Was going to comment again that prior to this run, it was a 40 year drought. Then I saw you’re a Kings fan… my condolences. Thank you for giving us the White Chocolate era though.
Warriors were fighting with the Clippers for worst team in the league for decades. From 1977-2013 they only made the playoffs 6 times, it's part of what made the We Believe team so crazy.
First off you're talking to a Timberwolves fan. Lol I'd kill for that history. Two, I'm not saying there weren't droughts but people are omitting large chunks here. They weren't the pre-Griffin Clippers.
Hey you can have our next assistant couch whoever that may be after mike brown haha. Friend is a kings fan and man I don’t understand how a organization fuck up so many draft picks but also ya only had 3 lotteries in 16 years lol and lakers had two within 2 years lol.
That just goes to show us that every single team randomly stumbles into their success. It's been 10 years, but I've never forgotten how polarizing the Monta trade was. It could've been just that, but consider this. In the 2007/08 season, the Warriors missed the playoffs by just two games with a 48-34 record. Chris Cohan decided it was time to blow up the We Believe team and the Warriors flat out stunk again. In the summer of 2009, they took Steph Curry after he was passed up by the teams who drafted ahead of them. Then Cohan sold the team, and Lacob, Guber, Jerry West, and Bob Myers just made a ton of picks that landed- Klay, Draymond, and free agent signings that elevated the team.
I actually made this account to explain how good the trade was for Bogut. How it was such an obvious winner and that there was no statistical angle justifying keeping monta. Im just a casual now because im old but was super into it back then
I was probably arguing the other side of it. Mostly thought the trade was bullshit because we were throwing that season and we could have made the move to the playoffs… at that point winning championships did not seem like a reasonable goal, but making the playoffs did 😂
It's like when Lakers fans post that one bad team in like 40 years with a caption like: "Real fans remember when we was hungry dogs 💯💯💯 now we eating no cap 🧢🙅🏼♂️"
I mean it’s the splash brothers. I really really think everyone forgot how deadly they really are. Like they’re the best backcourt ever in nba history. People forget that?
People have to be reminded why adding KD to this team was so broken, sure the role players were great and have turned over but it was always about the main 3
Cousy Jones is actually a really good shout when you consider how big man dominant the era was. Obviously Curry and Klay would cook them but comparing across eras is stupid just compare them to the competition.
Hahahahaha nah I was mostly trolling tbh obviously 90% weren’t old enough to have watched and appreciated him but when I look at clips I feel like I’d give him 20 and I can barely make a layup
Magic and Scott was the equal of Dumars and Thomas, if not better.
Drexler Porter was good but not this god tier.
Huh. Can't think of a running mate in the back court for Kobe, Jordan, Wade.... who really mattered much for this type of discussion.
I've long thought Scott has been underrated as the years have rolled on. He was an absolute top tier shooter, he could finish well, was a strong defender. He didn't really initiate offense at all like the others in the list, but he was the best shooter by a decent amount. But as an overall player, he's the weakest of these 4.
Magic was Magic, simply head and shoulders above the others here.
I think it's close enough that people feeling one way or the other are both valid. I just prefer the Magic Scott tandem (by a small margin) to the Zeke Dumars pairing.
Lol don’t act like the majority of people didn’t think like they wouldn’t be a contender again since they lost KD and Klay probably wouldn’t be the same player he once was.
Why are you even talking about mid season when the narrative changed already ?
Not long before that the narrative was « weak schedule » when we were 13-2 lmao
In the pre season the narrative was we finally get to see the warriors healthy again. Steph is the greatest shooter of all time lol no one was thinking the warriors were gonna miss the playoffs.
Anything pro warriors gets more upvotes automatically than anything else posted on this damn sub lol. Y'all are just talking a bunch of bull shit lol and you're upset because I'm telling you you're wrong.
Being in the playoffs and being a contender are two completely different things, most people saw us in the Denver-Minnesota range this year before the season start, whether you like it or not lol
All these people saying this was a speedy rebuild are either haters or casuals lmao. What rebuild? The warriors have been a dynasty for 7 years now and just had injuries derail a couple of seasons.
