Warriors Off Court

After Golden State's blowout win over the Los Angeles Clippers in the last regular-season game at Oracle Arena, Chronicle beat writer Connor Letourneau and his predecessor, Rusty Simmons, sweep aside the confetti and talk about the final-night celebration, the We Believe team, and the Warriors' playoff prospects.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau made the trip down to Santa Cruz recently to get to know the Santa Cruz Warriors' Alen Smailagic, a 6-foot-10 power forward from Belgrade, Serbia who Golden State might be targeting in June's NBA draft. In this episode, Letourneau has interviews with Smailagic, Santa Cruz head coach Aaron Miles and Santa Cruz general manager Kent Lacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warriors center Andrew Bogut joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to discuss his circuitous route back to Golden State, which he won a championship with in 2015. Among the adversity he weathered in his two-plus years between Warriors stints: the death of his grandfather, a broken leg seconds into his first game with Cleveland and his wife’s high-risk pregnancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pabail Sidhu, Golden State’s director of analytics, joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to discuss his circuitous path to the Warriors, his behind-the-scenes role and the importance of number-crunching in the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to analyze what exactly is going on with the Warriors. Golden State has lost six of its past 10 games. And none of those defeats were worse than Sunday’s, when the Warriors fumbled away a 16-point first-quarter lead to fall to Phoenix for the first time in 19 meetings. With the playoffs little more than four weeks away, can Golden State get things back on track for the games that matter most? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warriors coach Steve Kerr sits down with San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Connor Letourneau to talk about his three-year tenure as the Phoenix Suns’ general manager, and how that front-office stint prepared him for his current role leading the back-to-back NBA champs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

San Francisco Chronicle sportswriters Connor Letourneau and Ron Kroichick sit down for an emergency episode to talk about the Warriors' surprising move to bring Andrew Bogut back for the playoff run. Bogut's been playing in the second-tier Australian league and hasn't exactly been lighting it up, but he's a traditional big man, something Golden State doesn't have, and will need this spring.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warriors sideline reporter Kerith Burke joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to discuss her career, being a woman in sports journalism and what it’s like being on the other end of those entertaining on-court interviews with Klay Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, sports columnist Scott Ostler sits down with beat writer Connor Letourneau to discuss how the Warriors are looking and examine the aftermath of Kevin Durant’s contentious postgame presser.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Ann Killion joins Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau to talk about Kevin Durant's emotional press conference Wednesday night following Golden State's 141-102 rout of the San Antonio Spurs. Durant broke a nine-day silence to take issue with reporters' coverage of his impending free agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports columnist Bruce Jenkins joins Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau to do a mock All-Star Game draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Warriors superstar sits down with Connor Letourneau to talk about his shooting range, how he feels about a possible four-point shot, and how he and Kevin Durant needle each other about their signature shoes. Then Connor talks to Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler about whether the Warriors are as unstoppable as they've looked lately, and the percentage chance of DeMarcus Cousins re-signing with the team.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports columnist Ann Killion joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to review DeMarcus Cousins’ Golden State debut and the team’s MLK showdown with LeBron James’ Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sportswriter Ron Kroichick joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to discuss what fans should expect from DeMarcus Cousins’ Golden State debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ann Killion joins Connor Letourneau to break down the Warriors at the season’s midway point.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran Golden State Warriors point guard Shaun Livingston sits down with San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Connor Letourneau to talk about his plans after basketball — which include a potential position in the Warriors front office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warriors players call assistant coach Bruce Fraser "Q" because he asks so many questions. He joins San Francisco Chronicle Golden State Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau to answer some questions about Stephen Curry's return, Fraser's long friendship with Steve Kerr and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golden State guard Quinn Cook talks to San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Connor Letourneau about the Warriors' current struggles, his time at Duke with Coach K, the Blue Devils who came before him and mentored him, playing in the G League, and the fraternity of players who come from Washington, D.C. — like Cook and teammate Kevin Durant.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golden State Warriors forward Alfonzo McKinnie is one of the NBA's biggest stories. He talks with Connor Letourneau about his journey, which took him from Wisconsin-Green Bay in the Horizon League, through overseas basketball and the G League, all the way to the NBA champs and a feature in the New York Times.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At 30, Steph Curry is  a husband, a father of three, a mature and thoughtful person who has a platform and isn't afraid to use it. In a wide-ranging interview with San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion, Curry talks about the issues he cares about, including one particularly close to his heart: gender equity.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices