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When will the Golden State Warriors have to make a difficult choice?

The Golden State Warriors have escaped difficult choices in a manner that no other NBA dynasty has ever experienced, but history is swiftly reversing course in that direction.

In order to extract another championship, general manager Bob Myers and head coach Steve Kerr have skillfully and deftly walked a fine line, drawing out the best performance from the core while the supporting cast delivered just enough. However, it seems that robust organizational bamboo is suddenly under stress.

A single-minded focus, skill, and a little bit of luck are necessary for sustained success. The NBA is far too competitive, with excellent teams far too willing to jump at the chance to take the top spot in a conference rather than just mow roses at the feet of the winners.

For a variety of reasons and degrees of guilt, the three most well-known NBA plaers—LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant—are not being further promoted by their organizations.

The Warriors still have a route out of the basement and back to the penthouse, unlike the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, but it appears they must use the leverage they have gained.

Given that he was the unanimous MVP seven seasons prior, one could argue Curry is having his best season to date. But because of his brilliance, the Warriors are being forced into a situation from which they need to find a way quickly, lest this turn into franchise malpractice.

It is not as simple as benching Klay Thompson or attributing the sluggish start to exhaustion from witnessing Jordan Poole get punched by Draymond Green during training camp.

Regarding the rollover, this league is fortunate to have such issues. Following a road defeat in Detroit a few weeks prior, Curry said to Yahoo Sports, “I’m not worried about the big picture.” We’ve experienced this before as well. It’s been a while since this. However, I am familiar with the procedure.

Though they begin from scratch like everyone else, it’s easy to assume a team like the Warriors picks up where it left off in June of last year. The issue is that they’re still learning.

We have a different team, as you can see. Thus, this year needs to be treated as a unique one, according to Curry. “It’s not a panic because we’ve been through this before, that’s what I’ve noticed.”

Curry took care to project composure when he spoke that evening. Not conceit, but concern none the less.

Curry stated, “[Setting] realistic championship expectations for this particular team.” Everyone is holding us to the expectation that we should be [undefeated], which is understandable, which is why I tried not to be too serious in the press room. That isn’t how it functions.

Kerr made the decision to state what everyone with trained eyes already knew: there are no simple answers and no cohesiveness on either end of the floor.

Even though the team is just easing into a new season after a successful summer playoff run, the losses are mounting and it’s becoming late quite early. The Warriors rank 27th in defensive rating and have the second-worst defense in terms of points allowed.

Despite all the flash they showed in winning four titles, everything else was largely dependent on their defensive play. No other team possessed the mental toughness to stay with the Warriors for extended periods of time; the Phoenix Suns demonstrated this in the previous year’s Finals, and the brazen Memphis Grizzlies failed to find a winning formula to overcome them earlier in the season.

The aura of invincibility has vanished. There was extra magic when the Warriors entered your building, even if it could be argued that intimidation vanished from the building when Durant left a few years ago.

Though it stems from a respectful fear of embarrassment, the champions usually get their opponent’s best shot anyway. They fear that Curry might launch a barrage of triples, shimmies, and coy smirks, that Thompson would stone-face the man in front of him into a bad night while savoring open shots, and that Green would talk an entire 12-man roster into uncharacteristic stretches.

Usually, two plus a little something extra would be the winning combination, and the Warriors could move on to the next destination on their road trip. Even though the Warriors are still hungry, other teams are eager to help since they know Curry can score 50 points.

The more consistently Curry puts up these outstanding performances and opponents manage to absorb the body shots to score a blowout of their own, the more faith the NBA as a whole will have in the existence of a formula to unseat the champions.

All the modern dynasties had to start hard talks to keep it alive and breathe new life into it. After winning three titles with a different formula, no less, the Showtime Lakers decided to scale back an aging Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and unleash Magic Johnson. In the ensuing four years, Magic won three MVP awards, the Lakers added two more championships, and they made every effort to delay Abdul-Jabbar’s ascent.

Even after Bill Fitch led the Celtics to a title in 1981, Larry Bird’s team had to trade the hard-driving Fitch for the more amiable K.C. Jones. Bird experienced a significant improvement in his offseason routine and in-season habits, which led to a run of three consecutive MVP awards and four consecutive Finals appearances.

Naturally, Dennis Rodman’s Bulls under Michael Jordan went from detesting him to fully supporting him, giving Rodman a colorful comeback in their second three-peat. While history claims those were simple choices, there was always a risk involved at the time.

Not including James’ recent decade of conference dominance, even the most recent team dynasty, the San Antonio Spurs, had to adapt from a grinding style centered around Tim Duncan to one that was more drive-and-kick oriented and allowed others to cook.

Furthermore, because the stakes aren’t that high, it’s easy to point the finger at young players who haven’t lived up to expectations. These are players who, in almost any other NBA scenario, would have plenty of time to learn from their mistakes.

James Wiseman hasn’t played nearly enough real-time competitive basketball in the past few years to be useful in a fast-paced, high-stakes atmosphere, much less thrive in this tight spot the Warriors have created.

After missing half of his rookie season and playing just three college games, he did not play in the previous season. His early high school years are when he first remembers dominating competition, so that little sweat equity isn’t carried over. Curry simply wants him to move purposefully and dash into ball screens.

Although Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga have taken on more responsibilities, they are unable to initiate a change in the situation, so pressure is increased because everyone understands that any outside assistance would necessitate their departures.

Both young players and veterans could be persuaded by the Warriors to make sacrifices in order to win. However, it’s normal for young athletes who have experienced the benefits of team achievement but not individually to prefer to make their mark on the game rather than indulging in a self-serving team dynamic.

Even though it’s likely that the Warriors will succeed on their own, there are clear indicators that something needs to change.