It comes with little doubt that the Golden State Warriors are the toast of the NBA today. Almost every other team today is influenced in varying degrees to build, reshape, or retool their lineups according to what they think would have the best chance of bringing down the Warriors. If it weren’t for the Warriors’ dominance, Paul George and Carmelo Anthony might not be part of the Oklahoma City Thunder right now or that Chris Paul and James Harden wouldn’t have been teaming up in Houston.
This is reminiscent of what happened in the 1990s when Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls sent the rest of the league scrambling for answers that never came on how to defeat the mighty Bulls.
Klay Thompson thinks that the Warriors are on pace to catch up to what Jordan’s Bulls had achieved during their time, per Nick Freidell of ESPN.
“What's that, six championships in eight years?” Thompson said Saturday, when asked whether the Warriors were the closest thing the league had seen to the Bulls dynasty. “So we're, what, like only a third of the way there? I think it's close. We still have a long way to go, but I do see the fandom, the fanfare like the Bulls had in the '90s.
The Warriors winning two titles in three years is an impressive feat but when juxtaposed with what the 1990s Bulls did in their era, it simply pales in comparison. That Bulls won six titles by way of a pair of three-peats. The Warriors haven’t even won two in a row yet. Still, Golden State appears to have the pieces to dominate the league for the rest of the decade. Stephen Curry is signed with the Warriors for the long run. Kevin Durant’s contract expires next year but is seemingly committed to the team, which you could also say about Thompson and Draymond Green.
The Bulls are way up there, and Thompson is optimistic that Golden State will be there with them in the future.
Follow Us
Subscribe