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Daniel Hardee

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As seen in: DubNationHQ, Vox Media, MSN, Yahoo Entertainment, Substack, Yahoo Sports, NewsBreak, Golden State of Mind, BVM Sports, NotiUlti, Exact Release
Covers:  Sports, basketball
Co-Founder of DubNationHQ.com. Content creator @unstoppablebaby. Featured on @NBCSWarriors @CBCNews. weaponizedjoy@gmail.com

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Daniel Hardee’s Biography

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Daniel Hardee is an Oakland, CA native that was baptized from his youth into Bay Area sports fandom.

Daniel has used his platform as a columnist, podcast host, and video producer at Vox Media, Lets Go Warriors, and Dub Nation HQ to inject his charismatic brand of "Yay Area" swagger into the national basketball conversation.

He has been featured in TV and radio appearances on multiple outlets, including CBC News and also NBC/Southwest's commercial series, "The Traveling Fan".

He also won a 202…

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Articles

Steph Curry named finalist for Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award Original

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By Daniel Hardee Verified
| Golden State of Mind Verified
His Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award nomination recognizes the same loyalty that defined his Warriors career. Steph Curry has watched the NBA rearrange itself like furniture in someone else’s house. Meanwhile he didn’t move; he didn’t have to. While the whole league has been playing musical chairs at the superstar table, the guy with four rings has been right where you left him. Golden State. The Bay.
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How the Warriors ended the Kawhi Leonard Clippers era

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By Daniel Hardee Verified
| Yahoo Sports Verified
Inglewood, CA - April 15: Forward Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers fights for the ball against forward Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors and forward Gui Santos, right, of the Golden State Warriors in the first half of a NBA play-in tournament basketball game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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Warriors relying on experience vs the West’s youth movement Original

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By Daniel Hardee Verified
| Golden State of Mind Verified
The Western Conference is running a youth experiment, and the results are getting harder to ignore. Victor Wembanyama is already rewriting the defensive record books. Anthony Edwards is appointment television. Cooper Flagg just landed in Dallas. Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, Amen Thompson, and Alperen Şengün are all guys proving the best teams in the West are increasingly being built around players who weren’t legally allowed to drink four years ago.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Covering the Golden State Warriors for SB Nation's Golden State of Mind.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Adobe Premiere/Audition/Photoshop, Logic Pro X, Propellerhead's Reason, Microsoft Word/Excel,

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Podcast with legendary Bay Area sports scribe Marcus Thompson II. https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2019/6/7/18656991/2019-nba-finals-podcast-warriors-raptors-marcus-thompson-kevin-durant-steph-curry