The Golden State Warriors seek to contend for the Larry O’Brien trophy in the 2024-25 NBA season. However, the team has had a few ups and downs, preventing them from being a real threat to win the championship.
With Draymond Green at 34 and Stephen Curry at 36, the team’s primary players are beginning to age. Even with that, they’ve tried their best to compete against the best. Head coach Steve Kerr was asked on Monday if the squad had a chance to win the championship this year, considering their current circumstances.
According to Kerr, he hasn’t lost hope in his group. However, he thinks they still need time to get into their rhythm.
“This team has the potential to be a championship team, but we’re not there yet,” Kerr says. “We’re competitive every night, and we feel confident in our ability to be competitive every night. Now, whether we can do that for four rounds in the playoffs remains to be seen.”
Steve Kerr discussed the likelihood of the Warriors competing for a championship in 2025 https://t.co/i0RLwGUXrk
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 8, 2025
Golden State is 18-17 in the Western Conference, making them the eighth seed in the standings. However, they’ve hit a slump in the past 10 games with a 4-6 record, including a three-game losing streak against the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers.
The team also made trades to improve their roster and shipped the injured player, De’Anthony Melton to the Brooklyn Nets for Dennis Schroder. However, the scoring guard hasn’t found his groove under Kerr’s system. Additionally, forward Jonathan Kuminga suffered a “significant” ankle sprain and will be out for at least three weeks.
Warriors star doesn’t blame the former prospect for not panning out
One of the former young prospects the Warriors had was James Wiseman. Wiseman was the team’s second pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. There was a ton of expectation with the big man but he didn’t pan out the way the organization thought.
Even with the failed experiment with Wiseman, Curry doesn’t blame the young big man.
“I think the postmortem on some of the two-timeline stuff is not great,” Curry says. “We picked Wiseman, who’s had a rough go. It’s not his fault, but we had an opportunity when we were at the bottom of the standings and had the No. 2 pick, and picked Wise. We thought there was going to be a way to bridge that gap, and it didn’t work out that way.”
For Warriors fans: a great read from one of my favorite teammates and sportswriters, Mr. Tim Keown on Steph Curry and the NBA’s most confounding paradox… https://t.co/mmp60e2nHb
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) January 7, 2025
Wiseman was plagued by injuries during his two seasons with the Warriors where he averaged 9.9 points and 5.0 rebounds.
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