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5 Roster Moves The Golden State Warriors Need to Make

By Matthew Hallett

May 30, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, right) celebrates with forward Draymond Green (23) during the fourth quarter in game seven of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 96-88. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
May 30, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30, right) celebrates with forward Draymond Green (23) during the fourth quarter in game seven of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 96-88. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Golden State Warriors missed out on going back-to-back, losing Game 7 of the NBA Finals. They also were historically significant with 73 wins, beating the 1996 Chicago Bulls record of 72 wins. For them to stay on top, here are five roster moves they need to make.

Jun 5, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrates with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the second quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers in game two of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 5, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrates with Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the second quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers in game two of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

First of all, I would like to start by congratulating the Golden State Warriors. To win 73 games in a season will possibly never be done again. The fact that they did not win the Championship will go down as a historical side note.

Injuries do cost teams championships though. We will never know if the Cleveland Cavaliers would have own last year with injuries to their stars Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.

This year it was Golden State’s turn to feel the injury bug. Andrew Bogut went down with a knee injury in Game 5 and did not play a part in the rest of the series.

This meant that with no shot blocker, LeBron James was able to drive to the basket knowing that no one was going to block his shot with any regularity.

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Andre Iguodala played the last two games looking like he had just come out of a retirement home with the state of his back, so his usual high class defense was not as good as usual.

I am not forgetting the biggest injury of all for Golden State, no-one outside the Golden State organization will know how bad Stephen Curry‘s knee and ankle injuries really were.

He missed three of the five games against the Houston Rockets and did not play until Game 4 against the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the playoffs.

To keep them at the top, here are five roster moves they need to make.

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