<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-draymond-green-double-down-cussing-buddy-hield');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Draymond Green doubles down on cussing out Buddy Hield');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Warriors-news-Draymond-Green-doubles-down-on-cussing-out-Buddy-Hield.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors’ Draymond Green doubles down on cussing out Buddy Hield</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-29T07:02:50-08:00">December 29th, 7:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-29T11:18:41-08:00">December 29th, 11:18am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After starting the season off strong, the Golden State Warriors have found themselves in the middle of the pack in the Western Conference, and are trying to find answers. They were on the cusp of losing their fourth straight game, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-draymond-green-eye-opening-admission-jordan-poole-incident">Draymond Green wanted to light a fire</a> under Buddy Hield, which was caught on the hot mic.</p><p>“Wake the f–k up. Or go sit the f–k down. S–t,” Green said to Hield.</p><p>After the game, Green was asked about what he said to Hield, and he <a href="https://x.com/anthonyVslater/status/1873235520740049294" rel="noopener">had a long response</a> but ultimately said he didn’t care if the mic caught him saying what he said.</p><p>“As a leader you have to try different methods. Sometimes you go to a guy, sometimes you don’t,” Green told reporters. “I’ve played with Buddy now for 30 games. Trying to learn what makes him tick, you’ve got to try different methods. Jonathan Kuminga, I go to, and I say, ‘Hey, this is what I need you to do. Look at this this way.’ He’ll go do it. If I yell at him, I don’t think he’s going to do it. He [won’t] listen.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Microphones caught Draymond Green lighting into Buddy Hield tonight (“Wake the f*** up or go sit the f*** down”).</p><p>He went into detail about that moment and the general leadership this team needs. </p><p>“Mics catch everything today. I don’t care. I’ll say it right into the mic.” <a href="https://t.co/phIqnncLfo">pic.twitter.com/phIqnncLfo</a></p><p>— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1873235520740049294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I’ve happened to play a lot of championship basketball, a lot of meaningful basketball. Buddy hasn’t had the opportunity to play a lot of meaningful basketball in this league,” Green continued. “Guess what? It’s our job to make sure he understands what that means.</p><p>“If people don’t like it, so be it. That’s why they don’t have four championships and I do.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-draymond-green-eye-opening-admission-jordan-poole-incident">Draymond Green has never shied away</a> from speaking his mind, but it also shows that he is trying to be the best leader he can be. The Warriors ended up winning the game against the Phoenix Suns, so whatever he ended up saying to Hield must’ve worked.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Draymond Green doubles down on cussing out Buddy Hield

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-steph-curry-eye-opening-buddy-hield-endorsement');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Stephen Curry drops eye-opening Buddy Hield endorsement');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Steph-Curry-drops-eye-opening-Buddy-Hield-endorsement.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors’ Stephen Curry drops eye-opening Buddy Hield endorsement</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-10T11:29:57-08:00">December 10th, 11:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-10T11:29:57-08:00">December 10th, 11:29am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-steve-kerr-react-to-draymond-greens-night-night-celebration">Golden State Warriors have righted the ship</a> as of late, winning a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-reveals-secret-behind-lineup-change-timberwolves">thrilling contest over the Minnesota Timberwolves</a> on Sunday evening to push their 2024-25 record to 14-9. Golden State had been in a bit of a rough patch, compounded by a brief injury absence for Stephen Curry, but Sunday’s inspiring win over a team that has owned them over the last couple of seasons should generate some confidence for the squad moving forward.</p><p>A big reason why the Warriors were able to rally to defeat Minnesota was a late corner three pointer from Buddy Hield, who has been a huge part of Golden State’s success so far this season.</p><p>Recently, Curry broke down <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1866557062987255875" rel="noopener">what he’s seen</a> from Hield as a member of the Warriors.</p><p>“He loves the game… He probably puts more hours in the gym than I think I’ve ever seen anybody… He’ll bring joy to the locker room, to the plane. No matter where we’re at, you’re going to hear him. And I think he lifts everybody up because he’s got a great sense of humor… You appreciate everything he brings,” said Curry, per the Warriors on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>Can the Warriors contend this year?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Curry-vs-Minnesota.jpg"><figcaption>David Gonzales-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The early returns on the Warriors’ 2024-25 season have been promising, if nothing else.</p><p>After Klay Thompson departed the team for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason, many were wondering whether the team would have enough firepower around Stephen Curry to keep opposing defenses honest. At least through a month and change, Hield has been able to provide that, consistently torching teams from beyond the arc and establishing himself as a fringe candidate for the Sixth Man of the Year award.</p><p>Still, there are times, particularly in recent losses against the Phoenix Suns and the first of the two games against the Timberwolves, where Golden State’s lack of a true number two option for Curry has become quite glaring, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Mike Dunleavy and company try to swing a trade for such a player at the deadline this year.</p><p>In any case, the Warriors will next take the floor on Wednesday evening in the knockout round of the NBA Cup tournament on the road vs the Houston Rockets. That game is slated to tip off at 9:30 PM ET and will be carried nationally by TNT.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Stephen Curry drops eye-opening Buddy Hield endorsement

