Draymond Green recently opened in the NBA playoffs about the downfall of the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors overcame the Houston Rockets in the first round battle of the seven-game Western Conference.
They faced the Minnesota Timberwolves in the semi-finals and won Game 1 despite Stephen Curry’s first half hamstring injury.
Unfortunately, Curry did not return as Steve Kerr’s team lost four times in a row and ended the playoffs.
Green explained where the Warriors were wrong this season, along with the recent absence of a superstar point guard.
The Warriors struggled during the regular season until Jimmy Butler was added from the Miami Heat to the trade deadline.
The 35-year-old proved to be the perfect second option behind curry and ran fantastically up to the Timberwolves series.
The only problem with the Warriors was that they had to fight hard just to make the playoffs, they ran out of steam too quickly.
“We’ve always talked about having 82 games and 16 games,” Green explained in an interview at the end of the season.
“At some point, we need to look at both, ideally, from February 8th, we don’t want to take the scraps and claws for all the wins we can probably win.
“For us, we have been in playoff mode for the past three months, not a very effective way to win a championship.
“I think I have to play three months of playoff basketball, and I ended up being a victim in the last few weeks, and I think that will be the focus.
“I feel very confident and very strongly. We still feel strongly that we can do another one or two runs at the Ultimate Awards. But we definitely need to get better.”
Some believe that the Warriors beat the Timberwolves without Curry’s timing injuries, but few thought they could win an NBA title.
The Warriors’ core is undoubtedly the Championship Caliber. Curry and Butler bring the star power that every team that wins the title needs, and Green lets them check.
Buddy Hield, Brandin Podziemski, and Jonathan Kuminga all show flashes of glow in the postseason, offering quality time from the starting lineup or bench.
Their biggest problem lies in the central position. The three-man rotation, Kevon Looney, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Quinten Post, cannot do that in the playoffs.
If the Warriors can deal with the offseason issues with the acquisition of someone like Miles Turner, they could be a threat to win it next year.