Let's Go Warriors

Rich will be here for the play-by-play as we start to get back into the Valks’ season, as we have been super-busy with NBA free agency, then the annual American Century golf tourney following Steph Curry around for 72 holes, then the Vegas Summer League championship run, catching up on all the cap sheet analysis with Draymond re-signing and the Warriors essentially passing on DeMar DeRozan: https://youtu.be/YTj2Ipm2ki4 …and, well, important family obligations, too. Whew!

We even just did a whole livestream on what the next steps might be in terms of the NBA’s February deadline vs. next off-season Summer 2027: https://youtube.com/live/dxv57y3zZqM

We also see…
- Whether Nakase unveils any new sets or wrinkles? (She has been doing so!)
- Can Kaitlyn Chen can dial up Chen-Sanity again! She needs to vs. the Lynx!
- How many threes will Janelle splash off the bench?
- Pregame sights and sounds from Chase Center via our Discord (see signup link below)

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Georges Niang was already a Warrior nine years ago! 😂

I dug up this footage I filmed during his original stint with the Golden State Warriors in 2017. His stay was brief, but Niang immediately seemed to fit in — especially while joking around with Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.

There’s more to basketball than wins and losses. Sometimes it’s the chemistry, camaraderie and feeling of belonging that make someone seem like a natural part of a team.

Nine years later, it has all come full-circle. Georges is back, and the jokes with No. 30 can resume right where they left off. 🫶💙💛

Did you remember Niang’s original stint—and what are you most excited to see from him this time?

Give him a S/O in the Comments 👇

Flash back to 10/7/2017, the China trip: easymoneysniper, Wardell Curry, and Georges Niang are cracking up at the back of the line, waiting to get into the arena for Media Day in Shanghai. Some kind of delay had the whole team just hanging out — and that’s when I knew Georges was gonna fit in right away with the Dubs.

Took me a while to dig this up from our YouTube channel, but I remember thinking at the time: “Idk who this Niang guy is, but he might be a Warrior for life.” Unfortunately his stay was brief — after training camp he played for Santa Cruz, never got called up, then got picked up by Utah, soon becoming the enemy.

Sure, times were simpler then, but I always wanted to show there’s more to basketball, more to being part of , than wins and losses. There’s nothing like that feeling of being part of a team — put the narratives aside and enjoy the intangibles. It’s come full-circle, nine years later. Georges is back with the ! (And nah, I don’t expect KD ever to come back — that’s IYKYK.) But let the jokes and camaraderie with 30 resume, and we’ll pick up that chemistry right where we left it…

W’supper, Ballhalla and DubNation! With two straight losses, the Valkyries (25-11) now have to try to hold their No. 2 seed, only a half-game ahead of the Vegas Aces. Not only that, they have not yet beaten the Minnesota Lynx in seven tries dating back to the inaugural season last year.

It’s a step-up retry, this time at Target Center in Minneapolis against Olivia Miles and Napheesa Collier. Can the Valks finally beat them?

Rich will be here for the play-by-play as we start to get back into the Valks’ season, as we have been super-busy with NBA free agency, then the annual American Century golf tourney following Steph Curry around for 72 holes, then the Vegas Summer League championship run, catching up on all the cap sheet analysis with Draymond re-signing and the Warriors essentially passing on DeMar DeRozan: https://youtu.be/YTj2Ipm2ki4 …and, well, important family obligations, too. Whew!

We even just did a whole livestream on what the next steps might be in terms of the NBA’s February deadline vs. next off-season Summer 2027: https://youtube.com/live/dxv57y3zZqM

We also see…
- Whether Nakase unveils any new sets or wrinkles? (She has been doing so!)
- Can Kaitlyn Chen can dial up Chen-Sanity again! She needs to vs. the Lynx!
- How many threes will Janelle splash off the bench?
- Pregame sights and sounds from Chase Center via our Discord (see signup link below)

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Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. made a fascinating comment during his latest media availability: Golden State had to make a choice between “talent and availability” when constructing this roster — and ultimately “leaned a little bit more towards talent.”

So... who was he talking about?

Tonight we're going down the Warriors cap sheet and trying to reverse-engineer what that decision might have looked like.

Steph Curry obviously isn't going anywhere. Draymond Green worked collaboratively with the Warriors this summer to create additional flexibility. Moses Moody is injured and occupies a much smaller salary slot. Jimmy Butler presents his own enormous salary and injury complications.

Which brings me to Kristaps Porzingis.

Could Golden State have pursued a different path with KP rather than ultimately committing roughly $20 million per season to him? And if the Warriors had prioritized availability over talent, what could that money realistically have bought?

We'll pull up the NBA salary lists LIVE and look for alternatives — perhaps two players around the ~$10 million range, one different player around ~$20 million, or whatever other realistic possibilities emerge.

And here's the important disclaimer: I'm not reporting that the Warriors tried to trade Porzingis or that any of the hypothetical trades we discuss were actually offered. The NBA's CBA and transaction rules are extraordinarily complicated. This is an exercise in reverse-engineering Dunleavy's comments and asking a simple question:

If you wanted the Warriors to “do something” this offseason...what exactly should they have done?

We'll also briefly address the resurfaced Anthony Davis/LeBron James Warriors speculation and put that idea through the same cap-sheet reality check.

Bring your trade ideas to the live chat. Instead of just saying Golden State should've made a move, let's see if we can actually find the move.

Topics: Kristaps Porzingis, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Warriors trades, Warriors salary cap, Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, LeBron James, Golden State Warriors roster, NBA offseason



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The Dubs and NBA content are supposed to *add* to our love of the greatest game ever invented! Steph would agree, right?

And that’s why on just about every live we do, we’ll make you feel BETTER about your Warriors. That’s what Steph would do, too, if you talked to him about what we’ll talk with you about.

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- Mon 8/17 7:00PM PDT – NO LIVESTREAM FOR DAL-GSV (RICH IS OUT OF TOWN)
- Wed 8/19 7:00PM PDT Minnesota Lynx at Golden State Valkyries (MIN-GSV)
- Fri 8/21 6:00PM PDT WITH DEAN CHAMBERS ON SUMMER 2027 TARGETS

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