Light Years: A Golden State Warriors Pod

Latest Episodes:

Wiseman's Debut, Kerr's Offensive Adjustments and What to Fix After Opening Night Loss Dec 24, 2020

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Saam Esfandiari is joined by Aaron Larsuel to discuss James Wiseman’s debut, whether Kerr will shift the offense to be more Stephen Curry-focused, Kevin Durant’s return and what went wrong on Opening Night/what do we want to see on Christmas Day against the Bucks and beyond.

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Guest: Aaron Larsuel

Producer: Ben Cruz

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2020-2021 Golden State Warriors Season Preview Dec 21, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari discuss are back with their Warriors season preview episode. They discuss:
- Draymond Green missing opening night (01:43)
- will the warriors exceed the Vegas over/under win total of 38.5? (17:42)
- 3 bold takes for the NBA season (30:12)
- 3 bold takes for the Warriors' season (47:13)

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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Preseason Recap, Positives/Negatives of Wiggins & Oubre and How Much Will Steph Curry Need to Carry the Team? Dec 18, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari discuss how they are feeling after the Warriors' preseason, the positives and negatives of Andrew Wiggins and Kelly Oubre, how much of a load Stephen Curry will need to carry this and how excited they are to see Draymond Green and James Wiseman next week.

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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Preseason Game 1 Reactions, Warriors' Defensive Potential & What It Was Like at Chase Center During COVID (feat. Mercury News' Wes Goldberg) Dec 14, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari discuss the Warriors' first preseason game, early impressions of the team, if the squad can become a top-10 defense, how long it'll take guys to play with Steph Curry and more.

Later, we're joined by Wes Golberg from the Mercury News to talk about what it was like to be in Chase Center during COVID and his early impressions of the team.

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Guest: Wes Goldberg

Producer: Ben Cruz

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Draymond Green & James Wiseman's COVID Statuses, Smailagic Propaganda & How the Warriors Can Lure Giannis Antetokounmpo Dec 10, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari discuss the changed tone around Warriors camp, Draymond Green and James Wiseman potentially having COVID and setbacks it may cause, Alen Smailagic propaganda, what the Warriors can do to lure Giannis Antetokounmpo and who we think will have biggest year two jump.
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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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The NBA's COVID Season and Warriors Over/Unders with Dieter Kurtenbach Dec 07, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari are joined by the Mercury News' sports columnist Dieter Kurtenbach to discuss how the NBA's non-bubble COVID season will work, the NBA landscape, and Warriors over/under's provided by BetOnline. Will Steph avg over 26.5 PPG? Will Wiggins avg over 19.5 PPG? How many wins will GSW finish with?

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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Warriors Camp, Kelly Oubre's Production and Is This Andrew Wiggins' Breakout Year? Dec 03, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari react to the beginning of Warriors training camp, wonder if Kelly Oubre will average over 18 points per game and debate whether Andrew Wiggins will have a break out year for Golden State.

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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5 Biggest Questions on the Warriors' Season Nov 30, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari discuss the five biggest questions facing the Golden State Warriors this upcoming season.

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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Next Season's Warriors, Kelly Oubre's Role & the Blasphemous Thought of Blowing Up the Team (Part 1) Nov 25, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari welcome you to a special Thanksgiving Eve edition of the Light Years Mailbag. The guys give an early look at the Warriors next season, discuss Kelly Oubre's role and other teams' offseasons.

They also talk their favorite Thanksgiving foods and the blasphemous thought of blowing it all up for the Warriors.

Note: Part 2 of this podcast is available on Light Years Premium. Click here to subscribe!

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Producer: Ben Cruz

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Klay Thompson's Achilles Injury and Discussing the Kelly Oubre, Kent Bazemore, Brad Wanamaker Signings Nov 23, 2020

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Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari are joined by 3CBPerformance's Dr. Rajpal Brar to discuss Klay Thompson's Achilles injury, when Warrior fans should expect him back and what they should expect from him when he's back.

Later on, Andy and Saam discuss the new signings of Kelly Oubre, Kent Bazemore, Brad Wanamaker and the expectations for the upcoming season.

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Hosts: Andy Liu and Saam Esfandiari

Guest: Dr. Rajpal Brar

Producer: Ben Cruz

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