The Best Team In The NBA

Everyone has an opinion on who they think the best overall NBA team is throughout the season. One thing you can’t deny is that the Golden State Warriors are in fact the best overall team in the league right now. The Warriors are a team based in Oakland California. Back in 1946 the team was name the Philadelphia Warriors based in Pennsylvania. Then in 1962 the team moved to the Bay Area and was named the San Francisco Warriors. It was not until 1971 when the team finally changed its name to the Golden State Warriors and that is what it still is today. The warriors have been to 8 NBA finals winning for of those and the most recent win coming in 2015 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. In that same year the warriors made a historic run and won 73 games in the regular season to set a new record that the 95-96 Bulls previously held.

Some people, Michael Jordan, are saying since they did not win the NBA championship the same year that it does not mean anything. Even though I don’t like the Warriors I do have to give them credit on their amazing season. But shout out to the Cavs and game 7. The warriors are having the same success this year and are even on the path to hit 73 games again but it will be very hard. The team is currently 43-8. That is a win percentage of .843, the best in the entire league. They are ranked first in their conference which is the West and people tend to say it is the harder division. They have only lost 3 games at home and 5 games on the road and are 9-2 in their conference. The warriors are a team that always puts up big numbers which is obviously why they are always winning. Currently they score an average of 118.2 points a game while holding their opponents to only 105.3. That is a 12.8 difference. A big move was made this past year on July 4, 2016, when Kevin Durant decided to announce he would leave the Oklahoma City Thunder because he wanted to sign a 2 year contract with the Golden State Warriors. On July 7, Durant signed the contract which gave the Warriors a fourth all-star on their team. The Warriors are obviously the favorite to win the 2017 NBA championship because who wouldn’t be when you have four all-stars in Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and Finally Kevin Durant. I guess we will have to wait and see if this big move was worth it.