I am surprised how well GSW is playing.
Draymond Green is only scoring 7ppg. After Poole (18ppg) and Wiggins (19ppg), they have little scoring threats. Poole has been good but not great due to 33% 3PT shooting on 8 attempts a game.
What is amazing to me is (1) how much Curry is carrying that offense (2) how valuable shooters like Otto Porter, Bjelica and Damion Lee are to a supporting cast. Shooting continues to get more and more valuable. Other areas continue to decrease in relative value.
Bjelica is playing minutes at center! I mean he can't even defend PFs nevermind play tough interior defense or provide rim protection or even rebounding. But he sure can shoot and that is enough.
The other impressive thing is how well they are doing defensively. Wiggins is finally playing more consistent defense and showing the NBA the defensive chops he had at Kansas. Great to see. But outside of him and Draymond, how much else do you like on that team defense? Poole and Steph is a competent but unexceptional backcourt defensively. Looney is middling. Bjelica is incompetent. Damion Lee is good. Iggy is above average (but no longer exceptional). These are not the tools you would expect to see on a top ranked defense.
Which makes me wonder, how much is Draymond carrying them on defense? Steph is clearly carrying them to a huge degree on offense. Is Draymond doing similarly on defense?