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As cranberry sauce recipes get swapped and road trips to Grandma’s mapped out, we know we’re well into the NBA season. With plenty of games now under our collective belt, it’s a great time to...
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After winning an NBA championship in the 2021-22 season, the 2022-23 season was a little less successful for Golden State. However, it still resulted in a playoff berth for the Warriors. Though they had one of the worst records on the road, the Warriors also had one of the best home records and finished the season with a 44-38 overall mark.
Golden State entered the playoffs as the sixth seed, facing Sacramento in the first round and winning in seven games despite losing the first two. However, the Warriors lost in the second round to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games, marking their earliest exit from the playoffs since the 2013-14 season, where they fell in the opening round.
The Warriors made a few moves in the offseason outside of re-signing Draymond Green, trading for Chris Paul and signing Dario Saric and Cory Joseph as well.
Paul will be entering his 19th season and will look to bring another strong presence to the point guard position. He is coming off a season in which he averaged 13.9 points, 8.9 assists and 4.3 rebounds.
Saric should add some solid minutes off the bench after averaging 6.4 points on 45.8% shooting and 3.6 rebounds a game last season in limited minutes. Joseph will also look to provide another solid backup point guard after averaging 6.9 points and 3.5 assists last season.
In order to acquire Paul, Golden State had to trade a number of players, with the most notable being Jordan Poole. Poole was the Warriors’ third-leading scorer last season, averaging 20.4 points, 4.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds.
The Warriors also sent Ryan Rollins and Patrick Baldwin Jr. away in the trade, two players who combined to play 43 games and average 5.8 points a game last season.
Golden State also moved on from Donte DiVincenzo after he declined his player option and moved onto the New York Knicks. DiVincenzo averaged 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 steals last season while also shooting 39.7% from three.
Steve Kerr began his head coaching career in 2014 for the Warriors after spending many seasons as a player and six as an executive as well.
In his first year as head coach, Kerr led Golden State to an NBA championship, winning the title three times in his first four seasons. He won the award for NBA Coach of the Year in the only season the team didn’t win the championship in that span after helping lead the Warriors to a 73-win season.
After losing in the NBA Finals in the 2018-19 season, Golden State missed the playoffs the next two seasons. However, Kerr helped lead the Warriors back once again the last two seasons, with the Warriors winning it all once more in 2021-22.
The Warriors have been one of the top teams in the West for many years. With many of its top players back and the addition of a veteran in Paul, they should be once again this season.
However, the stars on Golden State’s roster are getting older as well, so to compete and make a run in the playoffs, the Warriors may need to see a jump from their younger players as well. Expectations are always high with the duo of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, and though it may not reach the 48.5-win threshold NBA odds has set, Golden State should make the playoffs once more this year.
The Warriors have won the NBA Championship seven times.
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The West is only getting tougher, explaining why Golden State is tied for the fifth-best odds to win the championship according to NBA predictions. So the road to a title will be tough should the Warriors do it this season.
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Steve Kerr has been head coach of the Warriors for nine seasons.
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Golden State has made it to the postseason the past two seasons, with the Warriors last missing it in the 2020-21 season.
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