The Golden State Warriors is the strongest team and most stacked team now in the NBA. They dominated the league these past few years and they got stronger this upcoming season acquiring all-star center DeMarcus Cousins. Ever since the team created a strong block and Coach Steve Kerr made this team one of the strongest dynasty ever, many players are eager to join them to have an easy path to the NBA Finals and guarantee a huge shot for a championship.
Many types of players joins the Warriors and tastes championships even if they are not worth it. These types of players are some aging veterans, a not so talented player, unknown overseas players, laughing stocks players and even proven superstars who sacrifice money just to have a piggyback ride on his way to an NBA championship.
Now I am going to tell you my take on the players who would've not won a championship if they didn't played for the Warriors.
JaVale McGee
JaVale McGee is well-known in the league as a clown with low basketball IQ and makes many mistakes during games even in the Finals. He's always been feature in Shaquille O'neal's show "Shaq'tin a Fool" where funny moments and bloopers are being compiled. JaVale has been named Shaq'tin a Fool MVP several times.
JaVale won 2 championships with the Golden State Warriors. We can say that he was very lucky because he joined the most dominant team in the league. But if we observe his play this past season, we can see that his game has developed and he proved that he can become a reliable role player.
Nick Young
Nick Young also known as "Swaggy P" has become a nice piece to the Golden State Warriors to provide more space because of his three-point shooting. He had limited minutes with the Warriors but he did his role fine during his 1 year with them.
Many people just makes fun of Swaggy P and he became a funny figure in the NBA. But the truth is Nick Young is a great shooter and a good player. He's a legit three-point threat that's why opponent must take him seriously and not make fun of him. And when he heat up, he can make buckets continuously. He's a microwave.
Zaza Pachulia
Zaza Pachulia created a bad image of himself in the NBA. He's known for his dirty tricks and dirty plays. He injured opponent's star player and then deny that he did that on purpose. But when you watch the slow-mo on the replay, you will see that he did it on purpose and injured other players. He has been in many cases like this but he's not stopping doing it.
In my opinion, the Association must do something with this. They must punish him and pay for what he did. This is not good for the league because he is ruining other player's career. One example of this is the Kawhi Leonard incident when Kawhi single-handedly blow out the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs in 2017. But after Pachulia hurt Kawhi, the Warriors came back in the game and won it. Golden State won the championship that year.
David West
David West is one of the best big men in his prime. But now that he is aging he wanted to win a championship before he end his career and the only way to win one is to join the Golden State Warriors. Back then West doesn't like players who join dominating teams just to have an easy way to the finals but he did exactly that.
He became successful with the Golden State Warriors and won championship there. He fits with coach Steve Kerr's system as a bench player. Now he can retire with a championship and end his great career in the NBA.
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is the second best small forward in the league today behind LeBron James and then he joined the Golden State Warriors to win a championship there. Everybody are not happy with his decision joining the Warriors and many people hated him for that. He sacrificed a lot of money and take a major pay cut just to join the Warriors and win a championship.
Kevin Durant is one of the best scorers in league history and one of the best players to ever play the game but he cannot carry the Oklahoma City Thunder to win a championship that's why he joined the team who beat them in the playoffs. There's a saying that "If you can't beat them, join them", and Durant did what the sayings say. Durant was called a snake by many NBA fans and became one of the most hated players in the NBA today. And even he won 2 championships and 2 finals MVP with the Warriors, people are not praising him and not respecting those achievements.
As of now, the Warriors are still unstoppable and I believe there's no team who can beat them now that DeMarcus Cousins is already on their roster. Maybe the Warriors will still dominate the league for 2 to 3 years before their core part ways.
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