Sam Pasfield

1 week ago | basketballforever.com | Sam Pasfield

The Warriors know how to turn it on at the right time and they sure did that against the Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Curry dropped 37 points, eight rebounds, four assists and one steal in the win that sealed the seventh seed and a spot in the playoffs. While Jimmy Butler had his highest scoring game as a Warrior so far – 38 points, seven rebounds, six assists, three steals – no surprise it came after the regular season.

1 week ago | basketballforever.com | Sam Pasfield

A story has emerged in the wake of Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer’s firing, involving him and guard Bradley Beal. Haynes recently revealed that Budenholzer wanted Beal to play a role similar to Celtics guard Jrue Holiday—a defense specialist and role player – and safe to say Beal didn’t like it one bit. “Earlier in the season, Coach Budenholzer met with Bradley Beal, and told Bradley Beal, he wanted him to be the Jrue Holiday of this team,“ Haynes said on Haynes Briefs.

1 week ago | basketballforever.com | Sam Pasfield

Lakers head coach JJ Redick is entering his first playoffs series at the helm and he will be using the less is more approach with the team in the lead up. “We will spend some time, Tuesday, Wednesday, introducing a little bit of playoff stuff,” Redick said. “It’s not necessarily going to be everything at once this week. We will have to slow-drip. I think that’s the approach that’s going to work best for our group. So, Tuesday will be about us. Wednesday, we can introduce Minnesota.

1 week ago | basketballforever.com | Sam Pasfield

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama addressed the media for the first time on Sunday since being ruled out of season due deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder in February. Although it was his first time speaking to the media in months, Wemby wasn’t quick to give much away in regards to the specifics of his recovery. “I’m not going to expand on my medical record,” he told reporters. He also didn’t disclose if he underwent surgery as part of his treatment for the clots.

2 weeks ago | basketballforever.com | Sam Pasfield

Draymond Green made a telling admission after the Warriors’ shock 114-111 loss to the Spurs on Wednesday night. Green hurt his Defensive Player of the Year chances. Evan Mobley overtook him on PolyMarket Sports as the favorite. Why? Keldon Johnson scored against Green twice down the stretch, which set up an epic Harrison Barnes game-winner. “[We] Couldn’t get a stop,” Green told reporters after the loss. “Couldn’t get into nothing good offensively.