Two wins from completing the first unbeaten playoff championship run in NBA history, the Golden State Warriors are realizing the "super team" expectations they shouldered since signing Kevin Durant last July. The Warriors ripped defending champion Cleveland 132-113 Sunday to seize a 2-0 lead in ...
Whether it's a superstar going down or dropping back-to-back games, losses are starting to add up for the Golden State Warriors. Jimmy Butler scored 22 points and the Chicago Bulls beat Golden State 94-87 on Thursday night in the Warriors' first game since Kevin Durant ...
Second in a two-part series Watching the sustained excellence of the Golden State Warriors in his job as the team's longtime TV analyst, Jim Barnett exudes passion when describing the brilliance of the team's style of play. Fueled by the "Splash Brothers," stars Stephen Curry and ...
There were no bumps on this road to Rio. Next up for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team is the trip to Brazil, where the Americans think they can play even better now that they're done having to go place to place. "As a team, I ...
Coach Mike Krzyzewski got his first glimpse at the new-look U.S. national team, as the squad opened camp in Las Vegas with just two players back from the 2012 national team that won the gold medal in London. Carmelo Anthony returns for his fourth run ...
Jerry West may have done it again. The famed model for the logo for the NBA may have helped turn the league upside down again July 4 when West's arguments, arguably, could have been the final motivating force for Kevin Durant leaving the Oklahoma City ...
Kevin Durant decided his best chance for "growth" means leaving his beloved Oklahoma City behind for a big move out West to join the star-studded, record-setting Golden State Warriors and play alongside Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. In the most anticipated move of ...
Kyrie Irving took one last shot on the flight home from the NBA Finals, hoping LeBron James would play in the Olympics. James isn't going to Rio, and neither are many more of basketball's best players. The Americans think they'll be just fine with who they ...
Draymond Green wants to maintain the momentum from a special season that fell short by competing in the Rio Olympics. Klay Thompson plans to take his mind off basketball and missed chances entirely and go watch brother Trayce play baseball for the Los Angeles ...
Well, as Ron Harper famously told the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, "Don't mean a thing without the ring." That was the last season rallying cry/plea when the Bulls were clearly on the way toward a then record breaking 72-win season. Coach Phil Jackson had tried to ...
LeBron James cradled the shiny gold trophy and struggled to sum up what might be his sweetest championship yet, the one he is so proudly bringing home to his native northeast Ohio just as he promised to do when he returned to the Cavaliers ...
Booed every time he touched the ball, LeBron James cut through Golden State's defense and made layups look easy, and dunks and 3-pointers so smooth. Kyrie Irving also completely had his way with the Warriors. King James and Irving thoroughly overpowered the defending champions from every ...
