Warriors forward Kelenna Azubuike exercised his player option for the 2010-11 season, worth $3.36 million. Azubuike, 26, played in only nine games last season as he spent the majority of the season recovering from a torn patellar tendon in his left knee. In the first nine games of the season, [...]
Warriors point guard Stephen Curry was named to USA Basketball's 2010-12 National Team on Tuesday, along with the Kings' Tyreke Evans, the Thunder's Jeff Green and the Pistons' Tayshaun Prince. The national team's roster now stands at 31 players. "In adding Tyreke and Stephen we've brought into the national team [...]
The brilliance of the Warriors' draft in 2009 was that it answered an open question at a position of need for the team. Any time you do that with your draft pick, you can pat yourself on the back for a job well done. Going in, most mock drafts had the [...]
While I support Tyreke Evans' win in the Rookie of the Year race, I just wanted to clarify my position and explain one final time why I think Curry was the better rookie and should have won the award. If you look at Evans' stats, they are indeed impressive. There [...]
Stephen Curry responded to finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting with a statement released from his hometown of Charlotte: "Congrats to Tyreke for winning Rookie of the Year. There's no doubt he deserves it. For me to have been in the conversation all year and to finish [...]
There were some rumors I heard that the ROY voting was nearly a tie, with the Kings' Tyreke Evans beating the Warriors' Stephen Curry by only a few votes. It turns out that was just a rumor. The voting was close, but Evans was the clear-cut winner. Here are the [...]
Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee is reporting that Kings guard Tyreke Evans has been voted Rookie of the Year, according to three sources. Evans, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry and Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings were the three most qualified candidates for the award. The official announcement is [...]
There were some entertaining games in the first weekend of the NBA playoffs. The Celtics and Heat and Mavericks and Spurs provided some excitement, but heading into Sunday night's matchup between the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers, the weekend had failed to provide a single upset. I was a [...]
I always like to look at players' stats adjusted to reflect starters' minutes (36 per game). I'm fully aware it's not an exact science; especially for players who get very few actual minutes on the court, it can present some false perceptions of a player's ability. In addition, just because [...]
Press Democrat Assistant Sports Editor (and rabid NBA fan) Jared Cowley breaks down the latest on the Golden State Warriors and other news from around the Association.