Warriors trade proposal sends fan favorite guard to Jazz for $13.3 million star center originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Golden State Warriors were wise to sign Al Horford this past offseason following the departure of Kevon Looney.

BOTTOM LINE: Denver faces Golden State in Western Conference action Thursday. Golden State finished 48-34 overall and 29-23 in Western Conference action a season ago. The Warriors averaged 19.7 points off of turnovers, 15.6 second-chance points and 43.6 bench points last season.

LeBron James has not missed too many games in his NBA career, however the Los Angeles Lakers superstar was unable to feature in his team’s season opener, with James missing the Lakers’ home loss to the Golden State Warriors due to sciatica.

He has an amazing family despite the recent conversial comments from wife Ayesha Curry that’s been caused unnecessary ugly backlash. Riley is now 13 and a star athlete herself along with Ryan, 10, Canon, 7, and baby Cai, who looks just like dad, now 1.

Jonathan Kuminga's been a hard variable for Golden State to maximize but they might have figured it out with the 119-109 win over the Lakers.

LOS ANGELES — For more than a decade now, Golden State has been winning the math game on the court — and winning championships because of it.

Doncic falls one assist short of a triple-double, but Jimmy Butler scores 31 points, Steph Curry adds 23 and Golden State makes 17 3-pointers to hand the LeBron-less Lakers a 119-109 defeat.

Tuesday's NBA nightcap tips off with the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Golden State Warriors. NBA season schedule, start time and where to watch.