NBA VP Clarifies Unnatural Act Rule; No Targeting

The NBA Executive VP of Basketball Operations, Kiki VanDeWeghe, clarified the “unnatural act rule” Sunday, saying the league isn’t targeting Draymond Green because “rules are for every player.” The NBA is addressing this matter a day after the Golden State Warriors All-Star lashed out at the league office, questioning its qualifications of judging and penalizing […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Green Takes Issue With League Dictating Body Movement

After shootaroud Saturday, (Draymond) Green took issue with the league dictating how his body should react in on-court situations. “I just laugh at it because it’s funny how you can tell me how I get hit and how my body is supposed to react,” Green said. “I didn’t know the people in the league office […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Rockets End Warriors’ 12-Game Win Streak

The Golden State Warriors were bested in their most entertaining game of the season, finally losing their grip, 132-127 to the Houston Rockets after 58 minutes of wild, record-breaking NBA basketball. If early errors did not doom the Warriors, they certainly came back to haunt them late in regulation and in overtime. In the end, […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: The All-NBA Teams (So Far)

A fifth of the way through the season, here are the projected All-NBA Teams up to this point.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Green: Criticism Pushes Me More Than Anything

After the Golden State Warriors held the Atlanta Hawks to 42 percent shooting in a 105-100 win Monday night, Draymond Green used his postgame period to inform the critics that they pissed him off. “The world says we traded our defense away when we got KD (Kevin Durant),” Green said after blocking a game-high four […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Durant, Love Named NBA Players of the Week

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love and the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 21 through Sunday, Nov. 27. Source: NBA.com

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Warriors’ Green Sits Out Win Over Minnesota

Forward Draymond Green sat out the Golden State Warriors’ 115-102 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves as a precaution Saturday, one night after he injured his left ankle at Los Angeles. An MRI exam on his bruised ankle Saturday showed no serious damage, but coach Steve Kerr chose to play it safe with Green at this […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Getting Ready for NBA Trade Season

Salary cap guru Eric Pincus provides the latest information on the upcoming NBA trade season.

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021
Warriors’ Green Exits Game With Ankle Injury

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green suffered a left ankle contusion late in the third quarter of Friday’s 109-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Green left the game and did not return, but X-rays came back negative. Green said he’ll see how his ankle feels in the morning, but he plans to play against […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021