Danny Emerman
@dannyemerman.bsky.social
Golden State Warriors beat writer for The San Francisco Standard
The Jonathan Kuminga roller coaster has about one straightaway left sfstandard.com/2025/12/11/j...
In a ‘show me league,’ Jonathan Kuminga has shown himself out of the Warriors’ rotation
Golden State’s schedule is a highway to Jan. 15, the date Kuminga becomes trade-eligible.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Jonathan Kuminga roller coaster has about one straightaway left sfstandard.com/2025/12/11/j...
Warriors waived 52nd overall pick Alex Toohey and replaced him with Malevy Leons on a two-way contract.
Leons, 26, was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference DPOY. Most recently in OKC's system. He'll wear No. 33. sfstandard.com/2025/12/08/m...
Leons, 26, was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference DPOY. Most recently in OKC's system. He'll wear No. 33. sfstandard.com/2025/12/08/m...
Why the Warriors are cutting ties with a 2025 second-round draft pick
Malevy Leons, a 6-foot-9 wing who has been in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s system, will replace Alex Toohey as one of Golden State’s two-way players.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Warriors waived 52nd overall pick Alex Toohey and replaced him with Malevy Leons on a two-way contract.
Leons, 26, was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference DPOY. Most recently in OKC's system. He'll wear No. 33. sfstandard.com/2025/12/08/m...
Leons, 26, was a two-time Missouri Valley Conference DPOY. Most recently in OKC's system. He'll wear No. 33. sfstandard.com/2025/12/08/m...
Jonathan Kuminga raw +/- this season:
First 5 games: +25
Next 12 games: -74
These things don’t last forever, but Kuminga is out of the rotation for now.
“No matter the time or circumstance, I just got to be ready to go out there and be impactful.”
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First 5 games: +25
Next 12 games: -74
These things don’t last forever, but Kuminga is out of the rotation for now.
“No matter the time or circumstance, I just got to be ready to go out there and be impactful.”
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The Warriors are coming home, and Jonathan Kuminga has been relegated to the bench
The 23-year-old wing received his first DNP of the season in Golden State’s rout of Chicago on Sunday night.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Jonathan Kuminga raw +/- this season:
First 5 games: +25
Next 12 games: -74
These things don’t last forever, but Kuminga is out of the rotation for now.
“No matter the time or circumstance, I just got to be ready to go out there and be impactful.”
sfstandard.com/2025/12/08/j...
First 5 games: +25
Next 12 games: -74
These things don’t last forever, but Kuminga is out of the rotation for now.
“No matter the time or circumstance, I just got to be ready to go out there and be impactful.”
sfstandard.com/2025/12/08/j...
Energized by “that MFer” Pat Spencer, Warriors get an exhale win by shocking Cavs.
Now they have a chance to stack on it in Chicago tonight.
“I think the older guys, they love when you get wins like this one. Galvanizes the group.”
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Now they have a chance to stack on it in Chicago tonight.
“I think the older guys, they love when you get wins like this one. Galvanizes the group.”
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In dire need of some good vibes, Pat Spencer and the Warriors stun the Cavaliers
The former college lacrosse player is grabbing his moment “by the neck.”
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December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Energized by “that MFer” Pat Spencer, Warriors get an exhale win by shocking Cavs.
Now they have a chance to stack on it in Chicago tonight.
“I think the older guys, they love when you get wins like this one. Galvanizes the group.”
sfstandard.com/2025/12/07/d...
Now they have a chance to stack on it in Chicago tonight.
“I think the older guys, they love when you get wins like this one. Galvanizes the group.”
sfstandard.com/2025/12/07/d...
Pat Spencer’s story could’ve ended at Northwestern, and it would’ve been an incredible arc. Lacrosse legend to D1 hooper. But no. He told his mom on senior night, “I’m not done yet.”
Man, was he right.
Spencer’s show goes on.
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Man, was he right.
Spencer’s show goes on.
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The rise of the Warriors’ Pat Spencer is straight out of a sports movie
Steph Curry’s injury created an opportunity. A former college lacrosse player is seizing it.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Pat Spencer’s story could’ve ended at Northwestern, and it would’ve been an incredible arc. Lacrosse legend to D1 hooper. But no. He told his mom on senior night, “I’m not done yet.”
Man, was he right.
