Golden State should be a solid team this year, maybe even a playoffs 7 or 8 seed. Whether that happens with their wacky coaching strategy and jumbled management...well, that's the question.
Lets settle down now. They aren't on that level yet.
Morrow and Randolph are both great prospects(particularly Morrow) but haven't shown any consistency as of yet.
They'll be in the top 10 in the west but their whole team is just chuckers who NEED shots.
The lineup of:
PG- Ellis
SG- Morrow
SF- Randolph
C- Biedrins
Has amazing TALENT, but would never be a great team.
This team can score with anyone, but they have no defensive stoppers and no distributors.
I can't see them beating out any of these teams:
Lakers
Spurs
Nuggets
Mavericks
Hornets
Jazz
Trailblazers
Suns
.....and my sleeper pick for the 8th seed OKC....
Given there is a major drop off between the top 7 teams in the west and the rest of the conference, I can see why you condsider them a possible playoff team, I just don't see it happening.
I love the warriors, but I don't see anything materializing until Don Nelson takes a new job,is fired, or retires. I am a strong believer that his system doesn't work for much more than fan service.