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Marcus Thompson Ii

Senior Columnist

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The New York Times, National Basketball Association (NBA)

Preston's Summary

Marcus Thompson II is a Senior Columnist at The Athletic. He is a prominent voice in the Bay Area sports scene, focusing on major league sports, competitive sports, and the business of sports, with a particular emphasis on the Warriors during his 18 years with the Bay Area News Group. Marcus is also the author of the best-selling biography 'GOLDEN: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry' and has been featured in The New York Times, The Spokesman-Review, NBA, RealGM, and Yahoo Sports.

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Geo Focus

United States (National)

Coverage Attributes:

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Informative: 53 %
Opinion: 29 %
Reviews: 9 %
Event Coverage: 4 %
Interviews Q&as: 3 %

Themes Covered:

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Most Recent Topics:

  • Team Sports
  • Individual Sports

Pitching Insights

Marcus Thompson II's articles mainly focus on local sports, particularly basketball and football, with a specific emphasis on the Golden State Warriors. Given his coverage attributes and topics covered, he is likely to be most responsive to pitches offering insights into events or announcements related to these teams.

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Articles

The New York Times

Stephon Castle is always up for the challenge, and the Spurs look ready to join him

Stephon Castle is always up for the challenge, and the Spurs look ready to join him

By: Marcus Thompson Ii

SAN ANTONIO — The most telling part of Stephon Castle’s thunderous dunk over Isaiah Hartenstein in Wednesday’s Game 2 of the Western Conference finals happened before he bounced off the invisible trampoline. Before he suspended in the air like a rhetorical question. Before he cocked it back and flushed it with disrespect. It came after he took the pass from Victor Wembanyama and used a jab step to lose Oklahoma City Thunder guard Cason Wallace. After he saw the lane wide open and a 7-footer sliding in front of the rim. That’s when Castle revealed his mindset. He chose...

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