Natalie Nakase and Kate Martin had emotional words for Kayla Thornton after the Golden State Valkyries star suffered an ...

Resilience” was the word head coach Natalie Nakase used to sum up Tuesday’s win over the Atlanta Dream. The post GS Valkyries ...

Heading into Monday, Western Conference teams traveling east had a 19-42 this season, while East teams going west were 26-29.

There are a myriad of factors that decide the out come of a basketball game. Health, player performance, fan environment: all of these things combine and contri ...

Natalie Nakase received a text message from Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr in October after she was introduced as the head coach of the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's 13th and newest ...

Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase, left, laughs while talking with guard Kaitlyn Chen while being interviewed during training camp at the WNBA team's facility in Oakland, Calif ...

Warriors' Steve Kerr says Golden State Valkyries will be 'flagship franchise' in WNBA, praises Natalie Nakase The Valkyries, who named Nakase their first coach last week, will play their inaugural ...

Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase, left, and owner Joe Lacob take part in a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in San Francisco, Calif. Nakase was named the first head ...

Currently, Nakase has two very important doubter: her parents. Her father, whom she says is her best friend, was skeptical when he learned she wanted to become an NBA head coach by reading an ...

Natalie Nakase seeks to climb from Clippers’ video room to NBA coach Clippers video coordinator Natalie Nakase assists players during warmups before a game against Dallas Mavericks on Jan. 10.

— Natalie Nakase (@NatalieNakase) December 22, 2018 Nakase, 38, was working for the Clippers before Becky Hammon became the NBA’s first female assistant coach when she joined Gregg Popovich ...

That focus and grit is what led to Nakase, 45, to going from being a walk-on at UCLA to team captain as a 5-foot-2 freshman in 1998. It's what made her the first Asian American player to join the ...