A strange win becomes a sharper look at the Warriors' next move.
The episode starts with the Warriors' 131-126 win over the Wizards and quickly turns that result into a wider look at where Golden State stands.

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Warriors hope, checked against the math.
Warriors Plus Minus is brisk, practical Warriors analysis built around what the team actually has left. Recent episodes measure Steph Curry’s return, bad losses, tax-line possibilities, and play-in stakes against the hard limits of health and roster depth.
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Warriors Plus Minus is built for the part of the Warriors season where every game becomes evidence. Some nights the evidence is good. Steph Curry returns, looks rusty, finds rhythm, and suddenly the play-in path feels less theoretical. Other nights are harder to dress up. Losses to Chicago and Utah become a test of effort, execution, and whether young rotation pieces are ready for the moments the roster now needs from them. The show’s strength is its refusal to let one emotion run the whole episode. Optimism gets tested. Frustration gets qualified. A short-handed fight against San Antonio can be respected without pretending the team is whole. A win over Washington can be funny, useful, and not especially regal basketball all at once. The conversations move quickly, with Tim Kawakami, Nick Friedle, Marcus Thompson, and others circling the same practical questions from different angles. How soon should Curry return? What does a minutes ramp actually cost? Who stays in the rotation when the stars come back? Could getting under the tax line change the offseason? Bigger names such as Kawhi, LeBron, Porzingis, and Draymond Green appear not as fantasy chatter alone, but as ways to talk about the endgame of the Curry era. The banter can be loose and inside-baseball. The conclusions are usually plain. Golden State may still have a puncher’s chance, but the calendar, injuries, and roster math keep narrowing the room. For listeners who want Warriors coverage with locker-room texture, tax-line speculation, and a willingness to say when the basketball is just bad, Warriors Plus Minus stays useful.
Made for: For Warriors fans who follow more than highlights: injuries, rotations, play-in positioning, roster options, and the final stretch of the Curry era. It also suits NBA listeners who like context with real skepticism.
What sets it apart: The show blends immediacy with roster and tax-line reasoning, so a single game recap can become a practical forecast. It is funny and loose, but the bottom line usually lands hard.
Warriors Plus Minus is the definitive weekly podcast on the Golden State Warriors, hosted by Tim Kawakami, Marcus Thompson, and Anthony Slater.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Warriors Plus Minus connects Golden State's nightly basketball to the contracts, injuries, and roster choices defining the Stephen Curry era.
Warriors Plus Minus turns Golden State's immediate problems into clear basketball questions. Tim Kawakami, Marcus Thompson, and Anthony Slater examine what injuries mean for rotations, how a depleted lineup changes evaluation, and which decisions could shape the remaining years…
A Steph update drops the word 'good,' and suddenly your inner Warriors detective has a case.
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A strange win becomes a sharper look at the Warriors' next move.
The episode starts with the Warriors' 131-126 win over the Wizards and quickly turns that result into a wider look at where Golden State stands.
A win matters less than the roster squeeze that follows it.
Warriors Plus Minus turns a win into a roster check, using Porzingis, Steph's return window, and the crowded edges of the rotation to ask what matters next.
Two late losses make the Warriors' closing issues and Pods' uneven moment the episode's main test.
Two losses frame the Warriors' current issue: close enough to lead, too shorthanded to finish, and still stuck outside the safer part of the standings.
Mike Dunleavy weighs the Warriors' injured present against a future without its defining core.
The episode frames Mike Dunleavy's job around the question that matters most for Golden State: how to judge a roster still built around Steph Curry while injuries, a post-All-Star split, and the next major roster call all tug in different directions.
A blown 14-point lead becomes a clear look at injury math, return timelines, and a vanishing margin for error.
The episode frames a Warriors collapse as more than one bad half. A 14-point halftime lead slips away after the break, and Tim Kawakami and Nick Fridell connect the loss to a roster stretched thin without Steph Curry, Porzingis, Moses Moody, and possibly more of its main group.
Jimmy's post-game message opens into a sharp read on his instincts, calculation, and Warriors fit.
Jimmy's post-game comments give the episode its main point of tension: how he presents himself while trying to fit with the Warriors. The hosts linger on his repeated insistence that he only wants to win, then weigh how that message lines up with the team's identity.
Draymond Green weighs his defensive legacy as the Warriors face an unsettled next chapter.
Draymond Green's conversation with Tim Kawakami centers on legacy, doubt, and the daily work of still mattering to the Warriors. Green reflects on the chance to reach 10 All-Defensive teams, tracing the distance from draft-day questions about what position he could guard to a…


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Tim Kawakami interviews Draymond Green on The TK Show, discussing Steph Curry's imminent return from injury and its impact on the Warriors' playoff hopes.
The Warriors Plus Minus podcast analyzes the Golden State Warriors' bounce-back win against the Milwaukee Bucks without Steph Curry.
Tim Kawakami interviews Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr for an end-of-season conversation about the team's performance and reflections.
This episode discusses the Warriors' regular season finale, analyzing their plus-minus statistics and reflecting on losing seasons under Steve Kerr, with a focus on the upcoming play-in game against the Clippers.
Tim Kawakami interviews Draymond Green about his transition to Odyssey, their long-standing relationship, and Steph Curry's potential return to play.
This episode analyzes Steph Curry's return to the Golden State Warriors after a two-month absence, discussing his performance, the team's optimism, and the implications for their playoff chances.
This episode discusses Steph Curry's pregame workout as part of his return from injury, while analyzing the Warriors' performance, bench situation, and team statistics like plus-minus.
This episode discusses whether Steph Curry should return to play for the Warriors, focusing on basketball statistics like plus-minus and featuring casual banter between hosts.
The show opens on plus-minus and a Warriors win over the Wizards.
The show opens on a Warriors win that snapped a five-game skid.
Warriors Plus Minus opens with Tim Kawakami and Nick Friedell reacting to Golden State's 130-124 overtime loss to the Bulls, a result they frame as "accidentally tanking" after the team also lost in Salt Lake City.
Tim Kawakami talks with Warriors General Manager Mike Dunleavy about a season that feels very different with Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler unavailable.
Warriors Plus Minus centers on a 31-30 Golden State team that led the Clippers by 14 at halftime and then got buried in the second half.
This episode previews the 2025-26 Golden State Warriors season, analyzing their roster, key players, and championship prospects.
Tim Kawakami interviews Warriors owner Joe Lacob about the upcoming NBA season, discussing analytics-based win predictions and the team's potential in the Western Conference.
Tim Kawakami interviews Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr about the team's training camp theme of marginal improvement and the competitive landscape in the NBA's Western Conference.
This episode features an exit interview with Kent Lacob, who has left the Golden State Warriors, discussing his departure, potential future roles, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about team communications.