We can’t start with anyone
else except the Warriors, the past and, most probably, the future
champion. Stating the obvious, it will be a case of history repeating
itself. Warriors should be perfectly able to repeat Spurs’ achievement
to recover nicely in psychological aspect and dethrone LBJ and Miami in
2014 after Ray Allen single-handedly took the title away from SAS in
2013.
GSW only got better and even more fearsome in the
off-season, bringing Kevin Durant on board, one of the world’s Top 5
players. I can’t really understand all the tremor and negative feelings
caused by this signing through the basketball world. Well, OKC fans are
in their right to feel bad about KD leaving Oklahoma, but they are the
only ones. Why should anybody else be unhappy and why should GSW
managers feel awkward? Just because they have done really great job in
keeping their salary cap in reasonable limits so be able to build a
superior roster? No, it’s perfectly fine, that’s the game.
Sporting-wise,
Durant is a great match for GSW (for any team actually ? ). He has
proved he is unselfish enough, playing so many seasons shoulder to
shoulder with shot-first PG like Westbrook. The perspective of 4 GSW
All-Star players in Curry, Klay, Draymond and KD is very real indeed.
Something has to be given away in the process of course, last season’s
starting center Bogut and SF Harrison Barnes are no more Warriors. It’s
obvious who will replace Barnes and Zaza Pachulia was brought along to
fill the gap in the center. Zaza is not quite Bogut’s class but he’s
very reliable and consistent, plus Draymond will help and control the
paints too, as usual.
Veteran forward David West is just the
icing on the cake, he also joined the team in his last attempt to win a
ring. David is not likely to see many minutes on the rotation but his
experience and leadership will be useful for the team.
To cut the
long story short, GSW won’t have any real competition this season,
aside of Spurs and Cavs, and even these two will enter a possible
play-off series with GSW as underdogs.
Speaking bettingwise,
there’s no value to be taken re GSW currently, with them being so
obviously superior team. I played with the idea to take some of Euro
soft books / exchanges early offerings (around 1.80 odds for GSW
champions) and trade it back for a few percentage sure profit if they
start the season strong, something like 12-2 or better. This is highly
realistic scenario btw, but the markets liquidity is weak, at least for
now, and not really worth it at this stage.
Projected record:
68-14 (just because I think Steve Kerr will take a note and preserve
his starters in the last 10+ games of the regular season)
We can’t start with anyone
else except the Warriors, the past and, most probably, the future
champion. Stating the obvious, it will be a case of history repeating
itself. Warriors should be perfectly able to repeat Spurs’ achievement
to recover nicely in psychological aspect and dethrone LBJ and Miami in
2014 after Ray Allen single-handedly took the title away from SAS in
2013.
GSW only got better and even more fearsome in the
off-season, bringing Kevin Durant on board, one of the world’s Top 5
players. I can’t really understand all the tremor and negative feelings
caused by this signing through the basketball world. Well, OKC fans are
in their right to feel bad about KD leaving Oklahoma, but they are the
only ones. Why should anybody else be unhappy and why should GSW
managers feel awkward? Just because they have done really great job in
keeping their salary cap in reasonable limits so be able to build a
superior roster? No, it’s perfectly fine, that’s the game.
Sporting-wise,
Durant is a great match for GSW (for any team actually ? ). He has
proved he is unselfish enough, playing so many seasons shoulder to
shoulder with shot-first PG like Westbrook. The perspective of 4 GSW
All-Star players in Curry, Klay, Draymond and KD is very real indeed.
Something has to be given away in the process of course, last season’s
starting center Bogut and SF Harrison Barnes are no more Warriors. It’s
obvious who will replace Barnes and Zaza Pachulia was brought along to
fill the gap in the center. Zaza is not quite Bogut’s class but he’s
very reliable and consistent, plus Draymond will help and control the
paints too, as usual.
Veteran forward David West is just the
icing on the cake, he also joined the team in his last attempt to win a
ring. David is not likely to see many minutes on the rotation but his
experience and leadership will be useful for the team.
To cut the
long story short, GSW won’t have any real competition this season,
aside of Spurs and Cavs, and even these two will enter a possible
play-off series with GSW as underdogs.
Speaking bettingwise,
there’s no value to be taken re GSW currently, with them being so
obviously superior team. I played with the idea to take some of Euro
soft books / exchanges early offerings (around 1.80 odds for GSW
champions) and trade it back for a few percentage sure profit if they
start the season strong, something like 12-2 or better. This is highly
realistic scenario btw, but the markets liquidity is weak, at least for
now, and not really worth it at this stage.
Projected record:
68-14 (just because I think Steve Kerr will take a note and preserve
his starters in the last 10+ games of the regular season)
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