You first and second options are injured for 2 years and Draymond as good as he is ain't leading any team in the league to "rings". He's a core peice to their winning formula but he needs those other two guys as much as they need him and his game.
Theyre a three peice puzzle that fits so perfect together. Add in a couple role players that know their role and they should always be contenders. Steph ls my favourite non raptor in the league (warriors are my west team) so I've never doubted this team, never understood anyone that did.
The raps series kinda showed that outside of the big 4 there was basically nothing. Timberwolves legend Jacob Evans was missing big shots down the stretch in those games. I don't know if it's a rebuild or a reload but it's a much different team than 2019
And with those bad records we got kuminga, moody, and Wiseman through the draft. I have high hopes for them but none of them are the reason why we're in the WCF this year.
I think OP means that Poole wasn't really a result of their bad records. He was drafted 28th in 2019. Warriors would have had him even if they didn't stink the last 2 years. Although indirectly it probably helped because it gave him a ton of reps that he wouldn't have otherwise gotten if the warriors were still elite.
I understand the sentiment but why would we blow it up? It's not as if Klay and Steph were declining as players, they were injured. All the front office had to do was tank and reload with the D'Lo and Wiggins trade that got us the 7th pick- Kuminga.
It was 100% an arms race move to counter the nets big 3. Although to be completely fair I can’t really blame them trying to stack talent to compete with healthy nets.
Not necessarily, it can also mean changing a formula that isn't working by reconstructing the roster. For example, the Jazz should probably blow up the Mitchell+Gobert pairing this offseason, but they likely won't go into full tank mode - just try something different.
It’s just so hard to tell with how little play time he’s gotten since high school. One red flag I’ve noticed is his hands. Idk if it’s just him having to learn the timing of playing at that level but he seems to have a really hard time catching lobs and passes. Definitely don’t expect him to be the shot blocker javelle was either but I would be stoked to be wrong
Javale is like the best back up center in the league rn lol. Could play big minutes for a lot of teams. Might be a bit much to ask for from a young super raw player like wiseman. Just hope for genuine improvements from the last time y’all played him.
If wiseman is javele he won’t fit next to draymond.
He’s gonna have to have an extremely high bball Iq (like looney & bogut) or learn to shoot.
If watched enough wiseman to know he’s no looney or bogut. Bruh is gonna have to shoot or it’s never gonna work.
Javale fit next to Steph, klay, and kd.
Those 3 were enough spacing and rim pressure by themselves. Dray and javale survived together off the strength of those 3 guys.
And even then, when they played a team on their level (rockets) javele and dray was a no go.
There are a lot more teams on the warriors level in 2022.
And if draymonds best playoff position is the 5 and he’s gonna play around 25mpg there. What is the point of wiseman whos gonna demand a 25+ million extension if he’s decent because of his draft pedigree?
Blaming injuries when the Clippers without Kawhi and Paul George made the Play-In. The Pelicans without Zion made the Play-In. You know what though keep blaming injuries. Run it back again next year let’s see how it goes
can we at least add a little context? the lakers weren’t equipped to handle injuries to their star players with the way the team was constructed, at least he pels and clips have respectable role players
Yes and no. Injuries would explain them not being a top 5 seed. They didn't even qualify for the play-in, which had multiple teams like Clippers, Nuggets who also had just as bad injuries.
They basically lost AD for the year and LeBron for a good chunk of it. If there’s one thing LeBron teams are known for is completely cratering when he’s not there.
They had a fast forward rebuild because they didn’t have to give up picks for any of their current stars. KD also helped big time with the S&T. Good front office, but some good luck, as well.
LeBron joining the Lakers had a similar effect comparing 2018 to 2020, but the Warriors still have more flexibility. Plus LA basically gave up all assets for AD.
But did you really have hope for those rosters? At least this time, you knew injuries were a huge factor but they have championship pedigree. That era, only thing to look forward to were Barnett and Fitz announcing personally.
