Prior to the season being suspended March 11 because of COVID-19, the Golden State Warriors sat last in the standings with a 15-50 record. Injuries and departures played a part in that as a host of new, young players joined the ranks to form a team that looked little like the one that had made the NBA Finals the year before.
The Warriors were trying to develop chemistry and connect with each other in season, and Warriors point guard Stephen Curry told ESPN's Doris Burke during the Jr. NBA Leadership Conference that it's been hard to continue doing so amid the pandemic:
Ali Thanawalla of NBC Sports Bay Area provided quotes:
"We're in a very unique situation, we're so new to each other.