If there's something evident from watching the first two games of the Golden State Warriors 2019-20 season, is that these aren't the Warriors the NBA has seen the past five-plus years, but a completely different team altogether. Still led by their star player Stephen Curry, he's the first to admit this system is no longer one that can thrive with offensive explosions or clutch defensive stops, but a whole other team that needs plenty of growth to revisit the grandeur it once had.

“We've just got to recreate everything,” said Curry about his team, according to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.

Starting from scratch isn't easy for a player going into his 11th season. Curry himself had to do it upon making it into the NBA and learning the ropes of the game before he would forever change it with his daring 3-point shooting acumen.

This iteration of the Warriors no longer boasts another MVP-caliber player in Kevin Durant and has one of its pillars in Klay Thompson still recovering from an ACL injury.

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After an 0-2 start to the season, Curry is aware that the winning recipe is there, but the ingredients might have to switch a little if they are to make it work again.

“I'd compare it to a venture capitalist running different funds,” Curry said. “You have your first fund, which you build and hopefully have some success. Then you go back and say, ‘We're going to build a second fund, invest in some different things this time.' But it's the same people, the same brain power.

“You're starting from scratch on something, but with the same principles that led to success.”

The Warriors have gone from being one of the best defensive teams to the worst in the league, a humbling change for an organization that made its way to the NBA Finals for half a decade.