The Golden State Warriors (25-20) saw their four-game winning streak by the Toronto Raptors by a final score of 145-127 at Chase Center on Tuesday. The Raptors entered the game with the NBA's worst three-point percentage, but they went 21-of-34 from three Thursday.
As the trajectory of the Golden State Warriors goes, a star player’s injury struck at a crucial time. But the focus has shifted away from Jimmy Butler to his teammates.
Just a few days ago, Jonathan Kuminga‘s future with the Golden State Warriors was considered numbered. After Jimmy Butler’s season-ending injury, there is a new hope that the Warriors’ young player will get his time on the floor.
Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry has been setting the sneaker game on fire this season. After his split from Under Armour last year, the guard has been seen in shoes from across the landscape, including Nike, Li-Ning, and Adidas, among others, as he continues his ‘sneaker free agency’.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
The Golden State Warriors got terrible news this morning that Jimmy Butler tore his ACL. The star forward went down midway through the third quarter in a contest against the Miami Heat last night.
The horrific injury plague has taken yet another top NBA star. Jimmy Butler is now done for the season after he tore his ACL in the Warriors 135-112 victory over the Heat a day ago.
Speaking to the media prior to Tuesday’s game against Toronto, Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said he doesn’t envision trading Jimmy Butler in the wake of his season-ending torn right ACL, per Anthony Slater of ESPN (Twitter video link).
The Golden State Warriors are playing their best basketball of the season. Rotation players are finally taking chances on offense. A win over the Miami Heat secured their longest winning streak of the year (four games).
Former NBA All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins did not mince words when discussing the future of Steve Kerr as head coach of the Golden State Warriors. Appearing on the latest episode of FanDuel’s Run It Back, Cousins offered a blunt assessment when asked by Chandler Parsons whether Kerr would still be coaching the Warriors next season.