The Warriors are not among the main favorites to win the NBA championship this year. The strengthened Bucks, Suns, Celtics and Lakers, plus the defending champion Denver Nuggets, appear to be ahead of them in the race to the title.
However, labeling Golden State as competitors and not candidates may be the biggest mistake of teams in the NBA. You can never underestimate the honor and value of a team that has won four championships in nine years, reaching six Finals.
For this reason, we have prepared a list with the five main reasons that make the Warriors candidates to win the league championship in the 2023-24 contest.
The Warriors had plenty of reasons to extend Draymon Green’s contract. He is a fundamental defensive player who can play power forward or center. In addition, he organizes the team’s offenses, where everyone revolves around him, while he decides who is best placed to give him the ball. Green no longer has extra-sports reasons to worry. The Warriors trust him and gave him $100 million for four games. All his effort and concentration must go to the field.
It is no secret to anyone that Draymond Green is a conflictive player and that he made a mistake last preseason by hitting Jordan Poole in the face, but the reality is that the point guard’s attitude was not well regarded inside the locker room. On numerous occasions last season Stephen Curry went to Poole to reproach him for his lack of defensive commitment or for making bad decisions in an attack. But above all because of his apathy and lack of camaraderie. For Warriors it was necessary to detoxify the locker room with the departure of Poole.
It is true that in principle you may think that Chris Paul’s style does not fit in any way with the way the Golden State Warriors play, but that remains to be seen. Coach Steve Kerr has one of the best point guards in the history of the league, who can handle different offensive records that will make San Francisco a much more unpredictable team. Dario Saric will also add defensive rigor to the fourth and fifth positions of the Warriors, who will have a much more experienced face in the 2023-24 season.
Jonathan Kuminga personifies the Warriors’ hope in the young faces of the project. The one born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was the seventh selected in the 2021 draft and is seen as the great sixth man that the Warriors have on their roster. Kuminga had a 37% success rate from the three-point range last year. Plus, he can attack the rim hard. If he is able to take on all of these tools and put them into play, the Warriors will have a great solution on the bench, where they also hope Moses Moody and Brandin Podziemski can take a step forward.
Having a player like Stephen Curry will always put the Warriors as a candidate to reach the title. Curry is considered the greatest shooter of all time and one of the best point guards in the history of the game. At 35 years old he continues to demonstrate very high performance. He is the captain of the team and the only one who is capable of defining games from different areas. This year he will come wanting revenge.
2023-10-06 18:19:49
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