While the Golden State Warriors have won three of the last five NBA titles, it hadn’t always been that way, especially in the late 2000s when the struggling Warriors were led by Monta Ellis and a group of underperforming role players.
There were a plethora of discouraging seasons leading up to their two lottery picks in 2009 and 2011, a pair of picks used on now-superstar players Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. However, their dominance on the Warriors almost wasn’t a thing.
Ethan Strauss wrote what would’ve been breaking news in his book entitled “The Vicory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty.