Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.”
The Golden State Warriors may have been that flame. After a half-decade of brilliance, the Warriors’ 0-2 start (since then they have gone 1-0) led to headlines like this one from FiveThirtyEight: The Warriors Weren’t Supposed To Be This Bad.
One of the reasons the Warriors have fallen so rapidly is that the Death Star model, which required multiple All-Stars, necessarily meant that the team could not afford to pay for quality depth (and what little they have now is currently ravaged by injury).