LeBron James

Golden State looks flawless in clincher, Stephen Curry's legacy continues to grow and Jayson Tatum isn't quite at superstar status after rough NBA Finals.

Durant is a constant on social media and maybe in the next few days he’ll break his Warriors’ silence. Durant was on two of those teams, won Finals MVP both times and then in the summer of 2019 bailed for Brooklyn in free agency, essentially trading Curry for Kyrie Irving. That unit eventually won this championship because, other than Curry and Wiggins, the Warriors lacked consistency from the rotation. He helped elevate the confidence of Andrew Wiggins, dumped by his former team in Minnesota and mostly dismissed by the basketball world as an underachiever. He took over for Mark Jackson and won a championship, and then again eight years later, all without much experience on the bench prior to this job. He was spooked by his constant mistakes, didn’t even attempt a free throw and wasn’t heard from in the fourth. This is what he learned about himself in the Finals, and there’s no particular shame in falling short. Tatum was not against the Warriors, and was especially exposed in Game 6, when he went out meekly. After a three-year delay caused by injuries and a noticeable defection — more on him later — the Warriors returned to the throne and carried on like they never really left. The Warriors were up 15 at halftime, 22 in the third and 10 entering the fourth. So his story, and the debate, isn’t finished. The Warriors set out to reclaim the title on this journey of redemption and got their just reward.

Warriors star Draymond Green officially became a four-time NBA champion on Thursday night. Shortly after the final buzzer went off, LeBron James took to ...

"He is arguably the smartest guy to set foot on a basketball court. To say that it compares to that, it's disrespectful to LeBron and it's a lie to you." "It doesn't compare," Green said.

LeBron James posts a hyped Instagram reaction to Draymond Green and the Warriors winning the 2022 NBA Finals.

It was arguably Green’s finest performance in the 2022 NBA Finals, and it couldn’t come at a better time. In vintage fashion, Draymond Green notched 12 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists in the Warriors’ Game 6 victory. He helped the Warriors take home their fourth Larry O’Brien Trophy in the past eight seasons.

The Golden State Warriors became seven-time NBA champions on Thursday night after easily beating the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the 2022 NBA Finals.

James shared a series of Instagram stories praising Draymond and celebrating him for winning the championship. However, it could be only a matter of time before James sends a message to his fellow Akron native. Many people like Shaquille O'Neal, Donovan Mitchell, Karl-Anthony Towns and others congratulated the Warriors on the big win, but some figures are yet to react to this championship.

The draft and free agency could change the entire landscape of the NBA, and yet it's never too soon to look ahead at the 2022-23 season with some good old ...

OKC needs to see how the No. 2 overall pick fits in alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey and Lu Dort. SGA is quietly already entering his fifth season and though he looks like a star in the making, don't be surprised to hear the Thunder involved in rumors with teams interested in the soon-to-be 24-year old. There's already talk about them using the No. 4 pick in the draft to acquire a win-now player. Why they're here: The Knicks overachieved in 2020-21 and came back down to earth in 2021-22. Why they're here: San Antonio has now been knocked out in the Play-In Tournament in back-to-back seasons. Now comes the hard part — cracking the upper echelon of the Western Conference. Karl-Anthony Towns' best years are still ahead of him and Anthony Edwards is a star in the making, but they have a big decision to make with D'Angelo Russell, who is extension eligible this offseason. They're returning the same roster next season with one key addition: Zion Williamson. Fingers crossed Zion can get back to dominating the paint in a way we haven't seen since Shaq. Why they're here: The Heat earned the best record in the Eastern Conference and were a Jimmy Butler 3-pointer away from their second trip to the Finals in three seasons. Expect Russell Westbrook trade chatter to remain in the news cycle throughout the offseason so long as he remains on the roster. Why they're here: The Jazz came up short again in the playoffs and enter an important offseason. Why they're here: The Suns ran away with the best record in the NBA, but it all came crumbling down with a Game 7 collapse to the Mavericks in the second round of the playoffs. Who knows how the season would've ended for the Bucks had Khris Middleton not missed their entire second-round series with the Celtics that went the distance. In addition to the 2022 NBA Draft being only a few days away, free agency opens at the end of the month.