The NBA’s 77th season starts Tuesday night with an opening doubleheader — Philadelphia at Eastern Conference champion Boston, then the Los Angeles Lakers at the Warriors.
Tim Reynolds Associated Press Golden State coach Steve Kerr went into last season uncertain if his club would be good enough to contend for another NBA championship.And now, the Warriors will try to do it all again.
People are also reading… There is no shortage of contenders for the Warriors to fend off and no shortage of teams that made big moves with hopes of being the last team standing this season. Minnesota traded with Utah for Rudy Gobert and Cleveland traded with Utah for Donovan Mitchell; the Timberwolves and Cavaliers are trying to reach the league’s upper echelon, and the Jazz are starting on a new path after a few years of being good but nowhere near good enough.
Durant’s reason for asking for a trade was simple: “I was more so worried about how we’re approaching every day as a basketball team,” he said. Those concerns were addressed, and in Brooklyn he stayed, with the Nets expected to joust with Boston, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Miami and probably others in a very deep Eastern Conference.
Golden State’s preseason was turned on its head when Warriors forward Draymond Green punched guard Jordan Poole during a practice session, a story that got immeasurably worse when video of the incident was leaked to TMZ. Green was fined by the Warriors, took a few days away from the team, then returned last week.
“The great thing about this organization, the players that we have, and the season last year is we have a formula for what we know we need to do in order to get better every single day and get back to where we want to get to,” Mazzulla said. “As much as we can focus on that, we’ll be in good shape.”
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