Golden State Warriors Rumors
Sen. Ted Cruz accepted over $10,000 worth of tickets to the 2018 Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets as gifts, according to financial disclosure forms filed with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics this week.
LeBron James has nearly 70 million more followers than the next biggest NBA star (Stephen Curry). But the four-time MVP can’t touch the Greek Freak, Giannis Antetokounmpo, on engagement rate or follower growth. Those metrics for the newly crowned MVP were more than four times higher than the other NBAers in the top five.
“I’m devastated for DeMarcus,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who is serving as a Team USA assistant under national team coach Gregg Popovich. “It’s been a couple years of hell for DeMarcus with the injuries, first the Achilles and then last year in the playoffs with the quad. I was really hoping that this would be a year for him upcoming with the Lakers where he could get healthy, get his rhythm, get his conditioning and really start his comeback. We’re all crushed for him, everybody in this gym, all these fellow players and coaches. This is a small community. Everybody’s been talking about it. We’ve all reached out to him. We all just feel terrible for him.
“I’m devastated for DeMarcus,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who is serving as a Team USA assistant under national team coach Gregg Popovich. “It’s been a couple years of hell for DeMarcus with the injuries, first the Achilles and then last year in the playoffs with the quad. I was really hoping that this would be a year for him upcoming with the Lakers where he could get healthy, get his rhythm, get his conditioning and really start his comeback. We’re all crushed for him, everybody in this gym, all these fellow players and coaches. This is a small community. Everybody’s been talking about it. We’ve all reached out to him. We all just feel terrible for him.
The Warriors made so many personnel errors and experienced so many unfortunate occurrences in the seasons immediately following “We Believe,” so losing Azubuike gets jumbled up with the rest. But his patellar tendon tear is something that would wreck most athletes, and not just on the court. Not only was Azubuike set up to succeed in a big role, but he was exactly what the NBA prizes so much now, an athletic wing who can hit 3s and defend. “It’s definitely something I’ve thought about,” Azubuike said. “How much I would be worth right now? I think I would’ve made a lot of money.”
Draymond Green had just told DeMarcus Cousins that he hadn’t seen him look this fit and slim since his college days at Kentucky. He was ready to see the big man wreak havoc on the NBA this season. That was just last week. On Thursday, Green and the rest of the NBA learned that Cousins had suffered yet another crushing setback with a torn left ACL, leaving Green uncertain of what to say or text to his good friend and former Golden State Warriors teammate.
