Game Day Links

The Warriors are facing off against the Jazz tonight in Salt Lake City. Hopefully everyone is well rested and hungry for some revenge against the derailers of last year’s We Believe train.

The dreamcrushers in powder blue have been on a quiet tear of wins ever since they picked up the sharp shooting forward Kyle Korver from Philly. They’re 22-3 at home this season and always give the Warriors a headache. Put in your mouthpiece, it’s going to be a tough fight.

In other Warriors news, Janny Hu from the Chronicle called into KNBR from Utah this morning and gave a quick interview (audio link). She had some insight into the locker room feel with Monta on the rise and spoke about her piece on the kid from today’s edition.

Geoff Lepper has a wide array of NBA head coaches talking about the Warriors’ defensive techniques:

“Slap and hold” is how Theus described Golden State’s defensive plan after his team was forced into 19 turnovers in a 105-102 loss Feb.9.

“Their game, in a nutshell, is they’re betting the referees won’t call them all,” Theus said.

Adonal Foyle made the media rounds last week and was his usual benevolent, well-spoken self while speaking with “The Razor & Mr. T” about contract buy-outs and the Van Gundy & Dwight “Superman” Howard situation (audio link).

Adonal also wrote a guest spot at the Huffington Post news blog, imploring young folks to get involved and change the political machine from the inside:

“For the fact is that registering and voting — even working for a candidate — isn’t enough. Not nearly. The problems that the last eight years have left us with are huge. Everything from the economy to the environment to foreign policy to health care and education need serious fixing. That will happen only if we stay engaged in the political process.”