Over the course of this past off-season the established Western Conference powers got stronger and the up and coming teams had more time to mature. The undying Spurs dynasty got a boost when they landed the crowned jewel of this year's free-agency class in Lamarcus Alrdridge, while in Houston the Rockets added perennial fringe All-Star Ty Lawson in a trade with Denver to help bolster their already impressive roster. In Oklahoma the Thunder improved their coaching situation and oh yea, Kevin Durant is back! I guess that helps right? Turning our eyes to the golden coast, we find a Clippers squad with added depth and more desire than ever to capture their first championship. The West once again is a murders row of elite teams and very good teams such as Memphis and New Orleans, and they've gotten even better.
With all of that said there's a team over in the bay area who looks down on all of this in-conference movement and the only response they can muster is a disinterested "meh". I suppose they feel that way because they're coming off of one of the most dominant championship runs in NBA history. Maybe it's because they have the reigning NBA MVP who also happens to be the greatest shooter the world has ever seen. Oh! Oh! I got it! It has to be because they arguably have the league's best defensive player! No? Is it because their second best player is capable of scoring 37 points in a quarter? I mean, if it's not because they have the league's deepest team and their 6th man was last year's Finals' MVP, then I can't tell you why they don't care about what the rest of the west did this summer.
To start this season Steph Curry and crew have registered back to back blowout wins over two projected western conference contenders in New Orleans and Houston. Golden State currently has the look of a team at it's absolute apex, they're a well-oiled machine who manage to simply eviscerate the competition, no matter who is in front of them. We're in the midst of watching a team who has the potential to go on a dynastic run over the next 7 or 8 years and when you look around the league, it doesn't seem as though anyone is readily equipped to ruin those plans at the moment. They won 67 games last year, and I wouldn't be surprised if they went out and approved upon that.
This isn't a team that "got lucky" or "won on a fluke". The Warriors punched the league in the mouth and no one was able to respond, it's as simple as that, they were much better than everyone else and the proof is in the pudding, or maybe the rings. Jerry West and Steve Kerr have built a monster in the bay, and if we know anything about what happens when you build monsters in the NBA, the only thing that can stop that monster is itself.
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