http://www.sportsnipe.com Golden State Warriors, Team News, Updates, and Stats from all sports sources, updated continually. http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191452/golden-state-warriors-unfortunate-for-having-any-picks-in-2013-nba-draft-rant-sports.html Rant SportsGolden State Warriors Unfortunate for Not Having Any Picks in 2013 NBA DraftRant SportsThe Washington State Cougars found the transition to new head coach Mike Leach a little rockier than expected in 2012. Many thought that the pairing of Leach's Air Raid offense and the talents of the WSU roster would mesh seamlessly into a team that ...and more » Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191451/figuring-out-what-went-wrong-in-golden-state-warriors-second-round-loss-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportFiguring out What Went Wrong in Golden State Warriors Second Round LossBleacher ReportTwo games into Round 2, it seemed as though the Golden State Warriors had suddenly become NBA title contenders. They had stolen home-court advantage away from the San Antonio Spurs, and one last-second defensive breakdown in Game 1 is all that ...Final Golden State Warriors grades: Not straight A's, but pretty goodSan Jose Mercury NewsThe Golden State Warriors? Gone till NovemberYahoo! Sports (blog)Golden State Warriors say playoff appearance was just the startContra Costa TimesMonterey County Herald -NBCSports.com -Herald Sunall 25 news articles » Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191450/warriors-gm-sense-desperation-has-passed.html The turnaround has taken place. The total transformation might not be far away. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191449/myers-on-jackson-we-think-hes-part-our-future-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html Warriors GM Bob Myers held his season-ending press conference Monday and addressed Mark Jackson's future with the franchise. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191448/gm-on-warriors-turnaround-sense-desperation-has-passed-nbc-sports.html Just three seasons ago, the Golden State Warriors were a 26-win team with Monta Ellis and Corey Maggette as their two leading scorers ? this was a team in need of a radical overhaul. Enter new ownership willing to invest in winning, new players to go with then rookie Stephen Curry, a new coach in? Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191447/myers-on-jack-he-has-to-decide-whats-best-for-him-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html "We hope we can find a way to make something work." -- Warriors GM Bob Myers on bringing back Jarrett Jack Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191446/warriors-notes-usa-basketball-for-barnes-thompson-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html "Hopefully both of those guys will be invited to do that, which is a great tool to go up against the rest of the league and play around great players." -- Bob Myers Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191445/golden-state-warriors-vs-san-antonio-spurs-game-6-nba-playoffs-round-2-preview-dig-deep-give-everything-youve-got.html Warriors (2-3) vs Spurs (3-2) TV: ESPN | Radio: KNBR Arena: ROARACLE Tip-Off: 7:30pm PST Blog Buddy: Pounding The Rock Let's recap this series: Game 1: Spurs win (after Warriors collapse) Game 2: Warriors win Game 3: Spurs win Game 4: Warriors win Game 5: Spurs win I don't want to jinx anything, but I'm sure you notice a pattern here. It's our turn, but this can only be accomplished if we give it EVERYTHING we've got. EVERYTHING. Klay Thompson: You will stop Tony Parker. You did it earlier this series and you can do it at home in Game 6. Klay, we're also counting on your for some trifectas and some solid work on the glass. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Stephen Curry: You will be ON FIRE. Steph, your ankle will be fine. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Andrew Bogut: You will dominate the glass, reject some Spurs, and throw down another BOGUT'S BOOM. Andrew, you will feel no pain, only inflict pain on the opposing team. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Harrison Barnes: You will prove that those back-to-back 25 point games were no fluke and crash the boards. Harrison, like Eric B and Rakim YOU AIN'T NO JOKE. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Carl Landry: You will put up video game like efficiency by nailing your jumpers and finishing strong at the rim. Carl, you will be lethal. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Jarrett Jack: You will shoot the ball extremely well. Jarrett, you will not turn the ball over and frustrate the Roaracle faithful. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Draymond Green: You will make some 3's that your regular season stats would predict you to miss. Draymond, you will bring energy. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. David Lee: You will show everyone why you are this team's first All-Star since Latrell Fontaine Sprewell. David, thank you for doing the unfathomable and playing some inspirational minutes. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Richard Jefferson: You will turn back the clock. RJ, you know some of the Spurs secrets. