Warriors Off Court
193 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 61 ratingsGolden State Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau discusses one of the world’s most interesting basketball teams. The show covers the 2015, '17 and '18 NBA champions through a mix of commentary and interviews with key players and members of the team’s organization.
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Episodes
All-Star Game Mock Draft
February 06, 2019 12:00 - 22 minutesSports 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
Stephen Curry on Shooting From 30
January 31, 2019 12:00 - 29 minutesThe 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
Breaking Down a Newsy LA Trip
January 21, 2019 21:05 - 21 minutesSports 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
Previewing DeMarcus Cousins’ Warriors Debut
January 17, 2019 17:55 - 28 minutesSportswriter 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
Midseason Review: Why Fans Shouldn't Worry About the Disappointing First Half
January 09, 2019 22:02 - 27 minutesAnn 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
Shaun Livingston, Warriors Executive?
December 17, 2018 22:41 - 15 minutesVeteran 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
Bruce Fraser, Stephen Curry's favorite assistant coach
December 04, 2018 18:39 - 17 minutesWarriors 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
Quinn Cook on Duke, the G League and Kevin Durant
November 21, 2018 00:42 - 18 minutesGolden 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
Alfonzo McKinnie on being a big NBA story
November 13, 2018 16:48 - 15 minutesGolden 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
Steph Curry speaks
November 09, 2018 20:57 - 26 minutesAt 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
Warriors President Rick Welts
November 05, 2018 14:00 - 30 minutesGolden State Warriors president and Hall of Famer Rick Welts sits down with San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Connor Letourneau to talk about the Warriors' fast start, the experience of building the Chase Center, the team's new San Francisco arena, and the way the Warriors plan to keep "one foot firmly planted on both sides of San Francisco Bay." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jonas Jerebko on fitting in with his new team
October 22, 2018 20:52 - 16 minutesIn Episode 32 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, forward Jonas Jerebko sits down with beat writer Connor Letourneau to discuss how he's fitting in with his new team. Jerebko, who hit the game-winning tip-in in Utah on Friday, also talks about getting revenge over a club that waived him in July. Less than a month into practicing with the Warriors, the Swedish big man is starting to feel at home with Golden State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve Kerr talks baseball with John Shea
October 18, 2018 23:06 - 22 minutesLong before he became an NBA champion as a player and coach, baseball was Steve Kerr's best sport. In high school he twice pitched at Dodger Stadium in city championship games — once on the wrong end of Bret Saberhagen's no-hitter. To this day he roots for the Dodgers, but as an East Bay resident, he says he'd love to go to games at a new A's ballpark. San Francisco Chronicle national baseball writer John Shea sits down with Kerr to talk ball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Draymond Green opens up about trying 2017-18 season
October 15, 2018 14:09 - 18 minutesIn episode. 30 of Warriors Off Court, San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Connor Letourneau catches up with forward Draymond Green, who opens up about why last season was so difficult for him and why he feels good heading into Golden State's opener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Warriors assistant coach Ron Adams
October 08, 2018 22:16 - 33 minutesIn Episode 29 of Warriors Off Court, San Francisco Chronicle Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau sits down with Warriors assistant coach Ron Adams to discuss Damian Jones' development, DeMarcus Cousins' fit and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Warriors Media Day 2019
September 25, 2018 06:19 - 29 minutesIn Episode 28 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, sports columnist Bruce Jenkins joins Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down Warriors media day and look ahead to training camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DeMarcus Cousins' meets Warriors media
July 20, 2018 19:51 - 29 minutesSan Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Bruce Jenkins joins Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down DeMarcus Cousins’ introductory presser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scott Ostler breaks down the Warriors' summer
July 13, 2018 15:13 - 34 minutesSan Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler and assistant sports editor Janny Hu take you behind the scenes of Warriors summer league in Las Vegas, where Scott rang DeMarcus Cousins' doorbell and chatted with NBA execs about the Warriors' unprecedented stockpiling of All-Stars. Plus, Steph and Dell Curry renew their golf rivalry at the American Century Celeb Championship in Tahoe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NBA Draft 2018: Jacob Evans