Spencer’s show goes on.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/06/p...
Man, was he right.
Spencer’s show goes on.
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Doesn’t sound like Draymond Green’s injury will sideline him for extended time, but the old Warriors need an ice bath. The second wave Ws haven’t been able to pick up the slack.
Old teams get hurt. But GSW needs the latter to change if they’re going to tread water.
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Old teams get hurt. But GSW needs the latter to change if they’re going to tread water.
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As the Warriors take a ‘gut punch,’ it’s time for the second wave to step up
Draymond Green left the Xfinity Mobile Arena in a walking boot after a comeback bid led by players deep on Golden State’s bench was thwarted.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Doesn’t sound like Draymond Green’s injury will sideline him for extended time, but the old Warriors need an ice bath. The second wave Ws haven’t been able to pick up the slack.
Old teams get hurt. But GSW needs the latter to change if they’re going to tread water.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/05/d...
Old teams get hurt. But GSW needs the latter to change if they’re going to tread water.
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Little Warriors notebook dump before their rematch with the defending champs tonight: sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/s...
The Seth Curry delay, Chris DeMarco’s offramp, and the Warriors’ backcourt logjam
De’Anthony Melton’s anticipated return will force Steve Kerr to make tough decisions as he prepares to change the Warriors’ rotations.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Little Warriors notebook dump before their rematch with the defending champs tonight: sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/s...
Kevon Looney and why we love sports sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/k...
Kevon Looney’s return reminds the Warriors why they miss the fan favorite
“We’ve felt his absence this year, in the locker room more than anything,” Draymond Green said. “He played such a vital role in the pulse of the team.”
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November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Kevon Looney and why we love sports sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/k...
Warriors expected to sign Seth Curry this week, per ESPN. They've had the space to do it for some time now, but every day gave them a little more breathing room below the 2nd apron hard cap. sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/s...
The Warriors’ roster puzzle will feature a new piece: Seth Curry
The brothers are set to become teammates for the first time since they played together at Charlotte Christian in high school.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Warriors expected to sign Seth Curry this week, per ESPN. They've had the space to do it for some time now, but every day gave them a little more breathing room below the 2nd apron hard cap. sfstandard.com/2025/11/30/s...
Quarter-season check-in: what we learned through the first 20 Warriors games sfstandard.com/2025/11/28/s...
4 things we learned about the Warriors in their first 20 games
The Warriors are .500 after starting the first quarter of their season with way too many bad losses. Here’s what they’ve taught us so far.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Quarter-season check-in: what we learned through the first 20 Warriors games sfstandard.com/2025/11/28/s...
Thankful to cover a team that’s always interesting sfstandard.com/2025/11/27/d...
Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler sound off after Warriors lose to Rockets
Steph Curry exited with a right quad contusion and the Warriors were exposed on the offensive glass by a depleted Rockets team.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thankful to cover a team that’s always interesting sfstandard.com/2025/11/27/d...
Latest on Jonathan Kuminga, who missed his sixth straight game last night with a mysterious bilateral knee injury: sfstandard.com/2025/11/25/j...
What the heck is going on with Jonathan Kuminga’s injury?
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said “I don’t have any clarity” before Kuminga missed his sixth straight game with bilateral knee tendinitis.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Latest on Jonathan Kuminga, who missed his sixth straight game last night with a mysterious bilateral knee injury: sfstandard.com/2025/11/25/j...
Warriors with a bad loss to start their first home stand of the season. One-off fluke or sign of trouble ahead? sfstandard.com/2025/11/22/s...
‘It’s a concern’: The Warriors fall to .500 as the Blazers expose a glaring flaw
Golden State lost the rebounding battle 52 to 32 on Friday and lost at Chase Center for the first time this season.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Warriors with a bad loss to start their first home stand of the season. One-off fluke or sign of trouble ahead? sfstandard.com/2025/11/22/s...
Longtime Warriors assistant Chris DeMarco had gotten promoted to the front of the bench for the first time this year. Now he’s got a bigger promotion. sfstandard.com/2025/11/21/c...
Warriors assistant Chris DeMarco bolts to become New York Liberty coach
DeMarco had worked on Golden State’s staff prior to Steve Kerr’s arrival and his departure creates a void at the front of the bench.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Longtime Warriors assistant Chris DeMarco had gotten promoted to the front of the bench for the first time this year. Now he’s got a bigger promotion. sfstandard.com/2025/11/21/c...
