by House of Highlights. While revealing his answers, Brown named a member of the Golden State Warriors.

After initially naming LeBron James as the point guard, Brown moved James to power forward and added Stephen Curry to the point guard spot.

After listing Curry and James, Brown went on to name Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Shaquille O’Neal. Brown then went on to swap O’Neal out and add Boston Celtics’ legendary center Bill Russell.

Via @HoHighlights on Twitter:

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Steph Curry scores 13 points vs Germany in Team USA’s final showcase game before Olympics

Steph Curry notched 13 points against Germany on Monday in Team USA’s final showcase game before the start of the Olympics.

After winning their first four showcase games, including a narrow win against South Sudan, Team USA had one final tune-up game before the official start of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

On Monday in London, Team USA met up against Germany, the No. 3 ranked team in the FIBA world rankings.  In a close game that saw Germany hold on to a one-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, Team USA handled business to secure a showcase game sweep.

For the second straight contest, Lebron James took over down the stretch to help push Team USA. James finished with a game-high 20 points in Team USA’s 92-88 win over Germany.

Steph Curry struggled with his long-distance jumper, hitting only one 3-pointer on seven attempts from deep. However, the Golden State Warriors point guard still finished with 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field to go along with three rebounds, two assists and a block in 25 minutes.

Watch Curry’s highlights from Monday’s game via YouTube:

Curry and Team USA will now prepare for the group stage of the Olympics, starting with a matchup against Nikola Jokic and Serbia. Team USA will open Olympic player with a contest against Serbia on Sunday, July 28.

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Warriors power past Bulls for second straight win in Las Vegas Summer League, 92-82

The Warriors notched their second straight victory in the Las Vegas Summer League with a 92-82 win over Matas Buzelis and the Bulls on Sunday.

The Summer League edition of the Golden State Warriors are on a roll. After sweeping the California Classic with three straight wins at San Francisco’s Chase Center, the Warriors opened up the Las Vegas Summer League with a win against the Phoenix Suns on Saturday.

During their second Las Vegas Summer League contest on Sunday, the Warriors showed no signs of slowing down.

In a showdown with the recent No. 11 overall Matas Buzelis and the Chicago Bulls, rising sophomore Brandin Podziemski led the Warriors with another impressive performance.

Podziemski was all over the court for the Warriors, registering a double-double with 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field with four made 3-pointers along with 12 rebounds and seven assists in 36 minutes.

Trayce Jackson Davis added a double-double with 17 points and 10 boards against the Bulls. Daqwon Plowden, Donta Scott, and Kevin Knox II also recorded double-figure scoring numbers on the way to Golden State’s 92-82 win in Las Vegas.

Buzelis lived up to the hype for Chicago, scoring a game-high 28 points on 10-of-22 shooting from the field with four made 3-pointers, five rebounds and two steals in 34 minutes.

Watch highlights from the Warriors’ win over the Bulls in Las Vegas via YouTube:

Riding a five-game winning streak in the Summer League, the Warriors will be back on the floor in Sin City on Wednesday against the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7 p.m. PT.

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