Do Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Steve Kerr, Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, Bob Myers and everybody else involved with this groggy and giddy franchise seem like they’re ready to wrap this all up and move aside after winning their fourth championship of this era? That answer is: Noooooo way. If anything, powering through the … Read more
8:18 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Amidst the champagne showers that drenched Golden State’s locker room in the TD Garden, Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins hopped on Instagram Live to share the celebration with their followers. In the live stream, Poole looked at Wiggins and proclaimed, “You’re going to get a bag.” An … Read more
Sometimes you get lucky in this life — and by “this life,” I mean the sportswriter’s life. Sometimes you’re let in on a secret before anyone else knows about it. Sometimes you get a glimpse of what’s to come. Scribes for the Providence Journal and Hartford Courant surely got an eyeful of Babe Ruth and … Read more
Kenny Atkinson has informed the Charlotte Hornets that he won’t become the franchise’s new coach and will remain with the Golden State Warriors as the top assistant, sources told ESPN on Saturday. After accepting Charlotte’s job offer during the NBA Finals last week, further conversations with the Hornets’ organization led Atkinson to believe that both … Read more
Andrew Wiggins helped keep Jayson Tatum at bay.Image: Getty Images Sometimes it just feels good to be right. After proclaiming before the NBA Finals started that the Boston Celtics had zero chance against the Golden State Warriors, the Dubs beat the Celtics by double-digits in Game 6 to end the series 4-2. Many across the … Read more
It was sixth-period math in Mr. Lawson’s classroom when Jack Bienvenue said he had a premonition. He remembers it was exactly 2:15 p.m. on March 21 when his life completely changed. Bienvenue, an 18-year-old who graduated from Cape Cod Technical High School last weekend, had seen his beloved Boston Celtics climb from the basement of … Read more
Seth Curry’s got some opinions on his brother’s place in history, things are still unsettled in the golf war and “Horns Down” gets someone in trouble in this edition of Quotes of the Week. “Don’t talk about Steph again unless it’s in a convo with the time great PLAYERS!! And i mean a [handful] of … Read more
You may have heard that the NBA celebrated its 75th anniversary this year. You may have read some of the words we wrote about that anniversary with our own celebration of the league we cover. You may have heard that Stephen Curry, No. 15 on our The Athletic NBA75 list, recently won his fourth title … Read more
The clocked ticked toward another Golden State Warriors title, perhaps the crowning achievement of this remarkable run due to the depths they plummeted to before rising again, and Andrew Wiggins looked to the sideline to get subbed out. His work in these NBA Finals was done. His improbable ascendance to a player worthy of being … Read more
BOSTON — Bob Myers, barefoot with a champagne bottle full of Michelob Ultra, settled into a courtside chair near the visiting bench at TD Garden. This was about an hour after his Warriors had clinched a fourth title on the parquet floor. Myers, a minute earlier, had spilled a splash of beer near the free-throw … Read more
