You’re never going to believe it, but the Golden State Warriors are going to look light-years ahead of the rest of the league again in about a year, assuming that anything in American sports returns to anything close to normal.
There are four different moments to examine over the next calendar year when it comes to the Warriors, and they’re all in their favor.
The NBA will very likely start next season on Christmas Day. It’s the NBA’s biggest holiday, it’s “their day” (even though the NFL currently has a game scheduled that day as well). But let’s imagine that the playoffs take long enough that the league decides to begin on New Year’s Day.