This is my Friday column on the Warriors. WARNING — this is a basketball column. 49ers’ fans — feel free to skip this. The NBA is in its All-Star break and it’s time for the Warriors to take a breath and answer five serious questions. 1. How well do the Warriors match up against the best teams in the league? The biggest difference between this season and last season is…
This is my Wednesday column on the Warriors-Clippers playoff series. WARNING: This is a basketball column. 49ers’ fans — feel free to skip this. OAKLAND – Sure, the Warriors could beat the Clippers in this best-of-seven playoff series which is tied at one win apiece. Here’s the thing with that, though. The Warriors cannot guard the Clippers’ best player – Blake Griffin – one-on-one. Otherwise, the Warriors are in great…
This is my Tuesday column on Mark Jackson: WARNING: This is a Warriors column. 49ers fans, feel free to skip this. OAKLAND – Out of nowhere, Mark Jackson started to act like a desperate head coach on Monday night. Before the Warriors played the Philadelphia 76ers, Mark Jackson informed the media that his starting center, Andrew Bogut, would miss his third game in a row with a shoulder injury. A…
Here is my Tuesday column on Draymond Green. WARNING: This is a Warriors column. 49ers fans — feel free to skip this. OAKLAND – Tom Izzo told Draymond Green to shut up. This happened in a meeting halfway through Green’s freshman season at Michigan State. Legendary head coach Tom Izzo had asked his basketball team a question, and he wasn’t asking Green. “Coach Izzo would direct his questions to the…
Here is my Friday column on Andrew Bogut. WARNING: This is a Warriors column. 49ers fans — feel free to skip this. A good thing happened to the Warriors this week. They embraced their inner Bogutness and became Andrew Bogut’s team. They had been Stephen Curry’s team. But being Bogut’s team is better. Curry is a great offensive player, but he’s not an Alpha Dog. He’s a side-kick. When you…
Here is my Thursday column on Andre Iguodala and Bob Myers. OAKLAND – Thursday afternoon in the Warriors’ practice facility, Bob Myers, the best general manager in the Bay Area, introduced his signature acquisition – Andre Iguodala. Myers and Iguodala wore suits and ties and they smiled. Iguodala wore a blue vest and gray socks that matched his gray shirt. He was smart and thoughtful and funny and eloquent and…
This is my Monday column on the Warriors, Dwight Howard and LeBron James. We’re about to find out if the Warriors are the hottest franchise in the NBA. On July 10, free agent center Dwight Howard, the best center in basketball, will decide if he wants to sign with the Lakers, the Rockets, the Mavericks, the Hawks or the Warriors, according to published reports. Warriors’ owner Joe Lacob, general manager…