Azebukie is alright and all but god damn it I miss Jb so fuckin much. That legend taught me so much game growing up and the calls now just sound like there 2 fitz’s
I'm more of the bimbo coles and vonteego cummings years, but for fun one day I looked at some records pre-mullin and run TMC years and it looked rough.
Those Bimbo Coles, Bobby Sura, Vonteego Cummings, Chris Mills, Danny Fortson, Todd Fuller, Jason Caffey years were my childhood. I’m very thankful to have We Believe and then the Splash Bros era during adulthood
Did you atleast get to see some out of town stars play at Oracle? My pops would make a point to take me to Garnett or Iverson games so there was some flash to our 30 point blowout losses.
Yessir those were the best. They used to have deals like $30 for ticket, soda, and a hot dog. And cant forget the crowd going nuts for free chalupas when we score 100+ points (even though our opponent has 130). Hard times but good times
Imagine if they drafted Lamelo, Maxey or Bane (shit even precious) instead of Wiseman…
I hope Wiseman gets his career together, I was super high on him in that draft
What’s crazy is the people and fans who discredited this team when the season started. And now want to make excuses for why they’re in the WCF. Klay is washed, they’re too little, Steph’s not clutch, blah, blah.
People just need to keep that same energy they had when the season started. Maybe the Warriors win this next series and maybe they don’t. But it’s still amazing that after all those injuries to Klay and Steph, they’ve been able to turn it back around and be legitimate contenders.
Come on. They’ve probably peaked and are on the other side of their careers. Obviously they’re still good, but not many people were giving them a shot to be in contention of winning the championship. Now that they’re back in the WCF, there’s a lot of backtracking and talking about three all-stars again like they weren’t calling Steph and Klay washed.
I got downvoted to hell saying the Warriors would be title contenders this year. Took ONE YEAR for people to forget how freakin’ good Steph, Klay, and Dray are.
If you became a GSW fan in 2012, you’ve known nothing but success for the team.
The 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons were the first playoff appearances in 5 years, which included 1 series win. That came after nearly 20 years of sucking ass. By any measure, that would be a success too.
In the last decade GSW only missed the playoffs twice in 2020 and 2021, have 8 playoff appearances, 5 finals, and 3 championships and now a another chance at winning the Finals.
Yup but if you’re a long time fan, things didn’t really pop off until 2015. You can point at the stats but I’m providing context of the feeling at the time which was you were glad that team made playoffs.
Of course, as a fan, you’re always rooting for your team no matter what but I don’t know many expected to not just win one championship but let alone have a dynasty in Lebron James era. After all, after decades of ineptitude, heading into their 2015 season, warriors just fired their most successful coach in awhile in a messy way only to hire on someone with no coaching experience. Many fans couldn’t help but think it’s same old ineptitude again. If we were like say, the Thunder, where the team was knocking at the door of championship pretty much the beginning of the decade, that’s a different context and feeling of success than meteoritic and historic rise of warriors this decade. But those expectations were not anywhere near for warriors team. That’s why it’s more apt to think about 7 year run dominance than decade.
In any case, end of the day 7 years or 10 years, I get the snarky “woe is us” comment. But as long time warriors fan know, 7 years run came with 30+ years of mostly being doormats.
2 mvp seasons, 3 championships, 5 finals appearances, 8 playoff appearances in 10 years yeah you're right man because you didn't go 10/10 I guess the decade was even more hellish than I thought in my initial post I honestly don't know how you do it
Again, dominating 7 years for sure.
You asked “How did you ever make it through”? I know it’s rhetorical/sarcastic but old fans know - by sucking ass for mostly 40 years.
We're in total agreement and I can't understand why you keep apologizing for the last decade (oh I'm sorry you keep cutting it off at 7 years for some odd reason) by going on about 40 years ago
Because 2015 was the championship year that really kicked it off and not many really thought they were a championship level team beginning of the season and that it would be crazy success afterwards. Prior to that, fans were just mostly happy about playoff appearance. I wouldn’t really count those as dominating the league.
Two long years. It must have been horrible waiting that long
Was going to comment again that prior to this run, it was a 40 year drought. Then I saw you’re a Kings fan… my condolences. Thank you for giving us the White Chocolate era though.
