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Zaza Pachulia’s controversial close out of Kahwi Leonard in last year’s Western Conference Finals has led the NBA to institute new policies for the upcoming season, and stricter penalties for reckless closeouts on jump shooters.

Despite comments throughout the season that would indicate otherwise, there is still an outside chance the Warriors could make the customary visit to the White House traditionally extended to the team that wins the NBA Finals, Ramona Shelburne of ESPN is reporting.

On Monday, Durant deleted a series of tweets criticizing the Thunder organization, his former teammates and former head coach Billy Donovan. Curiously, the tweets were written in the third-person, leading many to believe that Durant meant to send them from a separate, anonymous account he uses to defend himself.

After an inaugural season with the Warriors that could’ve hardly gone any better, Kevin Durant’s offseason has been rife with controversy. While it seems like winning NBA Finals MVP would be the ultimate retort to his haters, Durant has spent much of the summer clapping back at critics, creating a shoe featuring criticisms on the soles and trashing his former organization on what it seems like he thought was a secret Twitter account.

The NBA Champion Golden State Warriors will hold their 2017 Training Camp, fueled by Gatorade, at the Rakuten Performance Center—the team’s newly named Practice Facility in Downtown Oakland—beginning Saturday, September 23, it was announced today.

It’s been well documented that Iguodala had meetings with the Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, and Houston Rockets over the summer as he explored free-agency, but it remained unclear if he ever seriously considered signing with one of those teams, or if he was simply trying to make the Warriors nervous in order to get a more lucrative offer.

The Giants claimed right-hander Pierce Johnson off wavers before Wednesday’s game against the Rockies.

Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy has indicated the team will consider giving Cain a start during the season’s final weekend, but regardless of whether or not Cain pitches against the Padres, Larry Baer said the franchise will find a way to celebrate Cain’s career.

Carlos Hyde has been one of the lone bright spots in a new-look 49ers offense that has struggled mightily to start the season. Despite scoring a combined 15 points and not reaching the end zone through two games, Hyde is currently fourth in the NFL in rushing yards (169) and second in yards per attempt (7.0), and looks primed for a breakout season in Kyle Shanahan’s offense, assuming the 49ers can keep games relatively close.

Rookie linebacker Reuben Foster looked like the best player on the field for the 49ers’ in Week 1, before sustaining a high ankle sprain in the second quarter that knocked him out of the game, and off the field for what was assumed to be around four weeks.