Though well past the halfway point of the season, the NBA All Star break serves as a signal that the end of the campaign is in sight. For the Golden State Warriors and their fans, the season can’t end soon enough. Highlighted by injuries and framed within the contexts of departed players, the opening of the Chase Center era has been far from auspicious.
And yet, there is a silver lining to all of this. The Warriors were never going to be able to just reload and run it back - not after the sheer amount of departed and injured talent - but this season has refilled the coffers in a way that many didn’t think was going to be possible in such a short period of time.