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The Golden State Warriors Don’t Think This Is the End
Perhaps it’s unsurprising that the Warriors stood pat at the deadline, opting to double down on their Hall of Fame quartet and their belief that those four belong together. “This is a story that’s still kind of unfolding,” says Steph Curry, “and it’s important that we see it all the way through until it’s proven that we can’t win.”
The show in Barclays Center starts when Stephen Curry emerges from the east tunnel 72 minutes before a Monday evening matchup against the Brooklyn Nets. His ensuing warm-up, which has famously become a spectacle over Curry’s 15-year career, brings the lower bowl’s activity to a screeching halt. As Curry twirls left- and right-handed layups alongside Warriors assistant Bruce Fraser, kids, their parents, and everyone in between meander toward the court, transfixed. Five minutes later, Klay Thompson arrives from the same tunnel to a similar reception, looking to shake out of a recent shooting slump. Eventually, Draymond Green appears, completing the Beatles-like exhibition. By tipoff, coach Steve Kerr will join the trio as he attempts to guide the Warriors out of their recent stretch of mediocrity.
