Golden Daze

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcome longtime writer for the San Francisco Chronicle and the publication's newest beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors, Rusty Simmons , to preview the upcoming NBA season! Rusty revealed why the team brass decided to cut back on spending, resulting in the team not signing Paul Millsap and bungling the Kelly Oubr...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz recapped the preseason opener for the Golden State Warriors and shared DubNation's enthusiasm for Jordan Poole continuing his tremendous play from last season, which could really open the floor up for Stephen Curry. Rick and Cyrus discussed the reemergence of Draymond Green's offensive game, how new veterans including Andre Ig...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz discussed the Andrew Wiggins fiasco which has become a huge distraction for the Golden State Warriors, with sound played from Bob Myers, Wiggins himself and Stephen Curry at the annual Warriors Media Day where the primary focus wasn't so much on the team but rather Wiggins and whether or not he's going to be vaccinated so he h...

In the newest episode of Warriors 24/7 award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz (Hall of Famer Rick Barry is rejoining the show next week following his Alaska fishing trip) discusses Joe Lacob's recent comments about trading for Ben Simmons and how the Golden State Warriors' brass suddenly penny pinching could directly cause them to not win more World Championships, the ramifications of Andrew Wiggi...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed former Golden State Warriors center Clifford Ray to talk about playing with Rick on the 1975 World Championship team, dealing with blatantly racist actions and rule implementations by the NCAA during his collegiate playing days at The University of Oklahoma, being traded from the Chicago Bulls to the Warriors, why he'...

In the newest episode of Warriors 24/7 award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz is joined by NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry to discuss the recent Draymond Green - Kevin Durant interview, with Cyrus playing sound from the most important parts and Rick providing his perspective regarding the infamous in-game argument and whether Steve Kerr and Bob Myers handled the situation properly. Cyrus presents wha...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcome one of the pivotal members of the 2015 World Champion Golden State Warriors, Leandro Barbosa ! The Brazilian Blur discussed his upbringing in Brazil, how he switched from being a soccer player to a basketball player, whether he thought the Warriors pursuing the regular season wins record cost them a repeat World Champi...

In the newest episode of Warriors 24/7 award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomes longtime Golden State Warriors insider Larry Krueger to talk about Bob Myers' comments on the Warriors deciding not to use the MLE, and whether it's a smart or penny-pinching decision, with NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry briefly chiming in with his thoughts on the strategy. The crew reviewed the Warriors offseason...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed two of Rick's teammates from the Golden State Warriors 1975 World Championship team, Jamaal Wilkes and Jeff Mullins! Mullins came on first and Wilkes surprised him halfway in the show before taking over the guest slot and together they talked about the championship team, with Wilkes sharing stories from his Hall of Fa...

In the debut episode of Warriors 24/7 (a spinoff of The Rick Barry Show where award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz brings you the latest news and commentary on the Golden State Warriors), NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry joins Cyrus to talk about the crass nickname Barstool Sports came up with for Jonathan Kuminga, Rick provides his expert analysis on the summer league performances of Warriors' lott...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed Krysten Peek of Yahoo Sports and Rivals to critique the Golden State Warriors two newest lottery picks, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody, and what her thoughts are on James Wiseman after one year on the team. Rick and Cyrus started the show heavily criticizing the Warriors for letting Kelly Oubre Jr. go for absolutely...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed former Golden State Warriors point guard Butch Beard to talk about playing with Rick on the 1975 World Championship team, his thoughts on the Warriors keeping or trading James Wiseman, why the Warriors traded Butch, the reason why the New Jersey Nets wouldn't let Butch hire Rick as his assistant coach, his issues with...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed San Jose Mercury News Golden State Warriors beat reporter Wes Goldberg to review the Warriors' offseason plans, including Stephen Curry's extension, Klay Thompson taking James Wiseman under his wing, trade options, whether Kelly Oubre Jr.'s going to re-sign with the team, and who they should draft with the #7 pick. Th...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed the San Francisco Chronicle's Golden State Warriors beat reporter Connor Letourneau to dissect what went right and wrong for the Warriors this season, and what changes are needed in order for the team to return to championship form. A huge part of the discussion was focused on Kelly Oubre Jr. and why it would be idiot...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz reviewed the Golden State Warriors' first half performance and critiqued what's been going right and wrong for the team. Cyrus read a survey that showed social justice activism from athletes during games is resulting in a steep decline in overall ratings with Rick reinforcing his position that athletes' political opinions shou...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed five-time World Champion Michael Cooper of the Showtime Lakers to talk about which of his championships was his favorite, who the hardest players he ever defended was, his favorite teammates, playing in Europe and knowing the moment he knew retirement was imminent, and how Eric "Sleepy" Floyd of the Golden State Warri...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed Seerat Sohi of Yahoo Sports to preview the upcoming NBA season including how they think the Golden State Warriors are going to do, the continually unusual antics of Kyrie Irving including his recent attempt to blackout the media, where James Harden is going and his own latest outlandish actions, how Sohi became a repo...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz discussed Klay Thompson's depressing season ending injury and delved into deep detail analyzing who they should add via free agency and trade based on who's potentially available, why Klay is literally the most likeable player in the game, the addition of James Wiseman, Rick's personal experiences dealing with injuries that ke...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz discussed the Golden State Warriors' upcoming offseason plans including the strong possibility of the team acquiring either Ben Simmons from the Philadelphia 76ers or drafting star prospect Anthony Edwards, who the team could either trade for or acquire in free agency, Rick joining Anthony Davis in being one of only five playe...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed Krysten Peek of Yahoo Sports and Rivals to talk about what she thinks the Golden State Warriors should do with the number two pick, her background, being the only female basketball journalist covering draft prospects, why it's so difficult determining who in college and high school is going to succeed in the NBA, how...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcomed USA Today NBA writer Mark Medina who called in live from the NBA bubble to talk about what life is like for teams and media in the enclosed environment, his background and how he became an NBA journalist, what he expects the Warriors to do with their draft pick, previously being the beat reporter for the Warriors duri...

In Episode 28 NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz welcome former Golden State Warriors Head Coach George Karl who talked about his days leading the Warriors, why and how he left the team, his appearance on the smash summer hit Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance including his side of the story regarding their encounter during the NBA Finals, the team he co...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz preview the long awaited resumption of the NBA season and talked about how numerous players have been leaving the isolation bubble to visit strip clubs, Klay Thompson's fascinating affinity for his jersey number and how Rick could've possibly been the only player in NBA history to have a separate playing number for home and aw...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz host a joint podcast with Bram Hillsman and the crew at the popular podcast Warriors Huddle to discuss some great stories from Rick's playing days including who he considered were the most dangerous players, what players are the most entertaining to watch in today's game, the legend of John Brisker, what teams in NBA history d...

NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry and award winning journalist Cyrus Saatsaz review the final six episodes of the wildly popular Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance and talked about the beauty of Jordan watching video of what others said and did while being interviewed including laughing hysterically at Gary Payton's comments on guarding him, The Dream Team's global impact, Jordan's crassness, the...