Golden State Warriors

One year after blowing a 3-1 lead, it’s safe to say the Warriors have not lost a shred of their renowned confidence. During a media session, Shaun Livingston was made aware of Draymond’s trash talking comments and added fuel to the sentiment: Not only is Draymond good at trash talking, he knows when and who to target.

ESPN’s Dave McMenamin said on a podcast Tuesday that an unnamed Cavaliers player told him JaVale McGee wouldn’t be able to stay on the court or maybe even get on the court because he’s “not smart enough.”

Klay Thompson’s 41-point performance in Game 6 of the 2016 Western Conference Finals was exactly one year ago. With Thompson having struggled his way to a 14.4 points per game average so far these playoffs, there’s no better way to remind ourselves what Thompson’s still capable of than looking back at May 28, 2016.

Zaza Pachulia has been back to normal in practices the last few days, and will reportedly be good to go when the Warriors begin the finals on Thursday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Pachulia missed the last two games of the conference finals with a heel injury.

When Bob Myers hosts a dinner party, he is the guy who once it’s all over has a pretty good read on the entire evening: who had a great time, who held something back, which couples are getting along, who might be dealing with a life challenge but chose to keep it private.

Kevin Durant’s former teammate has been trolling him ever since his departure last summer. That continued on Friday, when the veteran forward gave his reasoning for rooting for the Cavaliers over the Warriors in the NBA Finals.

With the NBA Finals still six days way, Cavaliers star LeBron James isn’t quite ready to start thinking about attempting to take down the juggernaut Warriors for the third consecutive season.

After both teams rampaged through their respective competition en route to a third straight NBA Finals matchup, Vegas has the Golden State Warriors as heavy favorites to win it all for the second year in a row.

ESPN talking head and professional hot taker Stephen A. Smith has gotten every NBA Finals prediction wrong since 2011, as shown in a video compilation put together by Twitter user @BieIik.

After traveling with the team to San Antonio for Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference Finals, many were optimistic that Warriors head coach Steve Kerr would be ready to rejoin the team for the NBA Finals come June 1.