With the preseason underway and opening night looming in the NBA, it’s prediction time for many in the basketball world. After a run to the championship in 2022, the Golden State Warriors are unsurprisingly tabbed as a favorite in many predictions for the upcoming NBA campaign.
In Zach Lowe’s NBA tier list for the 2022-23 season, the Warriors landed in the top group. The Warriors joined the Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers, Boston Celtics, and Philadelphia 76ers in Lowe’s top tier, “The Inner Circle.”
According to Lowe, the Warriors should be better during the 2022-23 season.
Via ESPN:
The Warriors should be better, provided contract extension dramas — Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson — don’t open fissures. The Green-Poole practice altercation Wednesday — and Green facing potential discipline — brought a discouraging deja vu. I trust Golden State to handle it.
Lowe credits the potential rise of young players like James Wiseman, Moses Moody, Jonathan Kuminga and Jordan Poole as one of the reasons for Golden State’s chances of repeating in the 2022-23 season.
James Wiseman’s verticality adds a dream dimension to Stephen Curry’s pick-and-roll game (and Green’s lob passing), but Golden State’s repeat potential goes well beyond Wiseman.
Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga are ready for more. Poole is still improving at 23, and will either be playing for a new contract or with the security of one.
Read Lowe’s full story here.
After winning the title last season, the Warriors will return with most of their core, including Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Poole, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney. While the team lost contributors like Gary Payton II, Otto Porter Jr. and Damion Lee, the Warriors will welcome new additions like Donte DiVincenzo and JaMychal Green for the 2022-23 season.
The Warriors will reveal their banner and receive their new rings on the opening night of the NBA season on Oct. 18 at San Francisco’s Chase Center against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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