5 reasons the Warriors shouldn’t panic

1. It’s. One. Game.

This may sound stupid because it’s so obvious, but haters need to shaddup after one lousy game.

Yes, like I stated in the intro, this was definitely an underwhelming debut for the league’s new “superteam.” Especially since it’s (almost) the same team that ripped off a 24-game winning streak to start the season last year and added some serious star power to their roster over the summer. But that’s also all it is: one lousy game. It’d be asinine to assume a clunky season-opener is the breaking point for a projected NBA Finals contender.

Basketball fans and media members need to cool their jets before decrying the ability of the Warriors. Look at the NFL as an example. Journalists who cover the NFL often refer to the first Monday after the season’s opening weekend “Overreaction Monday” because media personalities everywhere — whether seriously or not — produce bold proclamations about a team’s viability after the first game.

Hell, the NFL season doesn’t start taking shape until mid-October. That doesn’t stop the peanut gallery from sounding off on who’s making the playoffs by Week 2.

Point being, it’s easy to jump on this game and crystallize every bad moment into a season-defining narrative. At the same time, it’s extremely disingenuous to the Warriors’ chances. Don’t forget: during LeBron’s first year in Miami the team pretty much had no chemistry and still found themselves in the NBA Finals. Give the Warriors more than one game, and good things will start happening.