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Are GSW really contenders? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by xitimofo@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I know most of the players aren't playing anywhere near their potential with Curry carrying them like his life depended on it. But even if they all did better, is it still a championship team?

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[–] Tapprunner@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

No, and we'll look back on this year as the year it ended for this core.

I don't know why everyone is expecting Klay to look like himself again - at his age and with his injury history, the decline he's showing is exactly what should be expected.

Draymond also turns 34 this year. We should expect to see him slow down/deal with more injuries.

It's also important to keep in mind that ageing isn't some slow, linear regression. As they get older, players become more injury prone. It doesn't go "the guy slowed down by 5% each year, started otherwise healthy, then retired."

So even Curry should be expected to be injured at some point.