The Golden State Warriors are focused on bouncing back after missing the playoffs last season. It won’t be easy for Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, especially now that Klay Thompson has joined the Dallas Mavericks. The team’s struggles over the past two years have led to increased criticism, and recently, an anonymous coach made a pointed comparison that didn’t sit well with the team.
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“I was thinking about this the other day,” the coach told Heavy Sports’ Steve Bulpett. “They’re like one of those rock-and-roll bands that’s still touring. They’ve still got their lead singer, and he can still crank it out at a high level. But it’s not the same band as before — and they haven’t had a hit record in a few years.”
Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski didn’t hold back in his response. In an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Laura Britt, Podziemski fired back at the unnamed coach.
“We don’t love to hear that, but we love to hear that in the fact that we’re going to do something that no one expects us to do,” Podziemski said. “They don’t think we’re the Warriors we were before, and for us, I think it’s just the best feeling when you don’t have anything to lose, and you just go out and prove people wrong.”
