Bob Myers (Warriors GM) Explains Why Team Is 'Not A Dynasty'

Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers says that his franchise is not yet a dynasty because it has won just one championship so far.

The rise of the Golden State Warriors has been one of the most unforeseen in recent NBA history.

Golden State is team that went from being a recently storied bottom-dweller to a playoff contender to ultimately an NBA champion for the first time in 40 years. The franchise has suddenly taken the NBA by storm during the past two years. The Warriors went from being the team with an exciting backcourt to the measuring stick of the Western Conference, even past the decade-long powerhouse San Antonio Spurs.

General manager and president of basketball operations Bob Myers is still keeping level-headed despite all the hype and success that's surrounded the organization within the past few years.

“Although we get a lot of notoriety, we are not a dynasty,” Myers told Michael Lee of The Vertical. “We did not win five championships. We won one. I think that sometimes people assume that we have this air of success; we really don’t. We’ve had two good years and one championship. So we’re reminding ourselves, we haven’t figured anything out.”

Myers is right on the money here. Very few teams are able to call themselves a dynasty, and the only one that would qualify in today's NBA would be the Spurs, who have made the playoffs for the past 20 years and won five out of six NBA Finals in the last 19 years.

While the Warriors have the potential to one day become one, the structure of the NBA is adapting to one that can provide a fair opportunity for more teams to become contenders. Dynasties are built on championships, and until Golden State can muster a few more, Bob Myers' humble, glass-half-full approach will have to be one the team adapts from the start of the season.