June 22, 2018 16:25 - 29 minutesIn Episode 25 of Warriors Off Court, sports columnist Ann Killion joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down Golden State's showing in the NBA draft, where it took Cincinnati forward Jacob Evans with the 28th pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Warriors championship wrap-up
June 09, 2018 18:53 - 30 minutesIn Episode 24 of Warriors Off Court, sports columnists Scott Ostler and Ann Killion join beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down Golden State's championship-clinching win over the Cavaliers and look back on another memorable Warriors season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NBA Finals 2018: Kevin Durant and Game 3
June 07, 2018 17:38 - 26 minutesIn Episode 23 of Warriors Off Court, sports columnist Scott Ostler joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down Golden State's Game 3 win over the Cavaliers and look ahead to Game 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NBA Finals 2018 Game 3 preview
June 05, 2018 16:38 - 29 minutesIn Ep. 22 of Warriors Off Court, San Francisco Chronicle sports columnists Ann Killion and Scott Ostler join beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down Golden State's Game 2 win over the Cavs and look ahead to Game 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NBA Finals Game 1 drama
June 01, 2018 23:32 - 30 minutesIn this episode, San Francisco Chronicle Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau breaks down the Golden State's thrilling and bizarre Game 1 win over the Cavs in the NBA Finals. Along with columnist Ann Killion and assistant sports editor Janny Hu, Letourneau discusses how J.R. Smith's blunder at the end of regulation overshadowed a monster game from LeBron James, the fallout from the teams' overtime skirmish and what adjustments the Warriors can make ahead of Game 2. Learn more about your ad ...
2018 NBA Finals preview
May 31, 2018 00:35 - 24 minutesIn Episode 20 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, sports columnist Ann Killion joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to preview Golden State's NBA Finals matchup with Cleveland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It all comes down to Game 7
May 27, 2018 16:03 - 31 minutesIn Episode 19 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, sports columnist Ann Killion joins beat writer Connor Letourneau to break down Golden State's Game 6 win over the Rockets in the Western Conference finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Warriors vs. Rockets Game 2 preview
May 15, 2018 22:02 - 30 minutesIn Episode 18 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau and Jonathan Feigen — the Rockets' beat writer for the Houston Chronicle — break down the Warriors' Game 1 win in the conference finals and look ahead to Game 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Western Conference finals preview
May 11, 2018 14:33 - 31 minutesIn Episode 17 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, beat writer Connor Letourneau and sports columnist Ann Killion preview the long-awaited Western Conference finals showdown between Golden State and Houston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here come the Pelicans
April 27, 2018 20:16 - 32 minutesIn Episode 16 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau and sports columnist Scott Ostler preview Golden State's second-round series against the New Orleans Pelicans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Game 3 wrap-up and grading San Antonio's Mexican restaurants
April 20, 2018 23:01 - 35 minutesIn Episode 15 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau and sports columnist Scott Ostler break down the Warriors’ Game 3 win over the San Antonio Spurs. They go on to lift the curtain on life on the road in the playoffs, detailing their favorite aspect of San Antonio: all the delicious Mexican food. Letourneau and Ostler also look ahead a bit to a potential Western Conference semifinals between Golden State and the Pelicans. Learn more about your ad choice...
Warriors' game one win over Spurs
April 18, 2018 14:20 - 25 minutesIn this episode, The Chronicle’s Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau and sports columnist Scott Ostler break down the Warriors’ game one win in the first-round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Taking on the Spurs
April 13, 2018 05:22 - 30 minutesIn this episode, The Chronicle's Golden State beat writer Connor Letourneau, sports editor Al Saracevic and sports columnist Scott Ostler sit down to preview the Warriors’ first-round series against the San Antonio Spurs and grade the Warriors’ regular season. Can Golden State turn on the proverbial switch in the playoffs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Quinn Cook and Kevon Looney step up
March 30, 2018 07:13 - 34 minutesIn Episode 12 of the Warriors Off Court podcast, the Chronicle's Golden State Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu discuss Quinn Cook's emergence, what the Warriors can get out of the rest of regular season, and how the team can overcome Stephen Curry's absence in the first round of the playoffs. Additionally, Connor chats with forward Kevon Looney, who has made the most of his uptick in minutes with so many players injured. Learn more about your ad choi...
