OAKLAND, Calif. — The last player on the bench for the best team in basketball was the first to arrive at the team’s training facility on a recent weekend morning. James Michael McAdoo turned on the stereo, laced up his sneakers and joined three members of the Golden State Warriors’ video department for a workout before practice.
They call themselves the Breakfast Club, and McAdoo, a 6-foot-9-inch power forward, enjoys the relative solitude of these early-morning sessions. They are also necessary because he spends most games watching from a courtside folding chair. He needs the extra work. His teammates, who know him as Mac, appreciate his approach.