GSW's achilles' heel (pun intended) is the fact that recently under Lacob they've been stupid enough to stockpile soft players with "injury worries" (albeit good character guys).
Karma will catch up with them and Bogut and Curry (both with extended injury histories) will miss many games again next year. By my estimation, all the West teams will get better across the board, making life difficult for GSW:
- T'Wolves will get better (with Rubio back).
- Blazers will get better (with Barnes in the team).
- NO will get better (with an unstoppable Beal/Gordon combo).
- Heck, Sacto will finally become a relevant team with MKG in their team.
So with all the West teams getting better I think they'll be in the lottery again, hence we'll get our pick.
I predict we'll pick Quincy Miller and laugh all the way to the bank.
New Orleans need Thomas Robinson, not Brad Beal.
Actually, they need Davis. *Fingers crossed they get Davis*.
Also, Quincy Miller is staying at Baylor. There will be no trips to the bank.
Sacramento and MKG would be the perfect fit, at least for Sactown. They need a good character, blue collar worker. Will he be enough to mentally propel the team though? They have to trade Tyreke Evans.