Stephen Curry at 30
March 09, 2018 08:03 - 29 minutesIn this episode of Warriors Off-Court, beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu are joined by colleague Ron Kroichick for a roundtable on Stephen Curry's upcoming 30th birthday. The trio breaks down Curry The trio breaks down Curry's evolution from a baby-faced guard at Davidson to two-time NBA MVP, and his plans to delay Father Time in extending his basketball career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
All-Star 2018 Edition
February 25, 2018 00:54 - 29 minutesIn this episode of the San Francisco Chronicle’s NBA podcast, Golden State Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau teams up with Chronicle sports columnist Scott Ostler for a special edition from All-Star weekend in Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What's wrong with the Warriors?
February 25, 2018 00:53 - 33 minutesSan Francisco Chronicle Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu break down what's been wrong with the Warriors lately, and assess trade deadline moves around the NBA in this episode of the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are the Celtics now the class of the East?
February 25, 2018 00:51 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu break down the Warriors’ ugly loss to Utah on the heels of a thrilling matchup with Boston. Are the Celtics now the class of the East? Letourneau and Hu also discuss how major injuries in the last week are impacting the playoff landscape, and look ahead to the NBA’s upcoming Feb. 8 trade deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
All-Star Draft: Team Ostler vs. Team Jenkins
February 25, 2018 00:49 - 24 minutesSan Francisco Chronicle assistant sports editor Janny Hu hosts this special edition of Warriors Off Court as sports columnists Scott Ostler and Bruce Jenkins pick their All-Star teams using the NBA’s new draft format. Kevin Durant or Giannis Antetokounmpo? James Harden or Kyrie Irving? Who’s on your dream team? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kevin Durant on Texas
February 25, 2018 00:47 - 42 minutesIn this episode, Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu discuss Stephen Curry’s latest ankle injury – expected to be minor – as well as Kevin Durant’s return from a calf strain. Letourneau and Durant chat 1-on-1 about KD’s trip home to alma mater Texas, where the two spent Friday morning as Durant was honored for his $3 million donation to the school. Letourneau and Hu also debate the Warriors’ midseason awards and grades – Klay Thompson as MVP, anyone? Le...
How smallball lineups affects the Warriors' centers
February 25, 2018 00:44 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu talk about the NBA's trend toward smallball lineups and how it affects the team's glut of centers, including JaVale McGee, Zaza Pachulia and Jordan Bell. Letourneau and Hu debate whether Kevin Durant could really be this season's Defensive Player of the Year. Letourneau talks with Bell and assistant coach Bruce Fraser about the impending return of Stephen Curry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Kevin Durant's leadership, fun facts about Klay Thompson and Draymond Green's pending return
February 25, 2018 00:42 - 36 minutesThis week, Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu dive into Kevin Durant's leadership, fun facts about Klay Thompson and Draymond Green's pending return. Letourneau also sits down with Omri Casspi to discuss his wizardry away from the ball, and we look ahead to the Warriors annual Christmas Day showdown against LeBron James and the Cavaliers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
the silver linings of Stephen Curry’s ankle injury for Kevin Durant and Shaun Livingston
February 25, 2018 00:39 - 40 minutesIn our latest episode, Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu explore the silver linings of Stephen Curry’s ankle injury, particularly for Kevin Durant and Shaun Livingston. Listen to Letourneau’s in-depth conversation with Livingston about his journey back from 2007’s gruesome knee injury. Letourneau and Hu also discuss Kobe Bryant’s upcoming jersey retirement ceremony – slated for halftime of the Warriors-Lakers game Dec. 18 in Los Angeles – and Bryant’s impact on this generation o...
Stephen Curry’s ankle injury, Kevin Durant, and Quinn Cook’s journey from the G-League
February 25, 2018 00:36 - 25 minutesIn this episode, San Francisco Chronicle Warriors beat writer Connor Letourneau and assistant sports editor Janny Hu discuss Stephen Curry’s ankle injury, its impact on Kevin Durant, and Quinn Cook’s journey from the G-League to the Warriors’ starting lineup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jordan Bell's minutes and the longest road trip of the season
January 30, 2018 21:19 - 26 minutesGolden State Warriors' big man Jordan Bell talks with host Connor Letourneau about his playing time. Connor and Janny also reflect on the longest road trip of the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices