Mulhollanddrive wrote:This is how I underestimated GSW:
They finished the regular season 17-5 last year after fine tuning their system to play without Thompson and are now 10-1. They got better by not having Oubre and Wiseman so far and added Bjelica, Porter, Iguodala who are all at 122/123 O-Rating.
Softish schedule but teams that start like this typically go on with it, if Thompson comes back at 80-90% they're looking like the team to beat for the West.
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I underestimated them based on this. Last season they were still in that play vets but also play the young guys phase. This season they added more young talent but they are really just playing their smart, high BBIQ vets that have bought into the system. Bjelica, Porter, Iggy and Looney, they aren't particularly talented nor special at this stage in their careers but they are smart player and they just know their role in the system and play it well enough to allow the team to run well.
And FWIW, Steph and Wiggins could both play better as well.