Shayna Rubin is a multimedia reporter covering the Oakland Athletics. She is a Bay Area native who spent the last five years covering the A's and Giants for various publications and worked as a digital producer for the Pac-12 Network.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates with the fans after the Warriors defeated the Sacramento Kings in an NBA preseason game at the Chase Center in San Francisco last week. SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry was in unfamiliar territory. He’d won four championships. He’d missed the playoffs entirely. But the Warriors’ West semifinal elimination last year marked the first time since 2014 that Curry had been kicked from the playoffs to his couch before the Finals.
Post-championship malaise dulled the Warriors’ drive last year. Then they lost their identity before the season even began when Green punched Jordan Poole in training camp. Green lost his voice in the locker room and the team walked through the season on eggshells, losing most of their road games and barely escaping the play-in as a sixth seed. Poole was traded to Washington for longtime rival Chris Paul — the front office’s fear of lingering chemistry issues was part of the reason.
Those workouts weren’t just about getting familiar on the court, but off it, too. They had team dinners and hung out together. Paul, a longtime Warriors rival, made sure to be there and even took a 6 a.m. Southwest flight from Los Angeles to join his teammates in San Francisco. Thompson took some of the rookies on the boat he rides to and from Chase Center.
“Last year coming off a championship, there’s urgency but you’re celebrating a little bit,” Kevon Looney said. “This year, out in the second round, short of our goal. You have new guys in and everyone is hungry. It’s a different type of urgency, you can tell from the players and coaching staff. The way we run drills, this has been one of the most coaching and detailed training camp we’ve had. So it’s fun and there’s a lot of urgency.
“I think the clarity we have as a coaching staff, we can see where this team is going,” Kerr said. “That’s a great sign.”Miss Manners: The bride's dress code for wedding guests strikes me as pretentiousAsk Amy: Am I wrong to promise him a baby if he agrees not to go to war?Oakland man allegedly made $20 fentanyl deal in San Francisco. The next day he had a tracking device on his car
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