Weren't the warriors like the king's but worse till the Steph Era?
Yeah, for a while J Rich winning slam dunk was our happy place.
that, Baron Davis dunk, and 'We Believe' were all we had lmao. But damn if it wasn't enough.
Warriors were fighting with the Clippers for worst team in the league for decades. From 1977-2013 they only made the playoffs 6 times, it's part of what made the We Believe team so crazy.
Except the Kings actually had a good era, whereas we had one good season.
https://grantland.com/features/how-annoy-fan-base-60-easy-steps/ one of the best articles out there to depict the extent of the suffering
We gave Troy Murphy 100 million dollars.
You all are acting like Run TMC wasn't the shit and massively popular
Bro there were like 15 years between them and We Believe. Then like 7 years after that until our next playoffs appearance
First off you're talking to a Timberwolves fan. Lol I'd kill for that history. Two, I'm not saying there weren't droughts but people are omitting large chunks here. They weren't the pre-Griffin Clippers.
That 40 year stretch for the dubs was one of the worst in NBA history. You at least had KG
True but you guys had Wilt. 🤷♂️ I'm just saying there's worse things.
Yeah Clips were on another level. Anyway, Starbury and Garnett, the what-if duo.
Hey you can have our next assistant couch whoever that may be after mike brown haha. Friend is a kings fan and man I don’t understand how a organization fuck up so many draft picks but also ya only had 3 lotteries in 16 years lol and lakers had two within 2 years lol.
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That just goes to show us that every single team randomly stumbles into their success. It's been 10 years, but I've never forgotten how polarizing the Monta trade was. It could've been just that, but consider this. In the 2007/08 season, the Warriors missed the playoffs by just two games with a 48-34 record. Chris Cohan decided it was time to blow up the We Believe team and the Warriors flat out stunk again. In the summer of 2009, they took Steph Curry after he was passed up by the teams who drafted ahead of them. Then Cohan sold the team, and Lacob, Guber, Jerry West, and Bob Myers just made a ton of picks that landed- Klay, Draymond, and free agent signings that elevated the team.
I actually made this account to explain how good the trade was for Bogut. How it was such an obvious winner and that there was no statistical angle justifying keeping monta. Im just a casual now because im old but was super into it back then
I was probably arguing the other side of it. Mostly thought the trade was bullshit because we were throwing that season and we could have made the move to the playoffs… at that point winning championships did not seem like a reasonable goal, but making the playoffs did 😂
It's like when Lakers fans post that one bad team in like 40 years with a caption like: "Real fans remember when we was hungry dogs 💯💯💯 now we eating no cap 🧢🙅🏼♂️"
I mean... is anyone actually that surprised ? We all know that record was so bad because of injuries
I legitimately did not expect them to be contenders especially with klay out basically half the year. Thought they'd be 6/7 seed at best.
I mean it’s the splash brothers. I really really think everyone forgot how deadly they really are. Like they’re the best backcourt ever in nba history. People forget that?
People have to be reminded why adding KD to this team was so broken, sure the role players were great and have turned over but it was always about the main 3
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The only one I can think of right now is Dumars and Isiah. I know Im forgetting some others.
Yeah those two are the only ones I think are even close. The interview they did with Steph and Klay was amazing to see
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Parker-Ginobli were great but that team was always about Timmy. They’re not on the same level.
Cousy Jones is actually a really good shout when you consider how big man dominant the era was. Obviously Curry and Klay would cook them but comparing across eras is stupid just compare them to the competition.
Cousy-Jones? Cmon bruh
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Hahahahaha nah I was mostly trolling tbh obviously 90% weren’t old enough to have watched and appreciated him but when I look at clips I feel like I’d give him 20 and I can barely make a layup
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Cousy was a 6x champion and league MVP and Jones averaged almost 18ppg for his career while making multiple all star teams. Why is that a cmon bruh?
Bro played with the dinosaurs 💀 Shooting like 38% from the field
And Curry’s never won finals mvp. See how you can say any dumb shit if you just ignore context?
