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Hope the title made sense. I know it's just one game into the season, but if you guys just look up and down the current roster that's been assembled this offseason, would you guys say it resembles a bit like the 2015, 2016 or even 2022 squad?

I'm gonna say it's close to the 2016 squad but hopefully a different and preferable outcome this season. Just Curry being the lone Superstar complemented by players who are more on the fringe role-player to quality starter category (I don't put Klay and Draymond as true Allstar players as they had no more than 2 elite skillsets and still benefited from this motion offense system.).

Thoughts (Season's early and just want to make observations. )?

2015 with barbosa and livingston

2015 is probably the closest but I do think this is a much better bench than 2015.

This has 21-22 written all over it. We don't have an electric 2nd scorer than can drop 37 in 10 minutes or 60 in 3 quarters but we have a half dozen guys that can get you 25 to pair next to steph. If wiggs plays like he did last night, especially near the bucket and defensively, we will look very similar to that season. Not sure the west will be as easy to get through (it won't) and boston looks like a completely different and much better so my guess is WCF or so.

2015/2022.

Superstar Steph, no consistent 2nd option, but a group of solid players who can be the #2 on any given night.

Injuries? Slumps? No problem. Steph not shooting well? Gravity still exists.

Becomes a nightmare to gameplan against, because who do you even study?

on paper we should be good this year but that 2015 bench was special. livingston and barbosa last dance, speights turning into a midrange god. legendary. was brandon rush still good that year? can't remember but at one point he was automatic for us

Jester_ wrote:on paper we should be good this year but that 2015 bench was special. livingston and barbosa last dance, speights turning into a midrange god. legendary. was brandon rush still good that year? can't remember but at one point he was automatic for us

With 2015, seems like we got production out of just about everyone on that 2015 roster.

Early into this young season, but I think JK and even Podz will struggle to get into rhythm or figure out their role on the team. If one or both aren't impactful positively, Kerr will start relying on a 8-9 man roster to carry the team all season.

2022 - Put Loon back in the starting lineup and 4/5 starters are the same. Then we still have GPII, Moses, and Kuminga.

2015 with Bogut & Iggy had a different identity. I watched some of all the title years in the off-season (full games), this team looks more like 2022 style wise -- use defense & hustle to play fast and blow teams off the court. I know that always has been our identity, but the scrappy-ness got amplified in 2022 as our offensive firepower went down compared to 2015.