Golden State Warriors to take a step back?

The Golden State Warriors fired head coach Mark Jackson after he couldn’t get along with some in the front office and bowed out in the first round of the postseason. They replaced him with Steve Kerr and decided to keep their roster mostly intact in the offseason.

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Joel Brigham of Basketball Insiders believes the Warriors could take a step back this season depending on how Kerr manages the team.

"It will be interesting to see what kind of head coach Steve Kerr will be, particularly since his first opportunity has afforded him a lot of toys with which to play. Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry are the deadliest three-point shooting tandem in the league, and they shouldn’t be any less exciting than they have been the last couple of seasons. Defensively, standout veterans like Andre Iguodala and Andrew Bogut hopefully will anchor a more stalwart D than we’ve seen in the recent past. If Kerr succeeds, the Warriors will remain in the postseason conversation, but if mismanaged, the Warriors are the kind of team that could fall off a little. They’re aren’t likely to miss the playoffs, but upstart teams will be clawing at them. That combined with the new coach should make for some intrigue in the Bay Area this year."

Of course, if Bogut and the rest of the Warriors can stay healthy, they could find themselves in position to get out of the first round and challenge the elite teams in the west.

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