After a hot start where the Golden State Warriors seemed to be achieving above their means — that is, having one singular elite advantage creator on the roster supplemented by a role players who don’t particularly excel at one skill set — the world seems to be crashing down to where most people expected them to be at heading into this season.
That has been a function of several things. For one, one of those role players in De’Anthony Melton was proving to be their best offseason signing, a two-way two-guard with ball-handling capabilities in a pinch, three-point shooting, and an ability to defend the opposing team’s best perimeter scorer.