The NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and Rakuten, Inc. (rack–ten) today announced a multi-year partnership to include the Rakuten logo on all Warriors jerseys beginning in the 2017-18 NBA season.
On Monday, teammate Stephen Curry — one of the faces of Under Armour — addressed the barb for the first time in an interview with the Charlotte Observer.
Doubling and tripling down on his take last season that the 2017 playoffs were not going to be close, Van Gundy, a former NBA coach turned ESPN analyst, doesn’t see any reason to believe the 2017-18 or the 2018-19 season will be any different, and argued on Sirius XM radio that even if the Cleveland Cavaliers add another star, the Warriors are still far and away the better team.
In a move that has been expected for sometime, beloved Warriors sideline reporter Ros Gold-Onwude has accepted a full-time role with Turner Sports, ending a three-year run with NBA Sports Bay Area.
The Warriors’ superstar continues to embrace the “cupcake” moniker given to him by Oklahoma City fans last year, announcing the release of the “KDX Red Velvet” on Tuesday, the newest colorway of his signature KD 10 shoe.