The only chance to beat this emerging dynasty (GSW)...

"Emerging" is the key word. Their core is either in their prime or still very young, and Curry can take them a long way (like LeBron has with MIA and maybe CLE). He's such an indefensible weapon.

Winning 3 or 4 titles in a row isn't out of the realm of possibility. Spurs are getting older, Clips, OKC and HOU are dysfunctional, it'll take the Pelicans a few years to put their act together under Davis. The East will continue to be bad (LeBron is getting older). There's really not much competition for them.

 

Yeah, right, like Steve Nash was washed up at 29 and became a spot-up shooter. What a joke of a statement.

 

I can see your point about using "potential" vs. "emerging" but this team has many of the elements of "emerging" with Curry being so dominant. I'll stand by "emerging" since my prediction about this team is coming true. Here's why.

I actually met a GSW advance scout on a flight from Memphis to Houston after GSW won the Memphis series. He was going to Houston to scout the Rockets. I told him based on all that I've seen of the Warriors and watching almost every Rockets game this season, I predicted a GSW sweep, as painful as it was for me to admit it. They are just too good (and Houston is too undisciplined with too many turnovers, players just 'winging it,' etc.), and just about every key GSW player is in their prime or entering it.

Regarding retaining Draymond Green, I agree with you it's kind of weird everyone is emphasizing that being such a big deal. The thing that everyone is forgetting is that GSW is so good, whatever they lose with existing players leaving for more $, they will gain back with experienced veterans who are willing to play for GSW at very reduced prices. Kind of like how LeBron and Miami were able to immediately attract Chris Bosh, then Ray Allen, Shane Battier, Mike Miller, etc. Those role players were key to their championships. If LeBron hadn't left Miami, they'd still be in the "dynasty" conversation if they won another ring or two.

Curry will have that effect in GSW. So the only way to slow them down a little is to take away some of their assets, like a key assistant coach in Gentry. It's worth a shot.

Here's what Marc Stein wrote about Gentry earlier today:

"Gentry, meanwhile, is known league wide as an offensive innovator who, after his time under D'Antoni in Phoenix, led the Suns to the Western Conference finals in 2010 and helped Steve Kerr craft a Golden State offense that draws from the sets popularized by the Steve Nash-era Suns, as well as the heavy reliance on ball movement seen in Gregg Popovich's San Antonio Spurs over the past few seasons."

 

Shows how much you know. How idiotic to discount how good Curry and these guys are. You're in denial, bro.

 

Funny how you're quick to criticize prognostications of others but don't have the guts to go out on a limb with anything of substance of your own. Boring. Irrelevant.

 

Finally, we can agree on something: yeah, it's not going out on a limb to say they will not be a dynasty. No guts, no glory. But I'll take that bet on the last trip to the Finals in the next decade. That's laughable.