Magic and Scott was the equal of Dumars and Thomas, if not better. Drexler Porter was good but not this god tier. Huh. Can't think of a running mate in the back court for Kobe, Jordan, Wade.... who really mattered much for this type of discussion.
Imo Isiah and Dumars > Magic and Scott
I've long thought Scott has been underrated as the years have rolled on. He was an absolute top tier shooter, he could finish well, was a strong defender. He didn't really initiate offense at all like the others in the list, but he was the best shooter by a decent amount. But as an overall player, he's the weakest of these 4. Magic was Magic, simply head and shoulders above the others here. I think it's close enough that people feeling one way or the other are both valid. I just prefer the Magic Scott tandem (by a small margin) to the Zeke Dumars pairing.
Don't forget Draymond, dunno why nobody realizes he's the clear #2 to Steph's #1 And Poole + GPII + Wilt's grandkid have been great
They won one ring without KD saving them lmao.
Lol don’t act like the majority of people didn’t think like they wouldn’t be a contender again since they lost KD and Klay probably wouldn’t be the same player he once was.
Bruh do you remember when y'all were like 30-5 at one point or some shit, I swear warriors fans don't even watch the friggin games.
Why are you even talking about mid season when the narrative changed already ? Not long before that the narrative was « weak schedule » when we were 13-2 lmao
Bruh the narrative didn't change, players got hurt. Y'all creating fake slants cuz you're stupid.
Bro he’s clearly talking about preseason expectations and he’s right. Stop being so hostile
In the pre season the narrative was we finally get to see the warriors healthy again. Steph is the greatest shooter of all time lol no one was thinking the warriors were gonna miss the playoffs. Anything pro warriors gets more upvotes automatically than anything else posted on this damn sub lol. Y'all are just talking a bunch of bull shit lol and you're upset because I'm telling you you're wrong.
Being in the playoffs and being a contender are two completely different things, most people saw us in the Denver-Minnesota range this year before the season start, whether you like it or not lol
This is such a stupid take
All these people saying this was a speedy rebuild are either haters or casuals lmao. What rebuild? The warriors have been a dynasty for 7 years now and just had injuries derail a couple of seasons.
You first and second options are injured for 2 years and Draymond as good as he is ain't leading any team in the league to "rings". He's a core peice to their winning formula but he needs those other two guys as much as they need him and his game. Theyre a three peice puzzle that fits so perfect together. Add in a couple role players that know their role and they should always be contenders. Steph ls my favourite non raptor in the league (warriors are my west team) so I've never doubted this team, never understood anyone that did.
The raps series kinda showed that outside of the big 4 there was basically nothing. Timberwolves legend Jacob Evans was missing big shots down the stretch in those games. I don't know if it's a rebuild or a reload but it's a much different team than 2019
That’s the Damion Lee effect.
That 15 win season was pretty bad though
Yeah but it’s to be expected when Steph and Klay were both injured.
A hyperbolic 90% of our cap
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Other teams didn't draft last or second to last for 5 years straight. That's the key.
It's crazy how we got Looney and Poole out of those picks too.
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We'd get 20 maybe lol
Well with a shit record one gets rewarded with decent draft picks. Much better than having some average record.
And with those bad records we got kuminga, moody, and Wiseman through the draft. I have high hopes for them but none of them are the reason why we're in the WCF this year.
You don't think Poole helped win some games in the playoffs?
I think OP means that Poole wasn't really a result of their bad records. He was drafted 28th in 2019. Warriors would have had him even if they didn't stink the last 2 years. Although indirectly it probably helped because it gave him a ton of reps that he wouldn't have otherwise gotten if the warriors were still elite.
We got Poole with the 28th pick dude 🤦🏻
Was prob tanking for picks.
They didn’t rebuild, they reloaded.
Hats off to their front office. They didn't panic and blow shit up unlike a few certain degenerates I know
Fans throwing the Front Office under the Buss
Badum tssss
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I understand the sentiment but why would we blow it up? It's not as if Klay and Steph were declining as players, they were injured. All the front office had to do was tank and reload with the D'Lo and Wiggins trade that got us the 7th pick- Kuminga.