All things considered, the Warriors are in a pretty good spot. The most taxing pocket of their schedule is behind them, and their core is intact.
"I think we’ll be grateful we’re not doing this on the back end of the year.”
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"I think we’ll be grateful we’re not doing this on the back end of the year.”
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The hardest part is over for the Warriors — at least for now
Golden State just wrapped up its fifth back-to-back in as many weeks. No other team has played more than three.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
All things considered, the Warriors are in a pretty good spot. The most taxing pocket of their schedule is behind them, and their core is intact.
"I think we’ll be grateful we’re not doing this on the back end of the year.”
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"I think we’ll be grateful we’re not doing this on the back end of the year.”
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Curry haymakers, Wemby ridiculousness, Kerr invoking the old Bulls... tons of great stuff from the Warriors victory in San Antonio -- and a great gamer via @dannyemerman.bsky.social
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Steph Curry and the Warriors slayed the Spurs twice, and it was absolute cinema
Any time Curry and Victor Wembanyama square off, no matter the continent, it’s must-see TV.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Curry haymakers, Wemby ridiculousness, Kerr invoking the old Bulls... tons of great stuff from the Warriors victory in San Antonio -- and a great gamer via @dannyemerman.bsky.social
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Warriors’ defensive rating with Draymond Green on the floor? 2nd.
Warriors’ defensive rating with him off? 26th.
Draymond vs Wemby vol. 2 tonight
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Warriors’ defensive rating with him off? 26th.
Draymond vs Wemby vol. 2 tonight
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Draymond Green remains the Warriors’ great equalizer
With Green on the floor, the team has an elite defense. Without him, it has one of the worst.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Warriors’ defensive rating with Draymond Green on the floor? 2nd.
Warriors’ defensive rating with him off? 26th.
Draymond vs Wemby vol. 2 tonight
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Warriors’ defensive rating with him off? 26th.
Draymond vs Wemby vol. 2 tonight
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The blowout in Oklahoma City was just a 4 out of 10 on the Curry Crisis Scale. But it was enough to confirm the Warriors needed to shake things up.
With a shuffled lineup, Warriors bounce back with a massive win in San Antonio. sfstandard.com/2025/11/13/s...
With a shuffled lineup, Warriors bounce back with a massive win in San Antonio. sfstandard.com/2025/11/13/s...
‘The art of getting out of the way’: New lineup, Steph Curry lift Warriors to win
Jimmy Butler said the Warriors enabled “Steph do what he’s been doing for so many years” while Draymond Green locked up Victor Wembanyama against the Spurs.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The blowout in Oklahoma City was just a 4 out of 10 on the Curry Crisis Scale. But it was enough to confirm the Warriors needed to shake things up.
With a shuffled lineup, Warriors bounce back with a massive win in San Antonio. sfstandard.com/2025/11/13/s...
With a shuffled lineup, Warriors bounce back with a massive win in San Antonio. sfstandard.com/2025/11/13/s...
The Warriors were already sliding. Then the defending champs took it to them so bad they started pointing fingers. From OKC, on the Warriors’ personal agendas, commitment to winning, and everybody being honest with themselves sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/d...
Alarms ring after Warriors get trounced by defending champs in Oklahoma City
The Thunder exposed some of Golden State’s flaws in Tuesday’s 126-102 drubbing
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November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Warriors were already sliding. Then the defending champs took it to them so bad they started pointing fingers. From OKC, on the Warriors’ personal agendas, commitment to winning, and everybody being honest with themselves sfstandard.com/2025/11/12/d...
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Great stuff from Lacob, Guber, Welts & Curry via @dannyemerman.bsky.social in this piece looking back 15 years since Lacob & Guber bought the Warriors >>
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‘How could you have more fun?’ Joe Lacob, Peter Guber, and 15 years owning the Warriors
A decade and a half after buying the franchise, a dreamer and an industrialist reflect on why their partnership’s worked, and what comes next.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great stuff from Lacob, Guber, Welts & Curry via @dannyemerman.bsky.social in this piece looking back 15 years since Lacob & Guber bought the Warriors >>
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New pod!
Another reason not to overreact to Warriors’ 5-4 start: the West is shallower than expected.
