Explain One Play for Warriors and Valkyries. GSV press credential. Founded ValkyrieNation.org, DubNationHQ.com. Past: SB Nation, BBallBreakdown.
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From yesterday
The Warriors organization asked me to make some videos for their YT channel. Here is the second video!
Explain: How Jimmy Butler III made Steve Kerr evolve the Warriors Offense
On waterbenders and earthbenders uniting and electromagnetic celebrations
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Jun 13
“Right, wrong, or indifferent, our success was going to set a bar for the future of this league.”
I spoke with Valkyries president Jess Smith and owner Joe Lacob about the strategy, investment, & vision behind Golden State’s impactful launch.
sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/jo…
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From morning:
WPBA pro development league kicks off season in Oakland, Jun 13-14
- FAQ on the only FIBA-sanctioned US pro dev league for women’s basketball
- plus my interview with CEO Faatimah A on the new WNBA CBA and the new WPBA combine recruiting the Top 100 college seniors
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Veronica Burton and Gabby Williams are stars in the backcourt, but Golden State has lingering questions in the frontcourt.
📝: @janekennyy sfstandard.com/2026/06/11/ve…
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WPBA pro development league kicks off season in Oakland, Jun 13-14
- FAQ on the only FIBA-sanctioned US pro dev league for women’s basketball
- plus my interview with CEO Faatimah A on the new WNBA CBA and the new WPBA combine recruiting the Top 100 college seniors
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Game 12 wrap: Valks go up big then barely hang on vs Phoenix, behind 25 from Veronica and Gabby
- live game notes
- advanced stats
- modeling a bowling ball rolling through bbq chicken
- estimating Ja’s irresponsibility buff
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After playing nearly 15 minutes a night to open the season, Laeticia Amihere has played just one in the last three games.
I talked to her about her playing time and how she's handling her minutes.
"It's my job."
Read it here: mercurynews.com/2026/06/08/i…
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I don’t know how well CHAW will do, but every good analyst needs to do a public reflection on how their methodology performed on past drafts, like this thread.
Jun 9
The last CHAW.
My big board before the draft, using the latest CHAWBPM technology. Filtered for players elligible for draft on nba.
Below will be the top 60 players of each year I've compiled CHAW on, along with some notable hits and misses from chaw compared to BPM/draft.
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Jun 9
The last CHAW.
My big board before the draft, using the latest CHAWBPM technology. Filtered for players elligible for draft on nba.
Below will be the top 60 players of each year I've compiled CHAW on, along with some notable hits and misses from chaw compared to BPM/draft.
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Juste Jocyte interviewed by Conrado Pascual at the recent meet and greet!
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Wrote about Gabby Williams’ career night against the Aces and how her decision to join the Valkyries makes more sense with every passing game 🙌🏽
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Golden State Valkyries reporter @janekennyy joins “Section 415” to discuss the evolution of the team since principal owner Joe Lacob paid a record $50 million expansion fee to establish it.
Listen to the full episode here: sf.news/4fY8c1m
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New Valkyries center Nadia Fingall:
* 27 yo 6-4, playing at high level in Spain
* 0.3 BLK/G (comp: Awa Fam 0.5 B/G same league)
* 5.4 REB/G (Awa 4.9)
* ~31% 3P, ~60% FT (bad sign for improving her 3P%)
* (Stanford career: 33% 3P, 60% FT)
* high volume (most 3s on Zaragoza!!)
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The #Valkyries are off to a hot start and assistant coach Kasib Powell is a big reason why.
Some pregame reading on why the former G-League MVP is has been instrumental in Golden State's player development:
mercurynews.com/2026/06/04/m…
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Jun 5
Postgame takeaways after the Valkyries lose a close one in Minnesota:
After the #Valkyries close loss to the Lynx, @joseph_dycus, @janekennyy and I broke down what went wrong gave our takeaways 10 games into the season.
Watch that here:
youtube.com/watch?v=sEmW_oTe…
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Game 9 wrap: Valkyries blow out Portland Fire, set team record for threes, contain returning Carla
- live game notes
- advanced stats
- on GSV's constantly changing pick and roll defense, plus the new world struggles to be born, now is the time of monsters
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