DNHQ Year In Review: Highlights and words from 2023 Golden State Warriors basketball
HAPPY NEW YEAR BABY!
It’s the end of the year folks. I want to thank you all for spending time with us here at the HQ and sharing in the highs and low of this season of Warriors basketball. For your reviewing pleasure, here’s the most liked articles per month. Happy New Year from us to you!
January
Explain: Warriors cap rollercoaster win over Trae Young Hawks with Kevon Looney buzzer beater
A list of all Explain One Play articles and videos is at The new Explain One Play index. The Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks had an incredible double-overtime rollercoaster game on 2023.01.02.ATL-GSW which Kevon Looney sealed with a buzzer beater putback. We’ll look at some of the weird, amazing plays in crunch time at the end of regulation, firs…
February
Explain One Play: Elevator Doors and Floppy Plays for Klay Thompson and Jonathan Kuminga
A list of all Explain One Play articles and videos is at The new Explain One Play index. In crunch-time of the Minnesota Timberwolves - Golden State Warriors game on 2023.02.26, the Warriors ran two classic plays for Klay Thompson: elevator doors and floppy. Jonathan Kuminga got a little confused, but he also quietly saved a play with his heady cut. Co-s…
Familiar feeling: Short-handed Warriors limp back from All Star break
The Golden State Warriors are comfortable with ambiguity, but the unknowns are starting to feel a little too well known. Will the team ever be fully healthy? Can they put it all together at the same time - without melting down in the 4th quarter? The core of the team is back for what has been one of the weirder seasons that I can remember for a title de…
March
Warriors beat up Clippers in Chase Center for their fourth straight win
The Golden State Warriors knocked off the on-paper superteam Los Angeles Clippers last night in Chase Center, 115-91. This counts as one of the more stunning victories for the Dubs in a season marred by bizarre losses. The Clippers boast a three-headed monster of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Russell Westbrook. The Dubs were missing Stephen Curry and …
April
We got history: Looney, and the long confidence game
Kevon Looney was incredible. A perfect 4 points and 20 rebounds on a day that caused even Andre Iguodala to notice. The Golden State Warriors needed a win over the Sacramento Kings to bring the series back under control, but were going to have to do it without Draymond Green (suspension) and Gary Payton - who was a late scratch due to an illness. Stephe…
May
Explain: Steph Curry and Kevon Looney save the Warriors in Game 7 vs the Kings
A list of all Explain One Play articles and videos is at The new Explain One Play Search Engine. The Warriors pulled out a thrilling Game 7 road victory against the Sacramento Kings on 2023.04.30.GSW-SAC.G7 riding spectacular performances from Steph Curry and Kevon Looney. They gameplanned to counter the Kings new smallball lineup and contain Domantas S…
June
Does Finals rookie Christian Braun prove that GSW messed up the young guys? Not at all.
Christian Braun as a symbol of everything wrong with the Warriors I think everyone can agree that: In 2022-23, the Warriors did not get as much out of The Young Guys (particularly Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody and James Wiseman) as everyone was hoping.
July
Draymond Green is returning; re-signs at $100m / 4 years with player option
Free Agent Tracker with Live Updates Our Google Sheet tracking who’s still available. If you want to help me keep this up to date, please email me at apricotan@gmail.com. Many thanks to Run_TMC for helping out. The DNHQ Free Agency Guide, with all our other articles including DNHQ commenter free agent rankings, detailed look at Ty Jerome’s status, etc etc.
August
Does Steve Kerr run the same plays with Team USA as the ones with the Warriors?
The short answer to the question of whether Steve Kerr can perfectly replicate his Warriors offensive scheme with Team USA is a succinct “no.” The reason is quite simple: Stephen Curry isn’t on this current iteration of the national team.Dub Nation HQ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or…
September
"What do you see?": Asking Jonathan Kuminga this question may be the key to unlocking his potential
Andre Iguodala may never have become the kind of player the Golden State Warriors needed him to be if Andre Miller never asked him one crucial question. What do you see? When Iguodala and podcast partner Evan Turner guested on JJ Reddick’s The Old Man and the Three podcast, Iguodala credited Miller as the one who helped him unlock aspects of his game that…
October
A brief history of the Warriors "rubbing" opponents the wrong way
If you cared enough to pay attention to everything that went on during the Golden State Warriors’ 125-108 preseason win over the Los Angeles Lakers (I know I did — to a certain extent), you might’ve noticed a particularly intriguing on-court sequence during the late stages of the second quarter.
November
Explain: Gary Payton II saves the Warriors, Steph Curry finishes off Thunder; why Draymond did NOT goaltend Steph Curry's game winner vs Thunder
A list of all Explain One Play articles and videos is at The new Explain One Play Search Engine. Video 1 In the 2023-11-03.GSW-OKC Golden State Warriors - Oklahoma City Thunder game, Gary Payton II made huge game turning hustle plays down the stretch to save the Warriors and put Steph Curry in position to win the game.
December
Dub Nation HQ takes first place in SF Press Club Awards for journalistic excellence
Hey folks! In between discussing Golden State finally having a win streak again, I wanted to share that Dub Nation HQ has won first place in the San Francisco Press Club’s 46th Awards Gala in the category of Digital Media: Sports Feature. This was DNHQ’s second time winning an award at the SF Press Club, as last year we
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