Last season, the Golden State Warriors cemented themselves as one of the best teams in NBA history on their way to winning 83 total games and the NBA title.
Coming into the 2016 season, many people who follow the league called the Warriors “lucky” claiming they had an easy road to the Finals and wouldn’t be able to duplicate their success. I spent way too many late nights on Twitter defending the Warriors, positive that this was the best basketball team to play since the Bulls of the ’90s. At the very least, there’s no doubt that the Warriors are the best team in today’s NBA, and it’s no longer a question of if this team can realistically chase the single-season wins record, it’s whether they SHOULD chase the 72 win mark set by the ’96 Bulls.