{"id":109384,"date":"2024-10-02T04:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109384"},"modified":"2024-10-02T04:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:49:02","slug":"how-long-nba-offseason-helped-underdog-warriors-get-on-same-page-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109384","title":{"rendered":"How long NBA offseason helped underdog Warriors get on same page \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 One after another, they strolled into the Chase Center interview room radiating a similar vibe. It was as if they\u2019d been coached. Or read the 2024-25 version of the \u201cHow to be an Ideal Warrior\u201d handbook.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody resorted to the old bromide \u2013 \u201cthere is no &#8216;I&#8217; in team\u201d \u2013 but the words coming off their tongues were more \u201cwe\u201d than \u201cme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Put another way, the esprit de corps was off the charts for the Warriors on Media Day.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this is the result of Golden State having an exceptionally long offseason, 166 days of absolute freedom, plenty of time to hibernate, hydrate, hit the weights and rejuvenate. Some of the credit also traces back to the way the Warriors went out last season, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/steph-curry-observations-season-over-kings\/1725633\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/steph-curry-observations-season-over-kings\/1725633\/\">humiliating 24-point NBA Play-in Tournament loss<\/a> to the Kings in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>I asked Draymond Green how much he missed the intensity and stakes of the playoffs, and his answer was predictable:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed it a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cI tend to play my best basketball that time of year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is an evident desire among the incumbent Warriors to rinse away that distasteful finish in Sacramento and there was no shortage of energy and eagerness to get back to basketball and the brotherhood that can come with it. They will have plenty of both this week on the Oahu Island of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are ready and itching to get back,\u201d Gary Payton II said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly exit last year,\u201d Trayce Jackson-Davis said. \u201cGuys got time to rest. Guys got time off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we&#8217;re hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Curry, fully aware that his NBA years are numbered, expressed a sense of urgency that might only be felt by someone who has won every significant individual honor. Now, at age 36, his only interested in being a part of something special.<\/p>\n<p>As in a team capable of making a serious run at another NBA Finals triumph, which would put him in the NBA\u2019s ultra-exclusive Five-Ring Club. He is utterly uninterested in resting on his laurels and cashing seven-figure paychecks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s going to be fun from day one Tuesday when we hit the court and start getting our reps in because every day &#8212; we say it all the time in training camp \u2013 it\u2019s a way of thinking if you want to be great in this league,\u201d Curry said. \u201cBut it is true for us more than ever. Every day does matter for us to be able to figure this thing out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors have gotten comfortable in the role of underdogs. Not since 2018 have they opened the season among the championship favorites. The squad that once ran the league has been projected to top 50 wins only once over the last five seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA has caught up to then and in many ways zoomed ahead. How else to explain Golden State finishing third in the Western Conference in 2022, sixth in 2023 and 10th in 2024?<\/p>\n<p>Most projections have these Warriors fighting to avoid another Play-in Tournament detour to the postseason. And they\u2019re OK with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won a championship my first year coming in, but even that team was a good team,\u201d Moses Moody said. \u201cBut it wasn&#8217;t like before the season everybody was saying, \u2018Oh, you already know it&#8217;s going to be a championship.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that goes to say that we&#8217;re not that far off. Things happen, a lot of things happen throughout an NBA season. I feel like we&#8217;re not that far off from where we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golden State should profit from the fact that its roster is heavy with players having meaningful motivations and incentives. With Curry and Green, it\u2019s age. With Jonathan Kuminga, it\u2019s a burning desire to be worthy of a massive contract. With Kevon Looney and GP2, it\u2019s an attractive contract next summer. Buddy Hield wants respect. And Andrew Wiggins, well, he wants to get back to the level he reached in the 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 draft made his first and only NBA All-Star team. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/2025-nba-all-star-game-chase-center\/1668905\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/2025-nba-all-star-game-chase-center\/1668905\/\">2025 game is scheduled for Chase Center<\/a>. And, yes, Wiggins has visualized joining the league\u2019s best players on his home court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be amazing,\u201d he said. \u201cI&#8217;m going to strive for that, work hard and do what I can to hopefully get there. Just got to stay consistent, stay on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I asked Wiggins what it would take to make this a reality, he took a figurative peek into the invisible handbook:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve got to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If words are gospel, Wiggins\u2019 mind is in the right place. The same can be said of his teammates. They\u2019re talking the talk. 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