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-buddy-hield-reveals-dubs-reignited-love-basketball');   ga('set', 'title', 'Buddy Hield reveals how Warriors reignited his ‘love for basketball’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Buddy-Hield-reveals-how-Warriors-reignited-his-love-for-basketball.jpg"></figure><h1>Buddy Hield reveals how Warriors reignited his ‘love for basketball’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T15:04:14-08:00">December 9th, 3:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T15:04:29-08:00">December 9th, 3:04pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Golden State Warriors are off to a 14-9 start and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-buddy-hield-hits-sharpshooter-milestone-spurs">forward Buddy Hield is a big reason for it</a>. He’s evidently found a home in the Bay Area, putting up very solid numbers so far. Hield is averaging 14.5 points on 43% shooting from three-point land.</p><p>Following a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday where he dropped 27 points, Hield revealed how the Warriors have<a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1866230209675931929" rel="noopener"> helped him find “his love for basketball”</a> again.</p><p>Via ClutchPoints:</p><p>“Last year I didn’t have that love [for basketball]… We wanted to find a team that I can feel appreciated and loved, you know Steph and Steve reaching out to me in free agency and communicating, just being here with Steve, Steph, and Draymond and everybody around here, putting their arms around me and helping me get back to my old self,” Hield said. “This team is just unselfish, they make the right play, they play the way I wanna play, on and off the court it’s a great group of guys to be around.</p><p>You know, I haven’t won yet in this league so being around these guys, you wanna learn how to win, you wanna see how they do things, being in here I’m just being a sponge, I’m keeping my eyes open to everything they do.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-complete-buddy-hield-sign-and-trade-with-76ers">Hield was acquired in a sign-and-trade with the Philadelphia 76ers</a> and ultimately inked a two-year, $21 million deal with the Warriors. There’s also a partially guaranteed $3 million for a third year and a player option for a fourth. Hield’s style of play has been a perfect fit for Steve Kerr’s squad.</p><p>The former Oklahoma standout has always been known a solid three-point shooter and Golden State needed another player who can make it rain from long range after losing Klay Thompson in free agency to the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>The Dubs are winning and Hield is having fun. Needless to say, they’ve helped him find that passion for the game again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Buddy Hield reveals how Warriors reignited his ‘love for basketball’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-buddy-hield-takes-jab-76ers-praising-stephen-curry-dubs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Buddy Hield takes jab at 76ers while praising Stephen Curry, Dubs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Warriors-news-Buddy-Hield-takes-jab-at-76ers-while-praising-Stephen-Curry-Dubs.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors’ Buddy Hield takes jab at 76ers while praising Stephen Curry, Dubs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T14:24:23-08:00">December 9th, 2:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T14:41:47-08:00">December 9th, 2:41pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Buddy Hield spoke about how much he loves playing for his new team, the Golden State Warriors, while his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers, caught a stray.</p><p>After head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-reveals-secret-behind-lineup-change-timberwolves">Steve Kerr’s lineup change before Sunday’s matchup</a>, Hield made seven threes en route to 27 points in a 114-106 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Starting alongside Stephen Curry (30 points), he flourished offensively and reflected on his trying campaign in 2023-24.</p><p>Hield, the former 76ers guard, <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpoints/status/1866230209675931929?s=46" rel="noopener">revealed</a> basketball wasn’t fun for him last season, per NBATV.</p><p>“Last year, I didn’t have that love [for basketball],” Hield said. “We wanted to find a team that I can feel appreciated and loved… They are so unselfish.”</p><p>Before the season started, Buddy says Warriors’ Curry and Kerr reached out before he ultimately agreed to a two-year, $21 million deal in the 76ers’ sign-and-trade. The list of teammates has grown during the regular season, making the move a seamless fit over the past two months.</p><p>“Steph [Curry] and Steve [Kerr] reaching out to me during free agency, communicating [on] just being here, you know — Steve and Steph, and Draymond, and everybody,” Hield said. “GP [Gary Payton II], everybody, putting his arm around me, trying to help me get to my old self.</p><p>“This team is just so unselfish. They make the right play. They play the way I want to play, and on and off the court, it’s a great group to be around.</p><p>“I haven’t won yet in this league yet. So being around these guys, you want to learn how to win. You want to see how they do things,” Hield concluded.</p><p>In only the first quarter of the 2024-25, Hield says he’s learning a lot from his new teammates.</p><p>“Just being here, I’m just being a sponge and keeping my eyes open,” Hield added. “Everything they do, I’m like yes, sir, because these men, they won four championships. So I’m just learning their championship ways and their championship habits.