It has been a dismal start to the 2019-20 NBA season for what remains of the Golden State Warriors. Though these are the darkest times in recent memory in the Bay, a quick glance around the rest of the NBA offers plenty of examples of how their dynasty reshaped the league. Every team began reshuffling, rehashing and retailoring their rosters once they realized the Warriors could not be beat.
No rebuilding team has embraced the Golden State blueprint for success quite like the Atlanta Hawks. Now, before you stop reading and scamper over to Twitter to call me an idiot, I am NOT trying to make the point that the Atlanta Hawks are the Warriors, are as good as the Warriors were, or will ever be as good as the Warriors teams that went to five NBA Finals in a row.