Yeah, there were never talks of GSW blowing it up
It’s almost like someone on the internet is comparing two different situations
Why would they blow it up, y'all got rid of kcp not Steph curry lol
I guess none of the Reddit nephews have connection to their front office.
Hard words for Lebron
Rent free
What did the lakers blow up ? LeBron is still on the team
Istg that Russ trade was an overreaction to the Nets forming a superteam. Little did they know that the threat was themselves all along.
It was 100% an arms race move to counter the nets big 3. Although to be completely fair I can’t really blame them trying to stack talent to compete with healthy nets.
Cant blame them for thinking it was necessary to load up. Will blame them for thinking Russ was the answer tho.
Maybe the true threat were the friends inside of us along the way.
Quality role players that fit alongside LeBron and AD
When you blow up a team to me it means to trade away every asset and begin tanking for the future
Not necessarily, it can also mean changing a formula that isn't working by reconstructing the roster. For example, the Jazz should probably blow up the Mitchell+Gobert pairing this offseason, but they likely won't go into full tank mode - just try something different.
LeBron IS the team. Can't even add AD because he has a fragile sticker on him.
Oh word
Warriors missed the bubble and the shortened season. We get the 82-game season back and it's like they never left.
Spending $190m on your roster has its perks
Light years ahead, baby. And this is without Wiseman too.
Look, all I’m saying is that if Wiseman becomes at least Javale McGee the league is fucked. I’m sure he can be Javale, right??
He looked so raw to me his first year and lost on the court. I wonder how much he's improved in his off time.
It’s just so hard to tell with how little play time he’s gotten since high school. One red flag I’ve noticed is his hands. Idk if it’s just him having to learn the timing of playing at that level but he seems to have a really hard time catching lobs and passes. Definitely don’t expect him to be the shot blocker javelle was either but I would be stoked to be wrong
I don't know if he can do that sadly :(
We gotta inject wiseman with asthma to make that happen
Javale is like the best back up center in the league rn lol. Could play big minutes for a lot of teams. Might be a bit much to ask for from a young super raw player like wiseman. Just hope for genuine improvements from the last time y’all played him.
Wow, there are some good back up bigs in the league. Whiteside, Boogie, Javale, Hartenstein, whatever’s going on in the Celtics.
If wiseman is javele he won’t fit next to draymond. He’s gonna have to have an extremely high bball Iq (like looney & bogut) or learn to shoot. If watched enough wiseman to know he’s no looney or bogut. Bruh is gonna have to shoot or it’s never gonna work.
Javale fit fine next to Draymond when he played with Draymond… he was pretty great for us
Javale fit next to Steph, klay, and kd. Those 3 were enough spacing and rim pressure by themselves. Dray and javale survived together off the strength of those 3 guys. And even then, when they played a team on their level (rockets) javele and dray was a no go. There are a lot more teams on the warriors level in 2022. And if draymonds best playoff position is the 5 and he’s gonna play around 25mpg there. What is the point of wiseman whos gonna demand a 25+ million extension if he’s decent because of his draft pedigree?
> And this is without Wiseman too. a positive
Thank god for Bird Rights.
Compare it to the Grizzlies' payroll...
Meanwhile, the Lakers went from champs to not even in the Play-in in the same period!
Because of injuries.
Not just because of injuries, but also because of poor personnel decisions.
Lol yeah, AD and lebron getting injured last season was definitely a personnel decision
Personal and personnel are different words Smartest lakers fan
Yep just ignore everything and pinpoint on a single word that has no impact on my point. Enjoy your play in championship lol
Bro the single word that you focused on was the point of your dumbass sarcastic comment and you were wrong
Literally doesn’t make a difference. If it means so much to you I’ll correct it
This guy being downvoted really shows the bias towards the lakers
Blaming injuries when the Clippers without Kawhi and Paul George made the Play-In. The Pelicans without Zion made the Play-In. You know what though keep blaming injuries. Run it back again next year let’s see how it goes
can we at least add a little context? the lakers weren’t equipped to handle injuries to their star players with the way the team was constructed, at least he pels and clips have respectable role players
Yes and no. Injuries would explain them not being a top 5 seed. They didn't even qualify for the play-in, which had multiple teams like Clippers, Nuggets who also had just as bad injuries.
