After dominating the NBA for half the decade, the Warriors are enduring a trying season in 2019/20. At 5-19, Golden State has the worst record in the Western Conference and is mere percentage points away from the Knicks (4-18) for the worst record in the league.
Key departures in free agency (Kevin Durant and Andre Iguodala) and injuries to their superstars (Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson) dampened the Warriors’ hopes to reach a sixth straight NBA Finals. For head coach Steve Kerr, who has presided over that success, the challenge of developing the younger stars on the roster has been invigorating.
“I’m enjoying coaching the young guys and going through the details of what they need to learn and helping them develop,” Kerr said in an interview with NBC Sports Chicago’s K.C. Johnson. “I basically survived my whole career. I was never really in a position where I felt like, ‘OK, I’ve made it.’ From year to year, it was just survival. So I can relate to a lot of these young guys and I can relate a lot of experiences to them. That’s a satisfying process when you see them do well.”
Check out more Warriors notes below:
- Among the standout parts of the Warriors’ reshaped roster has been the performance of Glenn Robinson III. Anthony Slater of The Athletic examined Robinson’s play, specifically him reprising elements from Iguodala’s play and how he’s trying to incorporate it into the current system.
- In a lengthy, in-depth feature, Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic writes that Monta Ellis is proud of his tenure with the Warriors. Ellis spent six-and-a-half seasons with the Warriors and was part of the team’s unexpected success in the late 2000s. “Everything, even through my bad times, I still enjoyed it,” Ellis said. “Because at the end of the day, they gave me my shot.”
- As we relayed earlier, the Warriors are in no rush to trade D’Angelo Russell, who is considered a candidate to be dealt at some point this season.
Maybe the Warriors will climb in the standings with D’Angelo back?
Warriors need to dump DLo and enjoy the high pick.
Since they’re hard-capped they have to take back at least $25M in salaries so trading him will be extremely problematic.
Seriously? Bro read a rulebook. Your lack of knowledge is insulting.
You and Luke seem awfully tense and touchy on the subject .. Warriors will rise again , and when they do they will be a strong team , FA will still go there , they will continue to address the teams talent and now get some high draft talent to join the group .. in a Knicks fan and would love to have the GSW problems ..
A team can trade a player without taking back salary anytime. The hard cap would only be an issue if the Warriors wanted to acquire salary.
If they can get a top 3 draft pick this year the bad season is well worth it. Just hope they don’t hurt another player for a long amount of time. The team has some good building blocks.