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Warriors win with defense, David Lee on the Sloan paper

March 11, 2013

Golden State has long had an issue on defense, but this year promised to herald a new era. The Dubs were a top 10 unit early in the season without Bogut, which seemed to bode incredibly well for when he ret...

A Little Warriors Perspective

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

March 9, 2013

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The Warriors are an average team. Not bad. Not great. Average. The offense--until these past three games--shoots well enough to be among the NBA's better units. The defense is between average and mediocre. ...

Golden State’s Wing Problem

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

March 9, 2013

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Will the Warriors make the playoffs with performances like this? Probably. Will they last long in the post season? No way. — Fast Break (@GSWFastBreak) March 9, 2013 Rockets-Warriors was an entertainment cu...

Can the Warriors fall?

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

March 6, 2013

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The Warriors are on a winning streak, but the last 2 games have hardly inspired confidence. While the Raptors are at least semi-competent, the Kings are not. In fact, Sacramento came into Oracle dragging basket...

Stephen Curry can do all things, so give him the ball

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

February 28, 2013

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We just witnessed the greatest regular season individual Warriors performance. Though Golden State didn't win, Stephen Curry's net-melting 54 points will endure for decades in our collective memory. If not,...

Jarrett Jack God Mode is Real

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

February 25, 2013

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I throw the term "Jarrett Jack God Mode" around a lot because it's real. It's not necessarily about Golden State's Sixth Man acting as some sort of regular dominant basketball force. After all, were he a co...

Warriors won the Bogut trade, struggling to incorporate Bogut

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

February 21, 2013

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There are these moments when Andrew Bogut provides the kind of defense that hasn't been seen here in decades. Though Ekpe Udoh was an awesome defender, he just wasn't quite the destroyer Bogut is. Last night ag...

How do you feel about Andrew Bogut’s dark honesty?

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

February 13, 2013

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The Rockets won and Andrew Bogut was angrily blunt. Last night reminded me of 10 days before, when Bogut sat at his corner locker, before a game against the Suns. He was affable, funny, engaging. It was pre...