Amidst the NFL season, the Raiders’ playoff possibilities and the long-awaited World-Series appearances of the Cubs and Indians, there is one thing I’m truly looking forward to watching all season long: Golden State Warriors basketball.
If you told me that I could only watch one team this year it would be the Warriors. That’s not just any basketball team, that is any team in professional sports. From Steve Kerr’s championship his first year to 73 regular season wins the following season, Stephen Curry’s back-to-back MVPs and now the biggest Bay Area free agency signing since Barry Bonds in Kevin Durant – which team comes close to that type of three-year stretch?
The Warriors are trying to do the impossible in attempting to make the regular season watchable and there will be challenges. The Miami Heat’s ‘Big Three’ roster will be the first to tell you that they thought their first year would have been a lot easier. Whenever you go through the turnover that this roster has, there will be a learning curve. Most nights talent wins out, but a lot still needs to be figured out. Steve Kerr has the task of dealing with numerous styles of play, breaking old habits and dealing with a bunch of new personalities and how they react to coaching and new teammates. It appears that the only thing that could stop the Warriors is a personality issue. Steve Kerr and Bob Myers have said since the parade ended after their championship that they will be the hunted team.
They were and still are.
Every opponent looking to knock off the Warriors will give them their best game of the season, making for great theater every night. From opening night against the Spurs to Durant’s first game back in Oklahoma City and the first rematch with the Cavaliers. This season could become the most exciting in Bay Area sports history.
