Mychal Thompson: Warriors have multiple titles in their future

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Steinmetz

On Nov. 2 of last year, when the Golden State Warriors were all of 2-0 to start their first season under Steve Kerr, former Laker and current father of Klay Thompson said that if the Warriors didn’t win the NBA championship they should consider the season a bust.

That was last year. After two games!

On Saturday, Thompson again joined the “NBA This Week” on 95.7-FM The Game and talked about the Warriors. Since he was on the money last year, Warriors fans might be very happy to know that Mychal Thompson thinks the Warriors have multiple titles in their future.

“This team is all set to go on a back-to-back run,” Thompson said. “I told Klay and Draymond (Green) this. We were in the Bahamas, hanging out down there celebrating the championship. I said ‘If you guys want to go on a Showtime-like run the way Magic Johnson, Kareem and Worthy did over those eight years all the Warriors have to do is follow the three H’s: No. 1, stay healthy; stay hungry; and stay humble. If they follow those three simple guidelines, this team over the next eight years could win four or five championships, no doubt in my mind.”

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AnswerCam: Taking your questions about NBA, Warriors

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Steinmetz

Every once in a while I take questions from NBA and Warriors fans on Twitter, through the AnswerCam app. I’m going to start posting them here. This is episode No. 3:

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Clippers’ problem: Their ‘bigs’ get outplayed by Warriors’ ‘smalls’

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Steinmetz

The Golden State Warriors came from 23 points behind on Thursday night to beat the LA Clippers 124-117 at Staples Center. The win pushed the Warriors’ record to 13-0 overall, while the Clippers fell to 0-2 against the Warriors this year. Let’s face it, the Clippers’ overall record doesn’t matter anymore; just that they can’t beat the Warriors.

Right now anyway.

In the wake of their devastating loss last night, it’s easy to dismiss the Clippers as contenders and come to the conclusion: The Warriors have their number. Do that at your own peril. It’s still only November, the Clippers figure to get better as they get healthier and they’ll also do a better job assimilating their new players. A lot can happen.

Still, Blake Griffin and Austin Rivers both came clean after the game, indicating that this isn’t so much a rivalry as a big brother getting over on a little brother time and time again. Who knows? Perhaps the Clippers acknowledging they’re not where the Warriors are will work for them. Maybe it makes them hungrier. Maybe it makes them realize they have to reach a level of play they haven’t reached yet. In any event, admitting you have a problem is the first step toward solving the problem.

And when it comes to the Clippers, they’ve got one giant problem: They’re big players — supposedly the strength of their team — cannot consistently produce against the Warriors’ small-ball lineup. Let me repeat that: The Clippers’ big men can’t get anything done when the Warriors defend them with their smaller players.

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