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The Warriors keep taking advantage of the NBA’s best deal, and teams keep letting them do it

The Golden State Warriors are far and away the best team in the NBA. They have a target on their back.

So why are other teams so eager to help them?

It’s easy to stay ahead when your competition isn’t creating much of an impediment.

The Warriors came into Thursday’s NBA Draft with what should have been a conundrum. Pushing up on the luxury tax and in desperate need to land impact talent on cheap contracts, the NBA Draft was an important event for the Warriors. Only Golden State didn’t have a pick in the first or second round at the start of the 60-pick night.