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Last year I didn't have that love [for basketball]… We wanted to find a team that I can feel appreciated and loved… They are so unselfish."</p><p>Buddy Hield on his 27-point game, plus the Warriors' win over the Timberwolves last night 🙌</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBATV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBATV</a>)<a href="https://t.co/2TJC5ChtSQ">pic.twitter.com/2TJC5ChtSQ</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1866230209675931929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Steve Kerr reveals secret behind Warriors’ lineup change</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Warriors-superstar-Stephen-Curry.jpg"><figcaption>David Gonzales-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In a game where Golden State Warriors forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-steve-kerr-react-to-draymond-greens-night-night-celebration">Draymond Green did his best Stephen Curry impression</a>, it was an exciting win for head coach Steve Kerr, Buddy Hield, and the Warriors. However, Andrew Wiggins was ruled out with a right ankle injury, which prompted Kerr to change his starting lineup.</p><p>The four-time champion head coach <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1865977402083705148" rel="noopener">addressed</a> his decision during his postgame press conference.</p><p>“Without Wiggins, we wanted to start Gary on [Anthony Edwards] and just have our best defender on him right away,” Kerr said. “Gary’s also historically good with Steph, and then we just felt like we had to get Buddy going. The best way to do it is to put him out there with that group. If Buddy is out there with Steph, that makes the game easier for him.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here’s Steve Kerr on his starting lineup tonight. He wanted Payton on Edwards to open the game. Payton is “historically really good” as a pairing with Curry. They also “wanted to get Buddy (Hield) going.” <a href="https://t.co/mBVmLiE9fe">pic.twitter.com/mBVmLiE9fe</a></p><p>— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1865977402083705148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Suffice it to say Kerr’s plan worked.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Buddy Hield takes jab at 76ers while praising Stephen Curry, Dubs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-the-buddy-hield-element-golden-state-recent-slump');   ga('set', 'title', 'The Buddy Hield element of Warriors’ recent slump');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The-Buddy-Hield-element-of-Golden-States-recent-slump.jpg"></figure><h1>The Buddy Hield element of Warriors’ recent slump</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-29T07:57:26-08:00">November 29th, 7:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-29T07:57:26-08:00">November 29th, 7:57am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Shooting slumps are usually an individual metric. However, it might be a different story if you’re Buddy Hield for the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors had a 7-1 record in the first eight games Hield played. He averaged 21.1 points and shot over 50% from the field and three. <br><br>The last ten games have been a much different story for Hield and his team. During that stretch, he’s averaging 11.1 points, and shooting 40.2% from the field and 37.1% from three. Although the last shooting metric is above league average, a 10+ percentage drop-off is concerning. <br><br>As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-ime-udoka-reveals-klay-thompson-reason-buddy-hield-is-balling-out-with-dubs">Hield replaced Klay Thompson</a>, questions circulated if he would match his offensive production. While Thompson was a standout defender, Hield has more of an offensive arsenal than his predecessor. On the season, he’s been the third-leading scorer, despite coming off the bench. Only Andrew Wiggins and Stephen Curry have generated more points than the sharpshooter.</p><h2><b>Buddy Hield’s struggles aren’t the sole reason the Warriors are struggling</b></h2><p>The three consecutive losses have all been close, only <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/GSW/2025_games.html" rel="noopener">losing by 10 points or less</a>. Not to mention, Golden State has played tough teams like the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even the Houston Rockets. They dropped from first in the conference to third. Although nearly every team is neck-and-neck with records, the three straight losses are a bad look.<br><br>In Hield’s case, his minutes have been severely reduced. After playing high 20s to low 30s in minutes, he’s been playing in the high teens, and low 20s for minutes. The reduction of minutes means less time to get into a rhythm. Most importantly, it takes away from playing alongside Curry. The Warriors coaching staff often uses Curry as a decoy for other shooters to get a quality look. In Hield’s case, he was the beneficiary of that through the first eight games. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-buddy-hield-admits-studied-stephen-curry">Hield even admitted to studying Curry’s game</a>.<br><br>This isn’t saying that Hield isn’t a good shooter or he’s only benefiting from Curry. That latter statement helps the Bahamian native but he’s a more than capable shooter in his own right. Still, one man’s struggle doesn’t define a whole team struggle. The team itself is 19th in field goal percentage. Regardless, the Warriors have more struggles than one player. In the three-game skid, they have the <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/traditional?LastNGames=3&amp;dir=D&amp;sort=FG_PCT" rel="noopener">third-worst shooting percentage</a> (40.6%). </p><p>Hield has some of the blame but not all. All teams go through rough shooting stretches, so it’s not a total surprise. While some of it is good defenses by their opponents, other times is players not making shots. Still, they have enough talented shooters on the roster to get out of their slump sooner rather than later.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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