Its fascinating, almost five years later, to look at the current rosters of the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors, and compare them to the teams that met in the 2019 Finals.
The Warriors look very much the same: A core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green, plus centre Kevon Looney, and head coach Steve Kerr.
The Raptors are almost completely different: Only Pascal Siakam and Chris Boucher remain (and Boucher didn’t play that season).
And yet both teams now find themselves at a crossroads. Despite still having their homegrown stars, the Warriors are 10th in the Western Conference; Thompson is a shell, Green is a bully who can’t stay on the court (and is a danger to those around him when is on it), and Kerr is being called out by his young players.