The Warriors Still Aren't The Best Team Ever

It’s crowded at the top. Christian Petersen / Getty ImagesAt the end of the last NBA season, we ranked the 67-win, champion Golden State Warriors as the third-best team in the history of the league. It’s not easy to follow up one of the greatest seasons ever with an even better one, but — one 73-win season later — here we are. And this season, it isn’t just the Warriors performing at an all-time clip, it’s the entire upper-crust of the playoff field. How do the rankings look now?

Our NBA season rankings are based on Elo ratings, which are our preferred metric for historical comparisons because their inputs are relatively simple (and thus available for older games). They’re calculated…