Warriors podcast: Tip-Off, two hours before every game

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Sat, Oct 10 · Warriors Tip-Off · 4:45

Eight Regulars Return, Kings Arrive Shorthanded Too

The Warriors' rest-tagged regulars are all set to play tonight against a Kings team missing five of its own, while the hosts debate whether Brandon Williams' minutes spike survives the real rotation's return. HoopsRumors reports a five-year extension for Brandin Podziemski as the two look ahead to tip-off at Chase Center.

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Warriors Tip-Off is the pregame show, 5 minutes, and it exists only on the nights the Warriors play: the one thing that decides tonight, the opponent and the matchup that settles it, the injury report and who plays, the number of the day, the last game as the reason tonight looks the way it does, when it tips off and where to watch it, and one report from the insiders, always attributed. There is no show on the days without a game: nothing would have happened worth five minutes of your time.

Two voices carry it: the host runs the show, the analyst brings the numbers. They are roles of the Warriors Nightly desk, not people, and they never say a figure that is not on this site. Every episode has a full transcript with timestamps you can click to jump the audio, chapter markers, and the pages behind each number, so a claim in the show can always be checked on the page it comes from.

The episode is published two hours before tip-off, preseason included — after the league posts its official injury report, which is what makes the lineup talk worth anything. Subscribe with the RSS feed above in any podcast app; it is on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube too (the buttons at the top), and short vertical clips go out on the Warriors Nightly social accounts. The archive on this page keeps every episode of the season, newest first.

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10OctTip-Off · 4:45Eight Regulars Return, Kings Arrive Shorthanded TooThe Warriors' rest-tagged regulars are all set to play tonight against a Kings team missing five of its own, while the hosts debate whether Brandon Williams' minutes spike survives the real rotation's return. HoopsRumors reports a five-year extension for Brandin Podziemski as the two look ahead to tip-off at Chase Center.7OctTip-Off · 4:25Nine Warriors Rest, Tired Blazers Get the Kids at PortlandNine Warriors regulars carry the same day-to-day rest tag and the same October 10th return date, leaving Porziņģis and a lineup of kids and two-way players to face a Trail Blazers team playing the second night of a back-to-back without Shaedon Sharpe. The hosts revisit last episode's Bassey-Porziņģis test case and flag Nate Williams' minutes spike as tonight's number to track.6OctTip-Off · 4:42Porzingis Clears the Report, Warriors Host a Shorthanded LakersKristaps Porziņģis is off the injury report entirely as the Warriors host a Lakers team playing the second night of a back-to-back without full health from Austin Reaves, Collin Sexton and Walker Kessler. Charles Bassey's minutes spike from camp becomes tonight's test case, and the hosts debate whether a $223.3 million roster over the luxury apron is good enough to matter without Jimmy Butler, who is out again.4OctTip-Off · 5:07Porzingis Dresses, Butler and Moody Sit, Warriors Open at the ClippersKristaps Porziņģis is active for tonight's preseason opener at the Clippers despite last week's health scare, while Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody stay out. Gui Santos has become the minutes beneficiary, and the hosts break down the payroll, the pick ledger, a Clippers team missing Brandon Ingram, and tonight's broadcast situation.