No matter who we land this summer, our focus should remain on becoming an ELITE defensive team.
GSW W/L
2013-2014 - 51-31 - lost in 1st round
2014-2015 - 67-15 - Won Ch'ip
2015-2016 - 73-9 - lost to CLE in NBA Finals
2016-2017 - 67-15 - Won Ch'ip
2017-2018 - 58-24 but KD's played 68 games and Steph only 51. Last year, KD played 62 games and Steph played 79.
GSW Defensive Rating
2013-2014 - 4th (lost in 1st round)
2014-2015 - 1st (Won Ch'ip)
2015-2016 - 5th (lost to CLE in NBA Finals)
2016-2017 - 2nd (Won Ch'ip)
2017-2018 - 11th
GSW offensive rating / assists rating
2013-2014 - 12th / 7th
2014-2015 - 2nd / 1st
2015-2016 - 1st / 1st
2016-2017 - 1st / 1st
2017-2018 - 3rd / 1st
GSW Pace / Rebounding
2013-2014 - 6th / 5th
2014-2015 - 1st / 6th
2015-2016 - 2nd / 4th
2016-2017 - 4th / 7th
2017-2018 - 5th / 17th
Lakers 2017-2018
W/L - 35-47
Defensive Rating - 12th
Offensive Rating / Assists Rating - 23rd / 7th
Pace / Rebounding - 2nd / 2nd
If you compare that just to GSW's 2013-2014 season, you start to see where we can be next year:
W/L - 51-31
Defensive Rating - 4th
Offensive Rating / Assists Rating - 12rd / 7th
Pace / Rebounding - 6th / 5th
One of the things that KILLED our offensive rating was our 29th rank in TOV but 2013-2014 GSW's TOV rank was 22nd so it seems to be a hallmark of youth. If we continue to focus on being a great defensive and rebounding team that plays fast and loose, we could make the appropriate improvements. We MUST do that no matter who we add in Free Agency.
Edited by GCMD, April 24, 2018 - 02:04 PM.