One of the most talented teams in the NBA, the Golden State Warriors struggled to stay even remotely in the playoff race with Stephen Curry‘s suffering an injury in the fourth game of the season that sidelined him for months.
Klay Thompson was already out for potentially the entire regular season. Even D’Angelo Russell and Draymond Green missed weeks at a time. Those four former All-Stars missing time has killed any playoff aspirations this team had.
That’s caused the young Warriors, players like Jordan Poole, Eric Paschall, Marquese Chriss and Ky Bowman to step up.