OAKLAND – The Warriors are perhaps the least ambiguous entity in the world of professional sports.
When you go to four straight NBA Finals, establishing yourself as the dominant force in a league surging in popularity worldwide, people tend to know who you are and what you’re about.
But while the Warriors return their four All-Stars in their quest to be the second team in NBA history and the first in 50 years to make the Finals five straight years, you didn’t need to watch their their season debut against the Oklahoma City Thunder to see that this vintage of the Warriors will be a significant departure from last year’s.