About a quarter of the way through the 2016-17 NBA season, here’s a look at some individual player grades for the Golden State Warriors.
Sitting on a league-best 20-3 record, the Golden State Warriors hasn’t taken long to incorporate Kevin Durant into a star-studded core that won an NBA-record 73 games last season.
After coming one win shy of back-to-back championships, the Dubs are looking to avenge the first 3-1 collapse in NBA Finals history, and so far, they’ve done a pretty bang-up job coming together on both ends of the floor.
Though the Dubs were a perfect 23-0 at this time last year, an adjustment process was to be expected for a team implementing a new superstar like KD. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green haven’t exactly had to sacrifice early on, but getting everyone in sync took a couple of weeks.
Following an unsteady 4-2 start, the Dubs have now won 16 of their last 17 games, and their one loss came in double-overtime against a very good Houston Rockets team. The Warriors rank first in offensive rating and sixth in defensive rating, and their revenge tour looks to be in full force.
Through the first quarter or so of the 2016-17 NBA season, here’s a look at some individual player grades for the biggest names on the Golden State Warriors’ roster.