Jazz/Pels/Suns don’t have the talent. Grizz have real tire fire potential. Mavs offense is gross. Clips look creaky. Kangz. Some weird vibes in MIN (27th in DRTG??).
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Another reason not to overreact to Warriors’ 5-4 start: the West is shallower than expected.
Jazz/Pels/Suns don’t have the talent. Grizz have real tire fire potential. Mavs offense is gross. Clips look creaky. Kangz. Some weird vibes in MIN (27th in DRTG??).
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Section 415: Making sense of the Warriors’ uneven start
Steve Kerr’s team has lost winnable games on the road, and a daunting schedule won’t get easier anytime soon.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New pod!
Another reason not to overreact to Warriors’ 5-4 start: the West is shallower than expected.
Jazz/Pels/Suns don’t have the talent. Grizz have real tire fire potential. Mavs offense is gross. Clips look creaky. Kangz. Some weird vibes in MIN (27th in DRTG??).
sfstandard.com/section-415/...
Another reason not to overreact to Warriors’ 5-4 start: the West is shallower than expected.
Jazz/Pels/Suns don’t have the talent. Grizz have real tire fire potential. Mavs offense is gross. Clips look creaky. Kangz. Some weird vibes in MIN (27th in DRTG??).
sfstandard.com/section-415/...
Steph Curry, visibly under the weather after last night's win over Phoenix, won't play tonight against the Kings in Sacramento.
He probably won't be the only one on the sidelines.
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He probably won't be the only one on the sidelines.
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Rugged schedule, Steph Curry’s illness force Warriors to take early precautions
Head coach Steve Kerr already ruled out Curry, who has been dealing with an illness, for Wednesday’s game in Sacramento.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Steph Curry, visibly under the weather after last night's win over Phoenix, won't play tonight against the Kings in Sacramento.
He probably won't be the only one on the sidelines.
sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/s...
He probably won't be the only one on the sidelines.
sfstandard.com/2025/11/05/s...
Kenny Hatch is an underdog, a hoops junkie, an SF native, small business owner.
Now, the basketball skills trainer made a $4 million bet on himself and the Bay’s future hoopers: sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...
Now, the basketball skills trainer made a $4 million bet on himself and the Bay’s future hoopers: sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...
The Warriors’ new neighbor? A personal basketball trainer with a $4 million gym
Kenny Hatch was cut four times during high school. Now, he’s coaching the next generation of local hoopers at a brand-new gym in San Francisco.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Kenny Hatch is an underdog, a hoops junkie, an SF native, small business owner.
Now, the basketball skills trainer made a $4 million bet on himself and the Bay’s future hoopers: sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...
Now, the basketball skills trainer made a $4 million bet on himself and the Bay’s future hoopers: sfstandard.com/2025/11/04/b...
A look at the Warriors’ troubling 2-game trip to the Midwest, with a couple behind-the-scenes nuggets sfstandard.com/2025/11/02/w...
Warriors hit first speed bump of season with rough losses to Bucks, Pacers
The Warriors squandered two prime chances to pad their hot start while on the road in Milwaukee and Indiana.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A look at the Warriors’ troubling 2-game trip to the Midwest, with a couple behind-the-scenes nuggets sfstandard.com/2025/11/02/w...
Teams are picking up ball-handlers higher on the court, pressing a ton. The Warriors have a counter to the early-season trend.
Introducing “The Wash,” an assistant coach’s metaphor for the havoc Steph Curry wreaks in the middle third of the court sfstandard.com/2025/10/31/s...
Introducing “The Wash,” an assistant coach’s metaphor for the havoc Steph Curry wreaks in the middle third of the court sfstandard.com/2025/10/31/s...
Steph Curry in ‘The Wash’: The Warriors star is the perfect counter to NBA pressure
“The Wash,” a term coined by Golden State assistant Kris Weems, refers to early offense the 17-year superstar generates in the open floor.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Teams are picking up ball-handlers higher on the court, pressing a ton. The Warriors have a counter to the early-season trend.
Introducing “The Wash,” an assistant coach’s metaphor for the havoc Steph Curry wreaks in the middle third of the court sfstandard.com/2025/10/31/s...
Introducing “The Wash,” an assistant coach’s metaphor for the havoc Steph Curry wreaks in the middle third of the court sfstandard.com/2025/10/31/s...