The Golden State Warriors have higher hopes for the upcoming season than they had a year ago, and for a valid reason: they’re in a substantially better position that they were heading into last season.
Andre Iguodala, Nemanja Bjelica, and Otto Porter Jr. are better than Kent Bazemore, Eric Paschall, and Brad Wanamaker. Klay Thompson is better than Kelly Oubre Jr. Jordan Poole is substantially better entering 2021-22 than he was entering 2020-21, and so is Juan Toscano-Anderson. James Wiseman is a year older and more experienced (is he James Wiserman?), and Andrew Wiggins has greater familiarity with the system.