In today’s Dub Hub:
- Warriors come up empty in NBA awards race for the first time in over a decade.
- Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of Klay Thompson’s legendary Game 6 performance against the Thunder in the 2016 Western Conference Finals.
- Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama receives a warning for skipping media availability following Game 5 loss vs. Thunder.
The NBA officially wrapped up this year’s regular season awards on Tuesday after naming Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla the Coach of the Year. For the Golden State Warriors, however, the announcement marked the end of a rare and unfamiliar awards season as the franchise came up completely empty across all major honors.
It’s the first time in well over a decade that Golden State failed to produce a major award winner, All-NBA selection, All-Defensive selection, or even an All-Rookie honoree,
according to RealGM. A full list of this season’s winners and final voting results can be found here on NBA.com.
The only Warrior to receive any recognition was Draymond Green, who earned votes for both the NBA All-Defensive Team and the Defensive Player of the Year award, though not nearly enough to emerge as a serious contender in either race.
Outside of Green, no other Warrior even received a vote across the league’s major regular season awards. While injuries certainly played a role in that, the bigger picture is how far the roster has drifted from their championship-caliber standard that once made Golden State a fixture throughout awards season.
Now entering a pivotal summer with the No. 11 pick in the NBA Draft and potential for some cap flexibility, the Warriors look to retool their roster in hopes of returning to relevance among the Western Conference contenders.
For more on this and other news around the NBA, here is our latest news round-up for Thursday, May 27th:
Warriors News:
NBA extension watch: 20 players who could shape the offseason | ESPN
The next contract: Curry signs the fourth extension in his career. The unknown, however, is whether the extension would be for the full amount or if Curry would take less. The 2027 offseason is the next opportunity for the Warriors to reshape their roster. With three players under contract (Moses Moody, Gui Santos, Will Richard), Golden State has financial flexibility to improve its roster in free agency.
Warriors conduct another round of pre-draft workouts on Thursday
Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of “Game 6 Klay” vs. OKC
NBA News:
Victor Wembanyama skips postgame media session after Spurs’ Game 5 loss to Thunder | The Athletic
A large crowd of reporters was still in the Spurs’ visiting locker room, all of them waiting around to hear what the 22-year-old big man had to say about why he struggled so mightily Tuesday night as the Thunder took a 3-2 series lead. But as Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox was addressing the reporters, Wembanyama surprised the media masses and walked right past them on the way to the team bus. He took a left at the PayCom Center hallway, walked a few hundred feet more, then veered off into the night while team officials and reporters alike were stunned by his choice not to fulfill the media duties that are mandated by the NBA.
Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla named NBA’s Coach of the Year
In case you missed it at Golden State of Mind:
Festival Jimmy? Warriors’ Butler wows crowd at BottleRock
The Golden State Warriors’ injured star looked spry as he joined Teddy Swims on the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage at Bottlerock in Napa. He threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to the crowd, seemingly because it was the Culinary Stage, professed his love for the Bay Area, and even danced to Shaboozey while telling the crowd, “Don’t tell Steve [Kerr]! I got a torn ACL!”
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