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Festus Ezeli: You will play BIG and give the Warriors a force down low. Festus, it's time for a career night. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Roaracle Crowd: You will be loud- no even louder- LOUD. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Roaracle TV Watchers and GameThread Commenters: It will be quite LOUD in here as well. Give it everything you've got. You can do it. Now is the time for everyone to dig deep, real deep, and give it everything you got. EVERYTHING. Predictions Everyone gives it all they got. 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Klay's been missing a lot of shots under tough defensive pressure. Barnes has a probable concussion and might be done for the game. Bogut may have tweaked his ankle and left to have it re-taped. Let's go Warriors! 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Make one final vote for the player of the game or any of the leftover choices. Stephen Curry Klay Thompson Harrison Barnes Festus Ezeli Andrew Bogut Jarrett Jack Carl Landry David Lee Andris Biedrins Draymond Green Kent Bazemore Scott Machado It's the end of the road, but it's just the beginning of the journey. We kept chanting Waaaariors! even when the game was over. Warriors - thank you thank you thank you for a great season! No fanbase in the NBA compares to ours! To Summer League, and beyond!   279 votes | Results Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191440/playoff-r2g6-recap-arghh-thank-you-see-next-season.html Let's get the "Arghh" out of the way first. The national narrative of this West semifinal series will likely go that the Spurs' savvy veteran experience won the day — that it wasn't quite our kids' time — but I can't shake the nagging feeling that the series was right there for the taking. Tony Parker looked really banged up, and Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili looked really 37 and 36 years old, respectively. Even given our injuries, lack of depth, and what looked the last couple of games to be a distinct lack of gas, I think with slightly better luck (particularly in the Game 1 lightning strike) we'd be the ones moving on to Memphis on Sunday. Realistically, I think either of these two teams would be tasty river trout for the Grizzlies; they're young, healthy, hungry, mean, and simply playing at much higher level right now than either the Warriors or Spurs. But man, it would have been hella rewarding to see our guys make it to the conference finals for the first time since the Ford administration (the year the NBA and ABA merged, Apple and the Toronto Blue Jays were founded, the Bad New Bears and the first Rocky ruled the box office, Paul McCartney and Wings "Silly Love Songs" and Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" blasted on transistor radios, etc.) With that squared away: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU MAGNIFICENT TEAM! I mean, seriously: the fact that there might even be a "national narrative" about this series shows how shockingly far the Warriors have come in such a short time. Stephen Curry — our li'l Steph! Our Binky! Our Bonehead! — made the cover of Sports Illustrated. Magic, Chuck, Shaq, Boston Sports Guy and the crew chewed the fat about the Dubs like they were lifetime GSoMers. I live in New York City, and over the last few weeks I heard dozens of people on the street and in bars talking about Steph Curry and the Warriors. Two random guys at my wife's office were waxing covetous about how much they wanted their Knicks to sign Curry this offseason. (I told her to tell them to wait at least four years, suckers!) Yesterday a random dude in line at my local deli held forth expertly on Harrison Barnes. If you can make it here, well, you know how it goes. No longer, I suspect, will I have to sheepishly disclose my favorite sports team to blank stares or replies of "er, the What State Whooziwhatsits?" As far as last night's game ... props to a stout defensive effort for keeping it close throughout, but ultimately there just wasn't enough gas in the offense's tank to get over the hill. The Spurs' stingy D didn't help either. The San Antonio death blows were the late dagger threes by Tony Parker (career 0.5 threes per game at 31.3%) and Kawhi Leonard (1.1 per game at 37.5%) and concurrent rim-outs by each of the Splash Brothers; but with even a moderately Warrior-like offensive showing, it really shouldn't have come down to that. If you hold Parker and Manu to a combined 4-22 fg on your home floor, you really ought to win fairly handily. I'm loath to point fingers in what I intended to be a big sloppy valentine to every member this lovable team, but dangit: with Lee gutting it out on a shredded hip flexor, Curry playing gamely on two bad ankles, and Barnes with six stitches above his eye and concussion symptoms, I wanted MOAR out of Klay Thompson last night. He followed his nightmarish Game 5 (4 pts on 2-8 fg / 2 reb / 0 ast in 36 minutes) with an only-marginally-less-nightmarish 10 points on 4-12 fg, 0 rebounds, 3 assists in 42 minutes. Legit NBA starting wings find ways to do other stuff when their shot isn't falling — viz. Kawhi