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Murph: Durant helps Dub Nation turn page from ‘The Collapse’ to ‘The Future’
Don’t thank Kevin Durant for bringing his eye-popping resume or his staggering talent set or his limitless shooting range to the Golden State Warriors. Thank him, mostly, for changing the way we think about the Bay Area’s basketball team at its very core. By verifying that he will be a Warrior for years to come…
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Brooks: Step out of your sports comfort zone this weekend with a trifecta of world-class events
July — A.K.A. The Dead Zone. No basketball, no hockey and football is still too far away to get really excited for. What’s a fan to do while waiting for a baseball game to satisfy your primal sports urges? Come on now, you know your man Rod B. has the goods. Just have free space…
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Brooks: Durant picking Dubs is the culmination of franchise’s unprecedented turnaround
WHAT THE F?@& JUST HAPPENED? How strong is your free agent pitch game when you can get Kevin Durant to take less money than he could have gotten from Oklahoma City AND pay more in taxes? I will never doubt the Golden State Warriors again. Never. Less than a decade ago, the Warriors couldn’t get…
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Radnich: I’d skip the Olympics, too
We are about a month away from the Rio Olympics and I’m starting to see why so many of our top athletes are not heading to Brazil. It’s just not worth it. Forget the fact that the two best stars in basketball are sitting out due to injury and overall fatigue. That’s something that has happened…
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Radnich: NBA Draft a bore for casual basketball fans
After one of the most interesting and exciting regular seasons and adding to that a terrific playoffs and Finals rematch – the NBA Draft was a bore. Fifteen of the first 30 players drafted were international, of those in the first round only five played all four years in college. Even the most ardent fan…
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Murph: Red-hot Giants have that familiar Bochy Era sheen
Riddle me this, baseball Batman: How does a team that rolls out a lineup with Mac Williamson at the 3 hole, Trevor Brown in the 5 hole, a left side of the infield of Conor Gillaspie and Ramiro Pena, all featuring Albert Suarez on the hill — your basic Scottsdale split-squad special — skate out…
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Radnich: Warriors have no time to mope as offseason work awaits
The offseason would have started at the same time whether the Warriors won or lost Game 7. However, the way the season ended should send the Warriors front office into an offseason fervor trying to make themselves just one game better than the Cavs. The Warriors have a lot of internal decisions to make first,…
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Murph: Streaking Giants don’t need new closer or Braun
Trade for Ryan Braun! Dump Santiago Casilla as closer! The back end of the rotation is an inferno waiting to happen! There. Had to throw some red meat to the more voracious and angst-ridden Giants fans out there. Because there are other storylines, you know: The Giants open a road trip Friday with a nifty…
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Radnich: Warriors should be worry-free heading into Game 6
The Cavs did something in Game 5 that has never been done before in the Finals: Kyrie Irving and LeBron James became the first set of teammates to go for 40 or more points each. But, there is no reason to panic in Warrior-land. Consider the facts in looking at the dismantling of the Warriors…
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Brooks: Draymond knows better than to take LeBron’s bait
So the natural order of things has occurred. LeBron James suckered Draymond Green into doing something wholly unnecessary. No doubt that James’ deliberate step over of Green was itself an act of provocation. No doubt that Draymond’s reaction was a natural one. But who had more to lose? In this case, Draymond Green. Who always…