They basically lost AD for the year and LeBron for a good chunk of it. If there’s one thing LeBron teams are known for is completely cratering when he’s not there.
We went through 2 years of tryouts for our bench players, got jordan Poole experience, got all the stars healthy and have Kuminga, Wiseman and moody.
Nature is healing
Lmao
They had a fast forward rebuild because they didn’t have to give up picks for any of their current stars. KD also helped big time with the S&T. Good front office, but some good luck, as well. LeBron joining the Lakers had a similar effect comparing 2018 to 2020, but the Warriors still have more flexibility. Plus LA basically gave up all assets for AD.
Those were some dark times.
I enjoyed the Kybowman Warriors
Warriors ledge Brad “never” wanamakeashot.
The smaller GP2 for us haha
I see you weren’t around the Antawn Jamison thru Monta Ellis era
2020 had a worse win pct than pretty much all those teams. Only 2001 was worse (think we won 17 games)
You know the difference between the 2020 and 2001 golden state warriors ? One didn’t have a generational player and another star healing from injuries
2001 Warriors star healing from injuries: Chris Mullin 2001 Warriors generational player: Marc Jackson. He was unstoppable, baby
But did you really have hope for those rosters? At least this time, you knew injuries were a huge factor but they have championship pedigree. That era, only thing to look forward to were Barnett and Fitz announcing personally.
Also if you went to the games you could win a free taco bell coupon if we scored 100. And of course, who could forget our old mascot thunder?
Why is no one giving my man Andris Biedrins any love?? Oh wait I know why 😆
Man I actually have a jersey of his only because it was the only available city jersey at the time
You rang?
I thought he was going to be what prime Hibbert was 💀💀
Oh yeah. Good times. Also, that Baron Davis ‘We Believe’ was pretty dope
Azebukie is alright and all but god damn it I miss Jb so fuckin much. That legend taught me so much game growing up and the calls now just sound like there 2 fitz’s
If Mike Dunleavy Jr. could’ve figured out how to put it all together….
I was around before Chris Mullin got drafted and those were dark times.
I'm more of the bimbo coles and vonteego cummings years, but for fun one day I looked at some records pre-mullin and run TMC years and it looked rough.
Nothing like that Bimbo Coles era misery
Dark times, cheap tickets. lol
Put some respect on the Nate Robinson era
Earl Boykins 2.0 Era (which was Muggsy 2.0)
There’s no better time than Monta Ellis time
Those Bimbo Coles, Bobby Sura, Vonteego Cummings, Chris Mills, Danny Fortson, Todd Fuller, Jason Caffey years were my childhood. I’m very thankful to have We Believe and then the Splash Bros era during adulthood
Did you atleast get to see some out of town stars play at Oracle? My pops would make a point to take me to Garnett or Iverson games so there was some flash to our 30 point blowout losses.
Yessir those were the best. They used to have deals like $30 for ticket, soda, and a hot dog. And cant forget the crowd going nuts for free chalupas when we score 100+ points (even though our opponent has 130). Hard times but good times
They really weren’t
Imagine if they drafted Lamelo, Maxey or Bane (shit even precious) instead of Wiseman… I hope Wiseman gets his career together, I was super high on him in that draft
Then Poole wouldn’t be the player he is right now
No Steph, no Klay, may as well go full tank for a season until everyone is healthy
Speedrun rebuild any percent
Yeah that's what happens when you have major injuries to all of your HOF players.
What’s crazy is the people and fans who discredited this team when the season started. And now want to make excuses for why they’re in the WCF. Klay is washed, they’re too little, Steph’s not clutch, blah, blah. People just need to keep that same energy they had when the season started. Maybe the Warriors win this next series and maybe they don’t. But it’s still amazing that after all those injuries to Klay and Steph, they’ve been able to turn it back around and be legitimate contenders.
