2-11 now. I don't know if this is the end of the run completely, but they better hit on the draft pick.
Lol, would the likelihood that it’s the end of the run, or the exigency to hit on the draft pick be different if they were 5-8? If anything, I'd think Warriors futures are (marginally) increased by shooting the moon the way they are right now.
To state the obvious: what we’re seeing right now tells us next to nothing about what to expect next season. They barely have enough healthy bodies now to legally play games without forfeiting. Undrafted Ky Bowman will likely be playing 35-40 minutes a game for the next couple weeks with D’Angelo on the shelf (fwiw @DJBMH, it's a sprained thumb that he sustained last night, not a "lingering finger injury"). Jordan Poole is a 20 y.o. baby; and as I noted during last night's game thread, probably the worst player in the NBA right now given his current inability to shoot, pass, rebound, or defend. Etc. Etc.
Still, I think the overall GSW picture is brighter than it was entering this season, whether they end up hitting on the pick or not (or trading it). Just to recap, next offseason will bring the following, barring injury:
• A rested and motivated Steph Curry (statistically the best player in the NBA the last six seasons) in his late prime
• A rested and motivated Klay in his prime
• A rested and motivated Draymond, who may be in mild decline, but tends to play pretty well with the Splash Bros in games that matter
• 24 y.o. D'Angelo Russell
• 24 y.o. Kevon Looney, last year's #9 rated PF by RPM
• 24 y.o. Eric Paschall, who looks like not only a highly projectable NBA rotation player, but the type of defensively versatile wing-forward who by next season will already be tough and athletic enough to happily bang against guys like LeBron and Kawhi in big playoff games
• 23 y.o. Spellman and Bowman, who both already look like hard-nosed NBA players
• A $17M trade exception from the Iguodala trade
• The hardcap lifted, so the taxpayer MLE and unlimited vet min contracts to play with, and an ownership group motivated to spend
• A top 5-ish draft pick
• A coaching staff and core group of players with championship pedigree and experience
I'm sure there will be plenty of wheeling and dealing between now and next summer, so it's impossible to say what they'll look like in 2020-2021, but I don't think there's any other team that you can confidently say has a better-looking core of assets going into next season. There are a whole bunch of maybes (LAC, LAL, HOU, MIL, BOS, PHI, BKN, e.g.) but is there another single team that right now looks like a significantly better than even bet to be better than the 2020-21 Warriors? I think the Clips' roster (plus coaching, front office, etc.) may be the only one I'd take over GS' if you twisted my arm. And GS will (likely) be coming off two more months' rest than them.