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Golden State Warriors backup guard Patrick McCaw, recovering from a scary spinal bruise that has sidelined him since March, has been cleared by the team to start "modified on-court shooting and running drills" and will re-evaluated in four weeks, the team announced Thursday. No specific timeline to return has been set by the Warriors after the second-year guard was examined by the team. McCaw was injured in a March 31 game against the Sacramento Kings when he was undercut by Vince Carter while driving to the basket, leading to a violent crash to the floor. Continue to Article

May 03, 2018 10:49:pm EST

At least, that’s what Steve Kerr thinks. Speaking to KNBR 680 on Wednesday, Kerr said that Green was the “ultimate antagonist” and that the Golden State Warriors would have never won a championship without him. “Let’s be honest — if Draymond were on a different team, nobody at Oracle would like him,” Steve Kerr said on KNBR 680 on Wednesday. Continue to Article

May 03, 2018 8:24:pm EST

Golden State guard Patrick McCaw has been cleared to do some modified shooting and on-court running following a frightening fall at Sacramento on March 31 when he lost feeling in his lower half and was taken out on a stretcher with a severely bruised lower back. McCaw is making ''steady functional progress'' and will also work with the athletic training staff to keep building back his overall strength and conditioning. McCaw drove the baseline and went down with a thud in the third quarter of a 112-96 win, hit in the lower body by Vince Carter. Continue to Article

May 03, 2018 8:22:pm EST

Sports Illustrated senior writer Lee Jenkins wrote this week's cover story, on Mike D'Antoni, James Harden, Chris Harden and the birth of Space City. In this special episode of the Open Floor podcast, Ben Golliver speaks with Jenkins about the makeup of the Rockets and whether LeBron James could fit in Houston. Ben Golliver: You kind of slipped in the fact that Chris Paul had signed papers for his house in Houston. Continue to Article

May 03, 2018 10:42:am EST

TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley apologized on Wednesday for his comments toward Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, after saying "I just want somebody to punch (Green) in the face" during the telecast of Game 2 between the Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday. "I said something that I shouldn't have said," Barkley said on "Waddle & Silvy" on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. Barkley initially made the comments while highlights of a verbal altercation between Green and the Pelicans' Rajon Rondo played during the telecast. Continue to Article

May 02, 2018 8:13:pm EST