An anonymous NBA coach oddly compares Warriors to a washed-up rock band originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry and the Warriors still believe they can produce hit records.
But one anonymous NBA coach questions whether the Golden State a rock and roll band is past its prime.
“I was thinking about it the other day,” the coach told Steve Bulpett of Heavy Sports earlier this week (h/t The Dunk Center). “They’re like one of those rock and roll bands that still tour. They still have their lead singer, and he can still belt it out at a high level. But it’s not the same band as before — and they haven’t had a hit record in a few years.
“That championship they won against Boston … that looks like a lifetime achievement award now. They had the experience and the professionalism, and Boston wasn’t ready to deal with that yet.”
For the better part of a decade, Curry and the Warriors were the NBA’s biggest show, drawing massive crowds at every road arena they visited.
Golden State is still a top attraction for the NBA because of Curry, but the franchise is teetering on the edge of mediocrity.
Following a dynastic run that saw the Warriors win four NBA titles in an eight-year span capped by their improbable 2022 championship, they bowed out to the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 2023 NBA playoffs and lost to the Sacramento Kings in the 2024 Western Conference Play-In Tournament.
The Warriors’ fortunes may not improve during the upcoming 2024-25 NBA season, with a franchise icon Klay Thompson leaving for the Dallas Mavericks.
Buddy Hield, Kyle Anderson and De’Anthony Melton have been added to the fold, but they may not be enough to push the Warriors back into NBA title bridges.
But Curry, who signed a one-year, $62.6 million contract extension for the 2026-27 season, The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson II recently told that the goal is still to win.
Whether or not the Warriors can achieve that goal remains to be seen.
But in the eyes of at least one NBA coach, the Warriors’ winning days are behind them.