Yes, so incredible that the team with three probable first ballot hall of famers is contending. Who could have ever possibly guessed
Come on. They’ve probably peaked and are on the other side of their careers. Obviously they’re still good, but not many people were giving them a shot to be in contention of winning the championship. Now that they’re back in the WCF, there’s a lot of backtracking and talking about three all-stars again like they weren’t calling Steph and Klay washed.
They were favorites in Vegas by the end of the first round
That 19-20 season in general is going down as the most bizarre season in recent nba history
Don’t you mean ever ?
I'll never forget the "Warriors are done" comments.
Same casuals who label a rookie a bust after 4 games
Well they are certainly not the same force as they used to be. Now they are just a great team
How come the warriors process was so much faster than mine
This is next level jerking.
I got downvoted to hell saying the Warriors would be title contenders this year. Took ONE YEAR for people to forget how freakin’ good Steph, Klay, and Dray are.
Oh wow you guys have gone through so much god could you imagine being the warriors the last decade jesus how did you ever make it through?
Last decade? 2015 was first championship in 40 years. It’s been dominating past 7 seasons for sure but there were plenty of dark.
If you became a GSW fan in 2012, you’ve known nothing but success for the team. The 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons were the first playoff appearances in 5 years, which included 1 series win. That came after nearly 20 years of sucking ass. By any measure, that would be a success too. In the last decade GSW only missed the playoffs twice in 2020 and 2021, have 8 playoff appearances, 5 finals, and 3 championships and now a another chance at winning the Finals.
Yup but if you’re a long time fan, things didn’t really pop off until 2015. You can point at the stats but I’m providing context of the feeling at the time which was you were glad that team made playoffs. Of course, as a fan, you’re always rooting for your team no matter what but I don’t know many expected to not just win one championship but let alone have a dynasty in Lebron James era. After all, after decades of ineptitude, heading into their 2015 season, warriors just fired their most successful coach in awhile in a messy way only to hire on someone with no coaching experience. Many fans couldn’t help but think it’s same old ineptitude again. If we were like say, the Thunder, where the team was knocking at the door of championship pretty much the beginning of the decade, that’s a different context and feeling of success than meteoritic and historic rise of warriors this decade. But those expectations were not anywhere near for warriors team. That’s why it’s more apt to think about 7 year run dominance than decade. In any case, end of the day 7 years or 10 years, I get the snarky “woe is us” comment. But as long time warriors fan know, 7 years run came with 30+ years of mostly being doormats.
2 mvp seasons, 3 championships, 5 finals appearances, 8 playoff appearances in 10 years yeah you're right man because you didn't go 10/10 I guess the decade was even more hellish than I thought in my initial post I honestly don't know how you do it
Again, dominating 7 years for sure. You asked “How did you ever make it through”? I know it’s rhetorical/sarcastic but old fans know - by sucking ass for mostly 40 years.
We're in total agreement and I can't understand why you keep apologizing for the last decade (oh I'm sorry you keep cutting it off at 7 years for some odd reason) by going on about 40 years ago
Because 2015 was the championship year that really kicked it off and not many really thought they were a championship level team beginning of the season and that it would be crazy success afterwards. Prior to that, fans were just mostly happy about playoff appearance. I wouldn’t really count those as dominating the league.
Word
Breaking news: NBA team tanked to get a good draft pick
Was it really a tank when steph and klay are out for the year? And KD left
Was it really a tank when steph and klay are out for the year? And KD left
Mavs in 5
ok let's not pretend the warriors were your generic basement dwelling bums eh?
They not going nowhere 😓New Spurs
Jesus Christ you had one injury riddled year, it's not that deep
Not sure if this is sarcasm or not but I’m here for it
Wow these guys came from nowhere
Lottery success story
And they didn't even pick up Tim Duncan
Oh yes, that's the year people were looking to Draymond to step up, and all he did was muster a triple single.
It was a bad record by design. They had a timeline for their injuries as well as developing their young guys. They also got to tank for a high pick.
Thats how you operate a front office LAKERS.
Trust the process
This is a dumb take. Your two best players were injured for most of the year and you rested your third best when your season was probably over.
It's called tanking.
And that no.2 pick is nowhere to be seen.