What a season it has turned out. I was not rooting for the Warriors until the Finals, I was mostly going for the underdogs and where there were ex-Celtics coaches.
The Warriors are an amazing team. Got to credit their GM and front office for forming the team as what it is today. 4 'mediums' and a lean guard. And the 4 mid-sized players are fast, furious, tenacious, and can shoot in and out, drive, defend and run the break. This is a team quite different from the championship teams of the Heat and the Spurs, and they are enjoyable to watch. This is a team that lacks the ego that superstars tend to develop. Where else do we see a career starter accepting a bench role all season long except the last 3 games without tantrum but actually excelling in his performance in either role? Where else do we see a $15 million man who virtually was benched all season except the last few games of the Finals and played like he has always been in the rotation? Where else do we see 2 bench players in their last season but starters this season and play like starters who had been there for several years, ie. playing veteran ball? And where else do we see a starting center who was yanked and benched for the last 3 games and yet celebrating and cheering when the title was won like he played all those games? There is no ego in this team, no 'greatest player' of all time claim, yet the MVP of the regular season performed and lived up to his billing, and always humble in interviews, with no trash talk whatsoever. I'm not a Warriors fan but this Finals, they have won my heart and I'm sure those in the Bay area are so ecstatic I can hear the echo of their Warrrr-riors' chant everywhere.
Injuries are part of any sport that's why there are back-ups. There are no if's and but's and certainly no asterisk's to me. Steve Kerr said it best when he said he is so blessed and lucky, for being under the helm of such great coaches and learning from them. Most of all, he is blessed and lucky that his team stayed healthy and firm in the grueling season, and they are the survivors of the fittest. They are worthy champions. Am happy for the Bay Area and Warriors fans all over the world.
