Dominic McGuire

In going to ridiculous lengths to lose the season finale Thursday night, the Warriors’ post-Cohan management gave the clearest indication yet of its commitment to winning.  The Warriors started five rookies (the first time any team has done it...

“Pyrrhic victory” (noun) — a victory achieved at a great or excessive cost; a ruinous victory.  So called after the Greek king Pyrrhus, who, after suffering heavy losses in defeating the Romans in 279 B.C., said to those sent to c...

The first rule of tanking is to not talk about tanking.  So while it may be good sport to badger Mark Jackson and the Warriors’ players about their current attempt at a swan dive to the bottom seven of the NBA standings, the chances of getting...

The Warriors keep losing, but so do all the teams below them in the standings.  Wednesday’s 110-118 loss to the Blazer felt like many that came before it — the Warriors kept things close, but never really mounted a full-strength surge ag...

The Warriors’ streak of draft-pick saving losses now stands at five.  But if the team plays its upcoming road games like this one, that streak may be in jeopardy soon.  When the Warriors hit their threes (11-21) and take care of the ball (5 t...

Sun Tzu once observed that “[a]ll men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”  The Warriors won’t be conquering anything this season, but there’s strate...

Wednesday’s 87-102 loss to the New Orleans Hornets was one of the season’s worst defeats — or one of the best ones — depending on your perspective.  The Warriors haven’t looked more lifeless and passive in a game all ye...

The Warriors’ games against the Lakers the past few years can be sorted into two categories: losses and embarrassments.  Thanks to Dominic McGuire and Brandon Rush, Wednesday’s 101-104 match-up fell into the former category.  After bein...

I have no problem with the outcome of the Warriors’ 98-120 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.  But the way the Warriors lost it — particularly after two hard-fought games post-Ellis trade — leaves a lot to be desired.  The lack of healt...

Given the context, the Warriors’ 103-105 loss to the Boston Celtics in Oakland Wednesday was just about perfect.  The team played the same unselfish, energetic, aggressive brand of basketball that it debuted in Sacramento the night before.  W...

A weight has been lifted. I may end up regretting this win when the Warriors end up with the 8th pick.  But for now — in the context of the trade that just happened and with all the frustrations of the past few seasons still fresh — the...

For now, forget the playoff talk.  The Warriors should be focusing on correcting the mistakes that have left them below .500 for yet another season.  Sunday night, on the road, on the tail end of a back-to-back, against a playoff team, the Warriors...