Leonard's 10 boards last night, or Manu's 6 boards and 11 assists. And I'm not talking about just the last couple games; the two-three-four-game disappearing acts have been a worrisome trademark of Klay all season. The defense and shooting stroke is always there, but if he wants to live up to the growing hype (Warrior pundit Feltbot calls him a sure-fire all-star; Bill Simmons recently tabbed him as potentially the best young SG in the league after Harden) he has to find more ways to avoid curling up in a fetal position when his picture-perfect shot isn't splashing. A step in the right direction would be studying how to draw contact and get himself to the FT line. (A bit more on his shortcomings in that regard in just a sec). I told a poster here I'd stuff this diary full o' numbers; got a bunch in, but here are a few more for good measure: 16.1 / 6.4 Harrison Barnes' PPG and RPG in 38.4 mpg in this year's playoffs. Edit: first rookie to average 16/6 in 10 or more playoff games since David Robinson (thanks, starbury_to_s-jaxci2000). On a fairly respectable .544 true shooting %. At 20 years old. I don't want to reignite the old Barnes v. Klay debate, mostly because they're not zero sum — you get two starting wings, and their skills seem beautifully complementary. Their cheap rookie scale contracts fit nicely, too ($6.2M combined next season, escalating to a whopping $10M in 2015/16). But I think even the most ardent Klay supporters and Barnes doubters would allow that of the two, Barnes showed far more consistency, poise, and "presence" in this year's playoffs. On a semi-related note: the look of sheer terror in the faces of Oracle fans while Barnes was lying in a heap on the court reminded me that I am not the only person in Warriors Nation who is unhealthily emotionally attached to Harrison Barnes. I'm not a religious guy, but I think I may have quietly muttered a secular prayer. 14.4 Bogut's playoff rebounds per 36 minutes. Unfortunately, due to injury and/or foul trouble, he was only able to muster 27.3 minutes per game. If he can get his ankle right in the offseason and give us consistent starter's minutes throughout next season (both somewhat big ifs; see the Monk's post in this thread), the ceiling for this team is high indeed. Dude is only 28, even if his ankles, under the weight of 280 lbs.' worth of constant pounding, must feel significantly older than that. If he gave the 37 year-old Duncan so much trouble in the Spurs series, imagine what he'll do next season (if healthier) to the 38 year-old Duncan? And of course it's not just about age: in the first round, he absolutely owned the Nuggets' big, young, athletic, and putatively fearsome tandem of Koufos and McGee. His career RAPM numbers suggested he was one of the five or six most dominant defensive players in the league when healthy; in the playoffs we finally saw flashes of that dominance. 8.1 Curry's playoff assists per game. Let's put those silly notions that he's just a shooter and not a "true PG" to rest, shall we? And while we're at it, the whole term "true PG," and the crusty old NBA saw that you need a 9+ apg, pass-first little guy running your offense to succeed in the NBA? The last 22 NBA champions say hello. If the Bulls can win championships with Kerr at PG, or the Lakers with Fisher, or the Pistons with Billups, or the Heat with Chalmers, etc., I suspect we're not being held back by the fact that our point guard has the side benefit of being the best shooter in NBA history. 16.6 / 15.5 / 2.8 / 1.7 David Lee's points, rebounds, assists, and steals per 36 minutes in this years playoffs, despite playing more than half of his minutes on a shredded hip flexor. The embodiment of the term "Warrior." .424 Klay Thompson's playoff 3FG%. Sweet. 0.5 Klay Thompson's playoff free throw attempts per game. Not sweet. We're talking 6 free throw attempts in 495 minutes — two more than Kent Bazemore attempted in 16 minutes. As a result, despite his dead-eye from 3, he finished the playoffs with a rather desultory 13.2 ppg on .515 true shooting. Not what you want from your team's ostensible second scoring option, especially when option #1 is limping into double and triple teams. As I noted yesterday, Klay's homework for the Summer is to watch tape of James Harden, Kevin Martin, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant et al. I don't expect him get to 8-9 FT attempts per game, but damn, even 3 or 4 would be a huge boon to his overall game (he's currently at 2.0 fta per game, career, with no improvement from year to year two). Absent that, talk of his ever being an all-star, or the second-best young SG not named Harden, seems distinctly pipe-dreamish to me. Ugh, I said I had gotten the "Arghh" out of the way, and here I am carping. Arghh. Sorry, Klay. The Ws wouldn't have made it this far without you; and wouldn't have made this series so interesting without your amazing performance in Game 2. You're only 23 and your future is still incredibly bright. Now, get to those tapes. Moving on, here's my Warrior Wonder for today: Of course, the "U" in this big sloppy valentine includes not just all the players but also Mark Jackson, Mike Malone, Bob Myers, Jerry West, Joe Lacob, et al. Thank you all so much. This Warriors season, and these past few weeks in particular, remind us all why we follow sports. You have a pretty good idea what you're going to get when you watch a great movie or TV show; in sports, you never know when something like this postseason is going to sneak up on you. Totally unexpected, totally wondrous. Dammit, I'm feeling so sappy today, I'm going to throw out the requisite "sports team as girl" metaphor (obviously, feel free to replace "girl" with "boy" as you see fit). This year's Warriors were the girl who showed up that one summer, after years of ignoring you, and completely rocked your world. Like, non-stop passion and ecstasy and dropping of the word "love." You guys have to part ways for a little while — that's the playoff elimination part of the analogy. But the great thing about this one is that unlike that brief fling in 2007, she seems like a keeper: you actually dig spending time and talking with her, and she with you, and you guys have already discussed commitment and marriage in a semi-serious way, and you feel like the chances are pretty good that the relationship is only going to grow more awesome over the next 3-4 years. After that ... well, you know, marriage, kids, a mortgage, a job with a boss you hate, etc. But at least for the next few years, all seems right with the world. I mean, so long as this girl's ankles hold up. 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The overwhelming majority of Warriors fans swelled with pride as Stephen Curry limped off the court late in the game, his ankle no doubt throbbing with each twist and pull. Jarrett Jack and Mark Jackson fittingly led the team to come back out to acknowledge the crowd, as they were the heart and soul of the team through the long regular season and thrills of the playoffs. But the rest of the scene was hard to watch. Andrew Bogut sat sullenly at the end of the bench, unable to play through his latest ankle ailment, one that's hindered him at the most inopportune time. Harrison Barnes had to leave the game with a headache after falling to the ground late in the second quarter—though he passed all concussion tests, it was disappointing to see the Warriors' medical staff sign off on someone who had obvious head symptoms. I'm not a doctor, I'm not a doctor, I'm not a doctor, but that was maddening to see. Klay Thompson competed valiantly but was unable to get an open release from distance after the Game 2 explosion. Lastly, we saw David Lee fighting through an injury that will most likely require surgery to give the team some type of interior presence. So there were the best players on the team, at the end of a successful season, all struggling to either stay upright or find an open shot, and everyone still beamed with the pride a parent wears when their child scores their first bucket—on the fiftieth attempt but who's counting?—in recreation league. And even though the lenses of general perception termed this 94-game stretch a success, it left us wanting more, now, and an urge for closure. Onto the series notes: 1. Gregg Popovich outcoached Mark Jackson. After a big series from Jackson against the Denver Nuggets where he made all the right moves possible—you can argue whether it was out of necessity or not but George Karl was thoroughly flustered all series—Popovich essentially grinded down the Warriors' gameplan game by game. With a little help from Curry's gimpy ankles, Popovich was able to contain him after Game 1, sending Danny Green and an assortment of double teams his way, making Bogut the main beneficiary, and there were no dunks on JaVale McGee this time. After Thompson's explosion in Game 2, Pop put Kawhi Leonard on him and he went dark for the ensuing four game. It was a testament to the Warriors' toughness and the Spurs' old age, at times, that the Dubs were able to win one out of the next four games. Draymond Green oddly lost minutes to Carl Landry as the series went along, despite Landry's inability to defend and open up any space on the interior. The Warriors played solid defense throughout, despite giving some open looks, but it was the offense that felled them. 2. Looking back on the series preview, the keys came down to the Warriors shooting threes and defending them, and mostly, it came true. In the Game 2 win, the Warriors made 11 threes to the Spurs' 5. In the Game 4 win, they made the same amount of threes but shot it nine fewer times. In the four wins, the Spurs outshot the Warriors, tying in Game 3, and really got better shots throughout the entire series. With Curry, Thompson, Barnes and Jack (all capable three-point shooters), the Warriors probably needed less midrange action and more penetration and kick. However, this was more a function of health over process. 