Watching the NBA playoffs from home is unusual territory for the Golden State Warriors.
After all, they played in the last five NBA Finals and won three of them as a modern-day dynasty. Not so much this season, as they stumbled to the league's worst record at 15-50 and landed the No. 2 pick in the upcoming 2020 NBA draft.
The Warriors are in a rather unique position when it comes to lottery teams, though, because they could quickly return to the list of realistic championship contenders as soon as next season.
Much of their struggles came down to health in 2019-20, as Klay Thompson missed the entire season, Stephen Curry played five games and Draymond Green appeared in 43.