The Warriors have gotten off to a strong start this season despite the departure of Klay Thompson and a relatively quiet offseason. The roster had plenty of depth but also significant rotation uncertainty without established stars outside of Steph Curry and Draymond Green. Yet, so far, head coach Steve Kerr and his staff have managed the group beautifully. It still feels like the Warriors will need to make a big move to get back to title contention, but stranger things have happened.
Regardless, with the holiday season upon us, we decided to spend countless hours in the Golden State of Mind slack channel engaging in rigorous and time-consuming debate about the five things Dub Nation should be most thankful for this year.