After the most scrutinized and pressure-packed season any NBA team has ever endured, there was a visceral sense at media day that something loomed large.
It had been 100 days since the crushing blow of losing Game 7 of the 2016 Finals, but the Warriors are a much different team as constituted right now, to the relief of those who are still here to bear witness.
Head coach Steve Kerr has an immense task ahead. Not only did he lose five of his top 10 rotation players, but he has the not-all-that-unpleasant job of figuring out how to effectively shoehorn Kevin Durant (a four-time scoring champ) into a lineup that already includes Draymond Green (a nightly triple-double threat), Klay Thompson (who once scored 37 points in a quarter) and Stephen Curry, who is coming off his first scoring title and two straight Most Valuable Player awards.
First-world problems and all that, but it’s still true that there’s only one ball.
The trick will be defining the calculus wherein everyone feels they’re getting their touche ...
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Article written by Erik Malinowski