The Golden State Warriors are still the five-time reigning Western Conference champions, but it’s hard to tell that from the start they’ve had to this season. Roster turnover, crippling injuries, and a youth rebuilding project have turned the once unstoppable dynasty into a wounded battalion of strangers clawing for survival until the Splash Bros return.
The Dubs have lost 16 of their first 20 games, a mark of futility so terrible that you would have to go back to the time period around Y2K to find the last time they were this awful.
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The 2000 and 1998 versions of the Warriors both started off their seasons 4-16. The ‘98 squad was infamous for All-NBA star Latrell Sprewell putting hands on head coach P.J. Carlesimo during practice.
The 2000 team is best remembered for firing Carlesimo that December after he led the troops to a 6-21 record.
Those teams were saddening exhibitions of organizational dysfunction and on-court mediocrity. Thankfully, the current iteration of the Warriors is merely wounded; not irreparably broken.
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