The 2023-24 NBA season is near, so at the end of another eventful summer we take our annual trip too close to the sun, daring you to stand the swelter of these views. This is Hot Takes We Might Actually Believe.
The Golden State Warriors are less than two years removed from their fourth NBA championship, but they are light years from the dynasty's dominance, and age is no friend to teams that hold on to history too long.
In four seasons since Kevin Durant left the Warriors, they are 151-150 with a +0.4 net rating — essentially an average team. That includes the championship season and their miserable 2019-20 campaign, when Klay Thompson rehabbed a ruptured Achilles tendon and Stephen Curry fractured his non-shooting hand five games into the season. The other two seasons averaged to 44 wins and the equivalent net rating .
Paul brings his own health concerns, dwindling production and a decade-long rivalry with the Warriors that is supposed to resolve the team chemistry issues from last season, when" by a handful of years. Beyond them, the Warriors are reliant on a rehabbed Payton, a pair of unproven prospects and two journeymen . The free-agency loss of Donte DiVincenzo could be more significant than any of Golden State's gains.
Nikola Jokić is unquestionably the best player in the league, having collected three MVPs in three years — two in the regular season and one in the Finals — for the reigning champions. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker are All-NBA first-team talents, each under 30 years old, and their teams reloaded around them. They are the four clear favorites, according to both
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