Golden State Warriors
April 18, 2024
In this age of cinema, very few successful franchises have escaped the ignominy of a terrible reboot. Star Wars has the shameful second and third trilogies (Revenge of the Sith…
March 31, 2024
Brandin Podziemski is a rare player, for many reasons. Besides being a lefty who looks like the upper half of a centaur with a funky love of hook shots, his…
February 27, 2024
“Can you be porous defensively and win a championship? No, I don’t think you can be. [But] can you be adequate and be able to ramp it up when you…
February 22, 2024
I will say the two unnameable words around the Golden State Warriors. No, it’s not “fire Kerr”, “trade Klay”, “European bigs” or “affordable housing”. It’s two timelines. We know it…
December 20, 2023
Quality basketball analysis isn’t about being ‘right,’ judging the means by the end result, but we here at Swish Theory are frequently, let’s say, ahead of the curve. Whether it’s…
October 6, 2023
Overview So, here we are. The season hasn’t even begun and the Dubs are scrambling to make up for injuries. Couldn’t we at least have waited until January? Regardless, this…
September 7, 2023
The humble rebound. The Mach-Hommy to basketball’s Griselda: underrated, ever-present, and thoroughly engrossing. Despite being one of the more critical parts of the game, rebounds are too often treated as…
August 11, 2023
This current iteration of the Golden State Warriors is loaded with outstanding defenders. Draymond Green has arguably been the preeminent defensive player of the whole league for the past decade….
July 20, 2023
Shooting has a way of presenting itself in the strangest ways. No matter how many indicators we identify and traits we look for, it comes out of left field all…
July 14, 2023
With the first Swish Theory draft cycle in the books, it’s time to recap the cycle in this follow-up to my final piece with The Stepien. Here I’ll be looking…
June 23, 2023
It was a hectic day for the Golden State Warriors roster. Chris Paul is now in Golden State. Jordan Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr., and Ryan Rollins are in Washington along…
June 22, 2023
There are many things that could happen with this pick on draft day, but in all likelihood, the Golden State Warriors will be adding another rookie to the roster with…
May 4, 2023
Anthony Davis is undeniable. That it seems possible, if not likely, that he will end his career without a Defensive Player of the Year award is solely made tolerable by…
May 2, 2023
Few good ideas come from conversations in the back of a Lyft post-midnight. A few weeks ago, while going from bar to apartment to inevitably discuss cryptids and antigravity technology,…
May 2, 2023
Western Conference Semifinals Preview Stephen Curry vs LeBron James. A rivalry that defines this generation of the NBA will potentially have its last dance and like the infamous football/soccer coach,…
April 20, 2023
I don’t want to take anything away from the Kings, who are incredibly talented and play a beautiful brand of winning basketball. But the first two games felt like the…
April 15, 2023
Does that thought scare you? It should. The Warriors will play the Kings in their first-ever playoff matchup between division rivals. Both sides are laden with stars: Sacramento boasts one…
March 26, 2023
With Andrew Wiggins bound to miss his 19th straight game tonight, questions abound in Golden State as the playoffs close in. What is going on in his life is clearly…
March 24, 2023
Tyler is joined by Charlie Cummings (@klaytheist11) to talk about the development and future of the young Warriors. They hit on Jonathan Kuminga’s encouraging start to the year, what Moses…
February 11, 2023
With the trade dust finally settled, things are looking up in Golden State. The rocky, possibly suspicious, return of Gary Payton II (which I covered here) all but solidifies their…
February 9, 2023
The prodigal son returns. Minutes before the deadline, the Warriors finalized a trade to bring Gary Payton II back to the Bay. This was made possible by moving James Wiseman…
February 7, 2023
It’s been nearly ten years since the Golden State Warriors flirted with trading for Kevin Love, stopping short of including Klay Thompson in a potential deal, leading to his move…
January 28, 2023
WHERE HE AT?? WHERE HE AT?? WHERE HE AT?? https://twitter.com/kendra__andrews/status/1618694239126437888?s=20&t=TX9KlRsrFKVUKRpvoNosZw NOW THERE HE GO, THERE HE GO, THERE HE GO!!! (sorry, I really couldn’t help it.) Terrible jokes aside, it…
January 13, 2023
In November, I set out to explore what’s been happening to Klay Thompson’s shot post-injury. I had my hunches and needed the data to tell me what my eyes were…
January 5, 2023
This is the third part of a monthly recap covering all rookie-scale deal Warriors players, looking at the stats, film, and everything in between. To catch up on the first…
December 20, 2022
The Sunday matinee showdown of the Warriors and Raptors felt like two cars swerving off the road into each others’ paths. Toronto was reeling, on a four-game skid and 2-6…
December 2, 2022
This is the second part of a monthly recap covering all rookie-scale deal Warriors players, looking at the stats, film, and everything in between. To catch up on the first…
November 26, 2022
So much has been made of the Golden State Warriors’ bench unit and “youth movement,” as the two are largely synonymous. Figuring out who gets a nightly rotation spot beyond…
November 16, 2022
We’re now 43 games into the post-Achilles/ACL tears-era of Klay Thompson’s career and he has yet to find his legs, both literally and figuratively. The time off and physical changes…
November 2, 2022
This will be the first part of a monthly recap covering all rookie-scale deal Warriors players, looking at the stats, film, and everything in between. Keep an eye out for…