Associated Press The Warriors were the defining team of the mid-to-late 2010s. They defined basketball during this decade, and created one of the strongest dynasties that the NBA has ever seen. But who have been their best players over the last ten years? From Curry to KD, many future Hall-of-Famers have graced the hardwood for this historic franchise during the past decade. Guard - Stephen Curry Steph is the Warriors franchise. Every conversation begins and ends with his nam

Troy Taormina - USA TODAY Sports The 2019-2020 NBA regular season is almost upon us. Preseason has already begun. We've seen Anthony Davis - as a Laker - serve up 22/10/2 in 18 minutes against a depleted GSW team. We blinked, and TJ Warren had a 30-point game in a Pacers uniform. Buddy Hield is gunning transition 3's like he's a Klay-Curry fusion dance. With all of these stupendous performances being recorded in the preseason, you'd better believe that speculation is a-brewin

USA Today Over the years, basketball fans have fallen head-over-heels for the player who can get buckets. If that player does little else well, the casual fan will tend to look past those inadequacies, and blindly cheer as long as they are scoring points. The same can usually be said for the casual fantasy basketball player. Some things that separate the NBA from other professional sports leagues include: - the speed at which the game is played; - the frequency with which bot

Sports Illustrated Back in 1998, Atlanta Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux starred in a Nike commercial where they were training to revolutionize their game to be more like a home run hitter, à la Mark McGuire. They coined the term, "chicks dig the long ball." And they were right; people love home runs. While the NBA doesn't have a true home run equivalent, the 3-pointer is a close second when it comes to eliciting a strong emotional response from the crowd in the m

Courtesy of AP After the Golden State Warriors secured a fifth straight trip to the NBA Finals this year - notably, without the help of Kevin Durant - Stephen Curry was seemingly due a Finals MVP trophy. But a Raptors squad that played superb team basketball, and put forth arguably the best defense the Warriors have seen over the past five seasons, crushed the two-time regular season MVP’s dreams. The Warriors didn’t have enough depth to compete with Toronto, and having key p

The All-NBA Defensive Teams were announced just a few days ago, now we have the big one: the All-NBA Teams. Who was snubbed? Who was lucky? Who’s gonna get paid? Who’s not? Let’s take a look at all the questions surrounding the announcement of the fifteen players who were lucky enough to make one of the three teams. For record here’s the teams with all the corresponding votes: Courtesy: Twitter, KCJHoop Should Giannis Have Made The First Team Over KD? The Greek Freak had a be

This week on JBTpod: We give our thoughts on the second round ballot of All-Star voting and Adam silver’s decision not to televise the draft choices. We chat about whether Stephen Curry’s hot form has elevated him into the MVP conversation and are the Timberwolves a greater threat for the title than the Oklahoma City Thunder. Plus we’ve got JBTeam of the Week, Rookie Watch and an Off Topic inspired by the world’s greatest cuisines. All that and more on this week’s episode of

NBA fans may bear witness to the most social activism the league has seen in 50 years Republicans buy sneakers too. Taken by itself, this statement is ordinary to the point of being mundane. Republicans, one half of the United States two-party political system, are people. People have feet. Feet require shoes and hence Republicans, like their Democratic counterparts, buy sneakers too. As comfortably as this statement regarding Republicans and their footwear sits in this artic

Honorable Mention: John Stockton Career Statistics 13.1 PTS, 10.5 AST, 2.2 STL, 21.8 PER Honors 11x All-NBA (2x First Team), 5x All-Defense, 10x All-Star It’s over. It’s done. 2017 marks the year that John Stockton is no longer a top 5 point guard in NBA history. Regardless, Stockton is arguably the greatest play-maker in NBA history. All substance and very little flash, Stockton actually participated in post-season basketball every single season of his 19 year career. Stoc

It’s happening. The most inevitable NBA Finals match-up is set. The Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to Oakland on Thursday to take on the Golden State Warriors in another NBA Finals rematch, the 3rd between both teams. The Cavs took care of business in the Eastern Conference Finals finishing off the Boston Celtics 4-1 to punch their 3rd straight NBA Finals appearance. For LeBron James, it’s his 7th straight. SEVENTH. Let that sink in for a moment. For more on LeBron, be sure

The Golden State Warriors have won ten straight postseason games and look almost unstoppable in their quest for a rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers. After successfully sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers and the Utah Jazz, many experts assumed that the San Antonio Spurs would provide stiffer opposition. After losing Kawhi Leonard in a tough Game 1 loss, and getting blown out in Game 2, the Warriors seem well on their way to being crowned as the Western Conference champs ag

The OTG staff's top 5 point guards! Tweet us your thoughts - @otgbasketball #NBA #PointGuards #Westbrook #StephenCurry #KyrieIrving #CP3 #DameLillard

Thus far in the 2016/2017 NBA season, we’ve already seen some amazing performances from all over the league. Guys like Damian Lillard and DeMar DeRozan are putting on incredible scoring performances while other players, such as Russell Westbrook and James Harden, have displayed a dominant overall approach. With that being said, some players have come out of the gate much slower. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it is interesting to see how different players approach

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The OTG staff gives you their top 5 NBA point guards! Tweet us your thoughts @otgbasketball #NBA #PointGuards #Westbrook #StephenCurry #KyrieIrving #CP3 #DameLillard

It’s hard to separate players before even a single minute of 2016/2017 regular season basketball has been played. We have no idea how Russell Westbrook will fare on his own in OKC, or how Steph Curry and Kevin Durant will divvy up shots. Will LeBron chase a 5th MVP award, or will he coast through to the All-Star break once again? Will Chris Paul and Blake Griffin manage to stay healthy? These are all questions that will go unanswered until the opening night (tip-off on Octobe

The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers are set to clash again in the 2016 NBA Finals, a rematch of last year’s series in which the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers in six games. Obviously, the stakes are always high in the NBA Finals, but this year’s winner will truly go down in history. Cleveland Cavaliers *Photo via Getty Images If Cleveland wins, it will be the city's first major sports championship since the Cleveland Browns won an NFL title in the pre-Super Bow