The Golden State Warriors are running aground.
They continue to act as if they have all day to mount another championship race.
Actually, time is running out. The Golden State Championship biological clock is getting so loud they can’t sleep at night.
They try to mix the old with the new: win now and in the future.
The future of warriors is now.
There are no more five-year plans. Sports are not just about being good or relevant for several years. It’s about trying to give you a real chance to win a championship that season. Deal with the future when you get there.
Steph Curry’s closing years can’t be missed. You have to build a team for today, even if it means giving up the potential of young players for a proven production of veterans.
By now, many believed the Warriors would have gotten another veteran star player to go with the winning core of Curry’s team, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
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With the opening of the training camp in less than a month, it doesn’t look like the Warriors are heading in that direction. It just doesn’t make sense.
In fact, Golden State has done it It was rumored that he would look at the disgruntled Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons. But it doesn’t seem likely right now.
Sure, the Warriors shouldn’t hand over everything, including the kitchen sink, just to get a deal. The 76ers just ask too much. Prior to the draft, Philly wanted Andrew Wiggins, James Wiseman, the seventh and 14th pick and two future first-team players.
Still, they continue to seek the rescue of a king.
And if it’s not that deal, the Warriors should have aimed for another star to fit in and give them a chance at another championship. Don’t forget, these last two championships only took place when they added Kevin Durant from around the world to the Three Musketeers.
Now, the Warriors think they can survive the tough Western Conference with the same three players they had when they won the first of three championships in 2015.
Stop it.
In the NBA draft, many thought the Warriors would make a big shock.
No.
They did not change their first round selection and instead got Jonathan Kuminga seventh in the overall. With the 14th selection of the first round, they got Moses Moody.
Nice, if your game is trying to be good and rebuild it. It shouldn’t be.
And let’s be honest: the last time we saw Curry, Thompson and Green in a championship, they suffocated a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals in Cleveland. It was the first time a team had won a 3-1 championship lead in NBA history.
The Warriors can’t honestly believe they have enough to compete for a title this season. It’s a pipe dream when you think about where your Big 3 is now.
Curry had a fantastic season last year (he was definitely in the MVP conversation) and the team didn’t even make the playoffs.
Thompson will be back. But he has missed the last two years with major injuries. Sure, hopefully it can re-form. But there is no guarantee.
And Green does not improve. He’s getting older and going the other way.
Another star might have been able to lift them in the conference against the Lakers, the Kippers without Kawhi and the Suns, who went to the final but revealed they were fugazi.
LeBron James is not the best example of how you want your franchise to care. It is usually shattered without repair.
But you have to give him credit that his goal is always to try to win in the now.
So many times, James has asked his promising young players to retire from the front office to try to help him now. He’s smart. James doesn’t have time to let a young player develop and grow.
James, about to start his 19th season, needs an instant formula where to add water and stir.
Curry warriors should think the same way. Waiting and wanting young players to go through them, as Curry’s career ends, is a huge risk.
Shame on Golden State for not being there.