As soon as Kevin Durant joined the Warriors on the 4th of July, fans and the media began referring to the Dubs as a super team. They have the best three shooters on the planet with Durant, Stephen Curry, and Klay Thompson, as well as defensive stalwarts Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala.
The only concern the team has is size, but they still managed to sign Zaza Pachulia for far below his market value. Even if they struggle to defend inside, who's going to stop their dominant offensive play on the perimeter?
Well, Jason Terry isn't buying all of the hype. Or, at least he's not willing to refer to Golden State as a super team
He acknowledged that the Warriors are loaded, but Terry pointed to a number of teams in the 1970s and '80s that had multiple super stars leading the way as well.
“If you look at the history of the NBA – Lew Alcindor, Oscar Robertson, Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar), Magic (Johnson) – every team in the league back in the day had two or three superstars. But you weren't calling them super teams.”
Instead, the Jet appointed another franchise with the super team title due to their prolonged success over the last couple of decades:
“I think it's more about the way they play. For me, San Antonio is a super team. They won five championships with (Tony) Parker, (Manu) Ginobili, and (Tim) Duncan.”
Eventually, Terry did at least state that the Warriors have amazing pieces in place to possibly become one of the best teams the league has ever seen:
“They do have two guys that have won the MVP. So they are starting to form a superteam as we speak.”
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