Yeah, apples and oranges arguments are kind of sucky. I'm trying to put each team in its own box and judge them that way. The Dubs have spent a large part of their playoff run being down by large margins. To me that's a pretty bad sign of not being a great all time team. But yeah, this legacy crap is all kind of wonky. I can only speak for myself and the teams I've seen and this GSW team was a great regular season team but not in the same boat as some other great teams overall.
They were good. But not better than OKC, Cleveland, or San Antonio. Were they better than a healthy 2016 clippers?
Well, when you don't win the championship after the season they've had, their claim to greatness is voided. Though the last two playoff runs have shown the Warriors to be less than great anyhow. They had an amazing season but they proved not to be as deep as they initially seemed given that Curry was pretty banged up and the other guys simply couldn't step up when it counted.
I am not so sure San Antonia OKC are as great as their records either. Bill James pointed out there were historically bad teams in the NBA this year as well. The records may be as much to do with competitive imbalance as anything.
That's generally true of most teams that have had exceptionally high win totals. The best teams by regular season SRS (schedule-weighted) of all time are:
