The Golden State Warriors are in the midst of completing one of the greatest playoff runs in the league history sitting just a game away from becoming NBA champions with just one loss along the way.

This has brought up the conversation of where they stand among the best teams that the NBA has seen. During a recent appearance on ESPN's The Jump, former NBA player Robert Horry compared the current Warriors' team chemistry to that of the Lakers' 1997-98 team.

“You had a lot of young guns, and they were all trying to take their top as king of the Lakers, and it just didn’t happen for us,” Horry said of his old Lakers squad. “I look at they way the Warriors are playing and they play so well together, they hang out together. I remember after practice we were like ants leaving a mountain every which way [because] nobody hung out with each other. The thing about the Lakers at the time, you had Shaq just getting to the Lakers, you also [had] Kobe trying to announce his throne and it was just so bad that we got swept by the Utah Jazz.

“Magic [Johnson] literally came out on TV and talked so bad about us that the next year we got rid of Eddie [Jones] , got rid of Nick [Van Exel] , we tried to do some different ways to get rid of all those kings in the castle. What the Warriors are doing now is incredible to have that many dominant players, MVP players, great defensive players, play that well together and like each other and look out for each other. That is a recipe for greatness.”

Los Angeles like the Warriors had four All-Stars in Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Nick Van Exel, and Eddie Jones but it didn't exactly work out. There wasn't much fluidity to the team that could create a strong reason to believe that they can develop further into a title contender. This led the front office to decide to deal away Van Exel to the Denver Nuggets and Jones to the Charlotte Hornets.

Things eventually worked out for the Lakers as they became a championship caliber team a couple of years later behind the duo of Bryant and O'Neal surrounded by many veteran players and a proven head coach in Phil Jackson, who had won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls.

As for the Warriors, the front office had put together a championship team prior to the addition of Kevin Durant last summer. However, much should be said about his ability to fit in seamlessly into their culture and playing style without much of an issue. In fact, he has also become their top scoring option in an un-disruptive manner to the flow of the offense.

This alone has not only allowed for the Warriors to be a just a game for another NBA title but should also put them in the hunt for many more over the next several years. This could be the start of another dynasty in the league.