3. Injuries played a big role. "If healthy", remains a maxim that still haunts the Warriors, despite Curry playing 78 out of 82 games, Bogut looking relatively healthy in the first series and Lee playing heavy minutes the entire regular season. I won't be the first one to say this but another wing player who can defend and shoot threes would have helped immensely this series, paging Brandon Rush's knee. 4. But like I said, enough pessimism around here. The Warriors looked awesome during the postseason when they went to playing Barnes at the power forward spot and Draymond Green at the 3. If Bogut is healthy, or moving relatively quickly, the defense is there to supplement the offense, and there's no doubt that is the future. ESPN even did a feature on the analytics department, led by Pete Myers, advising Mark Jackson to let Curry shoot even more threes. That doesn't necessarily mean the Warriors must trade Lee, though probably not possible due to his salary and management's affection for him, nor that this is sustainable, especially if Bogut can't stay on the floor, but it does mean that he won't play near the 36.8 minutes he averaged. It's too soon to say if Mark Jackson will notice this, as we found out the Knicks' coach Mike Woodson had no idea his "small" lineups were infinitely more effective on both sides of the floor, but he's shown an ability to adapt and adjust. What will be certain is the progression of Curry, Thompson and much more significantly, Barnes. He started the season timid, unwilling to shoot the ball or assert himself as the best slasher on the team, but grew out of that as the needs started to shed the passive label some may have thrown on him. His footwork improved immensely, especially in the post, and with improvement in the handle department and plays geared towards him (according to Synergy, Barnes was the ball-handler on pick-and-rolls in only 6.6 percent of his plays), he'll probably become the Warriors' most explosive to-the-rim player, if he isn't already. And through all the angst, worries and the need for instant gratification of a run that hasn't gone this far since 1977, or in other words, when I was negative 14 years old, there sits an exact opposite of the giant elephant in the room. Though it isn't certain, nothing is in professional sports, the Warriors have as bright of a future as any team in the NBA. That's not an exaggeration along the lines of "Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis is the best scoring backcourt in the NBA" but as feasible a thought as "Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the greatest long-range shooting backcourt of all time". The past often precedes reflection and we can confidently say that the core of this team in the present and future, constitute a contender along the lines of the Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers. There will be tough offseason decisions, and we will grade the breadth of these moves at a later date, but they don't significantly impact the rotation of a team that should play an easy 10-deep despite owning zero draft picks. Richard Jefferson and Andris Biedrins combine for $20 million in expiring contracts, Jarrett Jack is an unrestricted free agent, Landry has a player option for $4 million and Rush and Bogut are in the last years on their deals. That's a lot of money in play but it won't have a Jason Richardson-for-Brandan Wright impact in the slightest. Expectations grew exponentially as the growth of the team rose to the occasion in every game, changing the definition of progress in a fanbase that's numb to an offseason of false optimism and wayward decisions. Instead, they are replaced by the realistically elevated expectations and pragmatic management abilities of Bob Meyers and Jerry West. Perhaps this is a bailout for those reading this, looking for some type of closure in the face of a season leaving us wanting for more. But more isn't a postseason appearance any longer; it's the success judged by the result, and not so much the process. I don't think there's any way to put any closing notes to this season because, in a way, this journey is just beginning, and unlike last year and the 20 before it, we have no idea how this is going to end. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191437/warriors-season-wrapup-interviews.html A day after the Warriors' season ended with their Game 6 loss to the Spurs, the players were back at the team's practice facility conducting their season-ending exit interviews with team management before speaking with the media. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2191436/thank-you-fans.html Thank you for being the best fans in the NBA. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183214/spurswarriors-what-weve-learned-espn.html Spurs-Warriors: What we've learnedESPNI'm already feeling nostalgic about the San Antonio Spurs-Golden State Warriors series and it hasn't even ended yet. With Memphis advancing to the next round and Indiana probably headed there, you can expect to see more defense and lower scores. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183213/projecting-golden-state-warriors-longterm-future-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportProjecting Golden State Warriors' Long-Term FutureBleacher ReportThe swift rise of the Golden State Warriors that swept deep into the second round of the NBA playoffs was no fluke. Though the run of the young Warriors expired at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in Thursday night's 94-82 series-clinching Game 6 ... Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183212/should-golden-state-warriors-trade-into-2013-nba-draft-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportShould the Golden State Warriors Trade into the 2013 NBA Draft?Bleacher ReportIt's always fun looking forward to the draft, Warrior fans should know that better than most, but for once, Golden State is just fine being a spectator for this draft. The Dubs are only watching this one because they traded a conditional first round ... Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183211/stephen-curry-young-stars-ensure-future-bright-for-golden-state-warriors-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportStephen Curry: Young Stars Ensure Future Is Bright for Golden State WarriorsBleacher ReportThe Golden State Warriors' season came to an abrupt halt Thursday night, falling 94-82 to the San Antonio Spurs in a win-or-stay-home situation. Despite all the makings of a possible storybook ending, the Cinderella story came to an end at the hands of ... Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183210/san-antonio-spurs-bounce-golden-state-warriors-from-playoffs-move-on-to-face-new-york-daily-news.html New York Daily NewsSan Antonio Spurs bounce Golden State Warriors from playoffs, move on to face ...New York Daily NewsSlow at the start of the series and strong at the end, the San Antonio Spurs wore out the Golden State Warriors the way they have so many other opponents. Tim Duncan had 19 points and six rebounds, Kawhi Leonard added 16 points and 10 rebounds and ... Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183209/what-we-learned-about-golden-state-warriors-from-their-2ndround-playoff-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportWhat We Learned About Golden State Warriors from Their 2nd-Round Playoff ...Bleacher ReportThe Golden State Warriors far exceeded everyone's expectations this season, but we learned a lot about this team from their second-round playoff series. At the start of the series, the Dubs came out of the gate flying by dominating the tempo, spacing ... Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183208/examining-warriors-playoff-run-espn.html Examining Warriors' playoff runESPNDespite getting eliminated Thursday by the Spurs in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals, the Golden State Warriors' season is viewed as a success. What's next for the franchise? Let's examine. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183207/how-david-lee-fits-into-golden-state-warriors-longterm-plans-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportHow David Lee Fits into Golden State Warriors' Long-Term PlansBleacher ReportThe 2013-14 season was a year to remember for the Golden State Warriors, but one that their All-Star big man David Lee would like to soon forget. While he was a key contributor in leading the Warriors to 47 regular-season wins and just their second ...What's next for the Warriors?ESPNall 4 news articles » Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183206/whats-klay-thompsons-ceiling-for-golden-state-warriors-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportWhat's Klay Thompson's Ceiling for the Golden State Warriors?Bleacher ReportKlay Thompson has been everything that the Golden State Warriors could have asked for. He came into the league primarily known as a shooter, but in just two short seasons, he has developed a solid all-around game and turned himself into a complete ...and more » Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183205/creating-perfect-offseason-plan-for-golden-state-warriors-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportCreating the Perfect Offseason Plan for the Golden State WarriorsBleacher ReportWith the Golden State Warriors' dazzling and unexpected postseason run coming to a close at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, it's already time to shift our focus to the offseason. The NBA Summer League, free agency and training camp are all plot ...Spurs hold off Warriors' rally, advance to West finals with Game 6 winESPNSpurs vs. Warriors: Series review, maybe some closure and expectationsGolden State of MindWarriors Fan FictionGrantlandSan Jose Mercury News -FOXSports.comall 692 news articles » Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183204/warriors-harrison-barnes-gets-6-stitches.html Golden State Warriors rookie forward Harrison Barnes left a playoff game against San Antonio on Thursday night because of headaches after a hard fall to the court. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183203/second-round-game-4-warriors-97-san-antonio-87-ot.html The Warriors still have one leg to stand on. That leg might be limping with a badly sprained ankle, but it seemed somehow sturdy after Sunday?s 97-87 series-tying, overtime victory at Oracle Arena. The Warriors played stalwart defense and got some clutch offense from Jarrett Jack to combine with the gutsy effort of Stephen Curry (sprained left ankle) and evened the Western Conference semifinal series 2-2 as it shifts back to San Antonio for Tuesday?s Game 5. Jack scored eight points in the final 4:36 of regulation to bring the Warriors storming back, and the Warriors limited the Spurs to two field goals in the final 8:42, including shutting San [...] Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183202/warriors-nowhere-in-sight-on-leagues-alldefensive-teams-mark-jackson-tells-voters-to-get-line.html The NBA announced its All-Defensive teams on Monday, and no Warrior player received a single vote. ?Get in line,? Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said before his team flew from the Bay Area to San Antonio for Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals. ?Our executive finished in seventh place. Steph Curry was home during All-Star week. Joe Lacob is probably the No. 7 owner in the league. Harrison Barnes didn?t get any Rookie of the Year votes. He shouldn?t have been the Rookie of the Year, but he should be First-Team All-Rookie. Jarrett Jack wasn?t the Sixth Man of the Year. The only thing they got right was me.? [...] Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183201/second-round-game-5-san-antonio-109-warriors-91.html SAN ANTONIO ? Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson each scored in single digits, and David Lee played only eight fewer minutes than Andrew Bogut at center for the Warriors. Whatever you do with those numbers, you come up with an equation for disaster. Injuries made it impossible for the Warriors to rekindle much of the grit and toughness that defined Sunday?s series-tying victory, and they got run out of the AT&T Center by the Spurs 109-91 on Tuesday night. With the Spurs leading the best-of-seven series 3-2, Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals is Thursday in Oakland, and, if necessary, Game 7 will be back in San Antonio on [...] Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183200/watch-all-272-threepointers-drilled-by-steph-curry-this-season.html If you?re still feeling bad about the Warriors? loss last night to the Spurs then maybe this will make you feel a bit better. An NBA fan with an unimaginable amount of time on his hands put together this 10-minute compilation of every three-pointer made by Steph Curry this season. Curry set the three-point record back on April 17, breaking the record formerly held by Ray Allen. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183199/second-round-game-6-san-antonio-94-warriors-82.html With a sweat-drenched towel draped over his shoulders, Warriors guard Jarrett Jack walked to every corner of the Oracle Arena court and clapped for the fans who had cheered him all season. Point guard Stephen Curry grabbed a microphone, offered thanks for the support and then led the crowd in a ?Just us? chant. Ultimately, what the Warriors had left Thursday night, just wasn?t enough. But the Warriors put together a season that might have built the foundation for greater times to come before San Antonio wrapped up the teams? Western Conference semifinal series with a 94-82 victory in Game 6 in front of the 38th consecutive sellout at Oracle [...] Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183198/popovich-wary-desperate-warriors-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html Asked Tuesday if he'd like to get the series over with Tuesday, Greg Popovich -- like only he can -- scoffed at the notion it's a foregone conclusion the Spurs will wrap up the series. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183197/game-6-preview-time-for-backcourt-to-step-up-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html If the Warriors hope to have any chance of extending this series, they?re going to have to get bounce-back games from Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, especially from behind the arc. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183196/warriors-must-get-steph-curry-klay-thompson-going-to-win-no-matter-what-mark-jackson-says-ball-dont-lie.html The Golden State Warriors will fight to stave off elimination on Thursday when they welcome the San Antonio Spurs to Oracle Arena for Game 6 of their Western Conference semifinals series. After a 109-91 Game 5 rout that saw Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson combine for just 13 points on 6 for 22 shooting in 70 total minutes, the lion's share of the questions have focused on how Warriors coach Mark Jackson can get his vaunted backcourt back on track and firing on all cylinders in a bid to extend the series to a deciding seventh game back in San Antonio. Interestingly enough, just weeks after telling anyone who'd listen just how good and important he thought his sharpshooting duo was , Jackson now seems much more interested in the other end of the floor, according to Carl Steward of the San Jose Mercury News : "It's not about their shooting," Jackson said flatly. "We didn't play well. We own it, and we move forward. We're disappointed across the board, and it is what it is. Now we make the proper adjustments, because we don't want to put together a similar game." [...] Neither player was present before practice nor made available to the media to offer any explanations or solutions for what happened in Game 5. In their stead, Jackson poured cold water on their combined shortcomings as the main reason for the loss and spread the blame team-wide. "We can make it about [Curry and Thompson], but for us, that's not what it's about," the coach said. "It's a four-point game in the third quarter. [The Spurs] shot 72 percent in the first quarter and scored 37 points. That has nothing to do with Klay Thompson or Steph Curry shooting the basketball." To a certain extent, that's true. But only to a certain extent. