Zanchief wrote:They are awesome. I've always been a fan of Steph Curry and I'm so glad Bogut is healthy for what feels like the first time in his career. Never been much of a Klay Thompson fan, but he's been playing really well this year. You guys are lucky looking back you didn't make that move. Love is a good stat guy, but not a great player IMO. The fact he got MVP consideration while chucking in Minny always surprised me.
I'd say they're part of a handful of teams that could win it all this year, but I tend to think it takes a season of losing deep in a the playoffs before a team is really ready to win it all.
I think losing Mark Jackson was huge for you guys. Listening to the guy talk makes me feel like I know more about basketball than him.
So, uh, what do you think of Klay Thompson now?
How about the W's as a whole? 12.1 point differential halfway through the season is historically huge, from everything I've read. I don't think they'll hit the Bulls' record, but I think they're gonna come in with a win total in the high-60s. Such amazing excitement in the area about them, after decades of being a league laughing stock.
And yeah, pretty much every media figure here who advocated for trading Thompson to get Love has been publicly apologizing and admitting they were wrong. Not every day you see one talking head come out and say "I was completely wrong", much less several. Apparently Jerry West was adamant against making the trade. Article today quoted him as saying "The Warriors would have had one less employee if they had gone ahead with the trade." Hiring him was one of the smarter moves the W's have done, along with replacing Jackson, like you mentioned.
If the Warriors do finish out with a title, that will give this area 2 of the major sporting titles (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) in the same year. When else has that happened? Has anywhere gotten 3, much less 4? The Sharks are inconsistent as hell this year, but still could potentially reach the cup, so we still have an outside shot at 3, but not looking likely.