Why the Warriors won't win the NBA title
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Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
?Coming off of an historic season last year where the Golden State Warriors broke the regular season wins record with an impressive 73 wins, the Warriors once again look like the odds on favorites to win the 2017 NBA championship for the second time in three seasons, adding Kevin Durant to a team already stacked with talent with the likes of Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson just to name a few, but hold your horses, there are a few reasons why they won't win a title this year:
Reason 1: Three point shooting
It's obvious that the Warriors rely heavily on three point shooting for the majority of their offense, but for a championship contending team with a lack of a low-post game, the same thing that's the Golden State Warriors bread and butter might hurt them in the playoffs when the game becomes slower and teams star playing a half court offense.
Reason 2 : Lack of size
As we all know the Cleveland Cavs shocked the world and won their first NBA title, the first championship for the city of Cleveland in 52 years(1964 Cleveland Browns). Many people might say that the reason why the Cavs won it all was because they wanted it more, or that Draymond Green was suspended for game 5, or that Andrew Bogut suffered a season ending knee injury, or Iguodala's bad back.That might be true but the real reason was their length. The Cavs immediately exploited that fact by constantly pounding the ball inside and going to the free throw line. Losing players like Festus Ezeli, Harrison Barnes and Andrew Bogut will hurt in the long run.
Reason 3: Too many people demand the ball
Earlier in the season Klay Thompson had a bit of a shooting slump. Reporters asked if was because of the arrival of Kevin Durant but he denies that had anything to do with that(denial) we will see if that becomes an issue. They fact of the matter is that their star players all need the ball a lot to be successful. Curry has to have the ball because he's basically the only playmaker on the team and Durant and Thompson need the ball because they both like to score and it's hard to share the ball with everyone trying to get there's.
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