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183195/barnes-returns-to-warriors-game-after-receiving-six-stitches-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html Harrison Barnes left the Warriors game just before halftime after a scary fall, but returns to start the second half of Game 6 after receiving six stitches. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183194/warriors-harrison-barnes-gets-6-stitches-associated-press.html OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Golden State Warriors rookie forward Harrison Barnes left a playoff game against San Antonio on Thursday night because of headaches after a hard fall to the court. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183193/instant-replay-warriors-run-ends-game-6-loss-to-spurs-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html An amazing season for the Warriors came to a disappointing close Thursday night in Oakland as the playoff-proven Spurs overpowered Golden State to advance to the Western Conference Finals. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183192/spurs-ramp-up-defense-to-beat-warriors-advance-western-conference-finals-nbc-sports.html The Warriors had a great run, but their magic ran out. In a hard fought, defense driven effort the Spurs defeated the Warriors 94-82 to advance to their 2nd consecutive Western Conference Finals. Golden State battled all night, trying to stave off elimination but simply didn?t have enough. Stephen Curry scored 22 points, but never found? Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183191/warriors-simply-got-spurred-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html As exciting as the 2012-13 Warriors were, they couldn't match the playoff experience of the Spurs. Regardless, this team changed the franchise's virulent culture, for the moment at least. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183190/warriors-come-back-on-court-curry-thanks-fans-after-loss-video-nbc-sports.html There was a great moment in Golden State after the Spurs had eliminated the Golden State Warriors from the playoffs. As the game was winding down the fans had stayed and chanted ? this is a passionate fan base long starved for much to cheer about. So the players came back out of the tunnel? Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183189/maloofs-reach-deal-to-sell-kings-sportsxchange.html A group led by software magnate Vivek Ranadive reached an agreement to buy 65 percent of the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family, assuring the franchise's future is in California. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183188/sacramento-kings-owners-reach-deal-to-sell-team-local-investors-reuters.html By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - The owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball franchise have struck a tentative deal to sell the California team to local investors after the National Basketball Association denied a proposal to move the team to Seattle, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said on Friday. The deal by an investor group led by tech developer and philanthropist Vivek Ranadive followed months of bitter wrangling between Seattle investors, who wanted the team to replace a beloved franchise the Pacific Northwest city lost in 2008, and California investors, who wanted it to stay put. ... Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183187/johnson-kings-sale-has-been-signed-sportsxchange.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson announced Friday that the deal for the Maloof family to sell the Kings to software billionaire Vivek Ranadive has been signed. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183186/curry-on-jack-amp-landry-i-want-them-back-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html Stephen Curry wants Jarrett Jack and Carl Landry back next season, but Andrew Bogut thinks the reality is that only one of the two will return. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183185/next-step-for-warriors-starts-curry-thompson-comcast-sportsnet-bay-area.html Golden State hopes to take the next step after their very successful 2013 campaign, and that begins with their starting backcourt. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183184/playlist-playoffs-edition-v2.html Check out the top plays from the Warriors' second round playoff games. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183183/harrison-barnes-named-to-201213-nba-allrookie-first-team.html Seventh Overall Pick in 2012 NBA Draft Averaged 9.2 Points, 4.1 Rebounds And 1.2 Assists In 81 Games This Season Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2183182/bloggers-roundtable-series-hangs-in-balance.html Four Warriors bloggers share their thoughts on the Warriors-Spurs Western Conference semifinal matchup and what lies ahead for the remainder of the series. Golden State Warriors - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates