Despite losing a game going into the All-Star break and now half a game behind the threatening Houston Rockets for the first overall seed in the league, Hall of Famer Rick Barry remains ever-so-confident this Golden State Warriors team will end up on top when it's all said and done.

The former MVP of the league noted it's too early to jump the gun and say this Warriors team has grown tired and bored, with many more games to play until the end of the regular season.

“How can you predict now? It’s the All-Star break,” Barry told Mark Medina of the San Jose Mercury News. “You can do some predictions in April. Now you have some ideas on who might win and who might not win. But the reality is if the Warriors play their best basketball offensively and defensively in a seven-game series, nobody is going to beat them. It’s that simple. Nobody is as good as they are when they are playing their best.”

But don't bother bringing the argument of fatigue to the one player who would have to be dragged off the court, often playing consecutive 40-plus minute nights on back-to-back nights without the need of a deep breath.

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“It’ll be a great opportunity to go ahead and reenergize a little bit and get a little bit of time off. But I still find it difficult to hear how they’re tired. I’m hearing how guys are tired. Tired of what?” Barry asked incredulously. “They don’t play. The most that anybody plays is 36 freaking minutes. They travel on charter planes. I listen to all this stuff and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my god. These guys would probably be crying if they had to do what we had to do.’ It doesn’t make any freaking sense. How can you be tired playing 36 minutes a game under the circumstances they play with staying in beautiful hotels, getting fed right, getting a dietician and being on charter planes and all of the other stuff they have? I don’t even like to hear it. It’s ridiculous.”

While the game is certainly faster paced and much more athletically demanding than Barry's era, there is some truth in his words, as head coach Steve Kerr and his staff have ensured their players don't play any more than 34 minutes per game, often ensuring they never see 40 minutes in a game, unless there's an overtime scenario.

While the Rockets and the newly-rejuvenated Cleveland Cavaliers are posing a threat coming into the break, the Warriors still remain the juggernaut no team has been able to consistently solve, and until that takes place, Barry's words remain as bible as they get.