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The Golden State Warriors may best be remembered for the Nellie ball era in the 1980s and now in the 21st century, but the team has a short history of postseason success in the beginning of the franchise’s history. Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston were the first pair to lead the team to a championship in 1956. The center and the forward were the offensive forces that carried the club past the Fort Wayne Pistons for the franchise’s first championship. The Warriors had a young Wilt Chamberlain for a while and a young Rick Barry, but neither could single-handedly take the team over the top, both losing championships to more team-based play by the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers (who ironically had Chamberlain). It was on Rick Barry’s second tour through with the Warriors when he had quality teammates in Jamaal Wilkes and Phil Smith and the team surprised the overwhelmingly favored Washington Bullets in 1975. The Run TMC teams of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s could not break through because of a complete lack of defense but made the playoff tickets very interesting before a club with defense and offense could stop them.
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About The Golden State Warriors
These new Warriors have fully embraced Nellie ball again, but have been ravaged by injuries and free agency. The team started the offseason by losing Baron Davis to the Clippers. They got revenge when they took Corey Maggette from them. The team thought playoff tickets were still a very sensible expectation with Monta Ellis taking over, but a mystery injury is threatening to take out of the entire season. This leaves the postseason hopes up to Marcus Williams, who spent the last two seasons backing up Jason Kidd in New Jersey. Whether or not the year at the Oracle Arena is an exciting one or a miserable one depends on his ability to run this wide open offense. Stephen Jackson, Corey Maggette, and Al Harrington are all athletic players in the guard/forward category. They can shoot the three, rebound, and Maggette and Harrington are susceptible to defensive lapses. The team also has to continue to develop Andris Biedrins, a tall, lefty center that provides the shot blocking the team needs in the middle to stop the onslaught of scoring their style of play allows.
Golden State’s chances for playoff tickets have been slashed, but are not done. Williams could run the offense pretty well after studying behind Kidd and the rest of the roster is full of possible breakout performers. Marco Belinelli could improve on his dismal rookie season. His deep shooting ability will be given the chance to shine this season. Brandon Wright and Anthony Randolph are still projects, but Kelenna Azubuike had some compelling court time last year. The wonderful thing about playing for Don Nelson is that he encourages an offense that pushes the ball and lets talented offensive players of all levels shine. While this may make the regular season schedule fun to watch, the postseason often times will expose the players’ weaknesses. This season the team could squeak in for a seven or eight seed, but expecting much more from a team that has been thrust into so much change is not fair.
