Nah, 2 words: Jerry West.
Jerry West joined the Warriors in May 2011, and they tanked that very season with Curry being out for the season, Klay playing to get minutes and in the 2012 draft they got bad enough to grab our pick and drafted Harrison Barnes. To me that was the point where the Warriors arrow started to point up.
Jerry West joined the Clippers recently as their 'consultant' (which really is just a code name for 'chief architect'). The Clippers immediately got rid of Chris Paul, and they've now lost 9 games in a row.
Coincidence? I think not. Jerry West knows the game, and he's playing it.