Community Picks: Golden State Warriors 0% vs Washington Wizards 0%

The Golden State Warriors will take a group of chldren to the National Museum of African American History and Culture instead of visiting the White House. Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 10:57:pm EST

The Golden State Warriors are not going to visit the White House as NBA champions. This was mutual — they didn’t want to go and after coach Steve Kerr and players had spoken out against some of his President Donald Trump’s policies the White House didn’t issue/rescinded (depending on who you ask) the invitation to an event that has become a standard, tedious photo op. Golden State Warriors will celebrate their championship in D.C. today by touring the African American Museum with students from Seat Pleasant, the hometown of Kevin Durant. Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 7:11:pm EST

Blink Fitness, the low-cost gym chain owned by Equinox, announced this week its biggest franchising deal ever, and its first foray into the Midwest: Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and his business partner are buying 20 Blink locations, planned for Michigan and Illinois. Green says the deal came about from his friendship with Equinox executive chairman Harvey Spevak. The gyms looked like a good investment, but Green, a Michigan native who played basketball at Michigan State University, also relished the fact that, “There was an opportunity to take it to Michigan… You’ve got more and more people moving back to downtown Detroit, it’s starting to get that big-city feel back, and everything else needs to follow. Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 2:55:pm EST

Of all the outlandish personalities in the Golden State Warriors—a team that includes both Draymond Green and Nick Young—JaVale McGee might be the most interesting. In addition to his rim-protection and lob-conversion duties, McGee is also: the tallest Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 11:18:am EST

When they won the Larry O'Brien Trophy in 2017, the Golden State Warriors won the rights to visit Washington, D.C., in triumphant celebration. So to commemorate their most recent NBA championship, the Dubs are in fact spending Tuesday in the nation's capital — but in lieu of the traditional visit to the White House, they're going museum-hopping. The Warriors have chosen to spend the day at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, bringing along with them students from Seat Pleasant, Maryland — the hometown of Warriors forward Kevin Durant — per ESPN's Chris Haynes. Last September, Warriors point guard Stephen Curry had publicly waffled on the prospect of visiting with President Continue to Article

February 27, 2018 10:50:am EST