There was once a time not long ago when NBA free agency would be a brief period of hope for Golden State Warriors fans.
However unrealistic, it represented an opportunity, a chance for the forever mediocre Warriors to add new, better players, land a prized free agent, and dig themselves out of misery.
Most of the time, the hope was short-lived — like a bipolar patient going through a period of mania before falling into depression — as the Warriors would either overpay (Corey Maggette, Derek Fisher, Ronny Turiaf) or come up just short (Elton Brand, Gilbert Arenas, DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard).