Heavy is the head that wears the crown(s).
After winning two straight NBA championships and three out of the last four, the Golden State Warriors have clearly had a target on their collective back this season.
Sitting at 23-12 coming off a blowout loss to the LA Lakers on Christmas, the Warriors are under the microscope once again despite leading the Pacific Division by 2.5 games.
According to head coach Steve Kerr, that’s just because the Warriors have set the bar incredibly high for themselves, which creates a sense of urgency around the team. It also leads to intense scrutiny from outside the team.
“We’re maybe the most scrutinized team in the history of the league,” Kerr said. “We’re right there with the Bulls teams that I played on. I felt the same, but even more so now because of the number of media outlets and the immediacy of the judgement and criticism. So it’s all part of it; our guys have learned how to deal with all of that over the past few years. It doesn’t matter.”
Kerr said no matter what befalls the team this year – bad losses, bad stretches, injuries – Golden State will be ok as long as they continue to respond to the adversity and stick together.
“We’re a championship team,” Kerr said. “We’ve got a lot of guys who have been through everything in this league to rely on that experience. We rely on that as a staff with our leadership amongst the team, but we keep pressing forward. As I said, it’s a more arduous one this year than it’s been in the past just because of the circumstances. So it’s all part of it, we’re going to get through it, we’re going to get better. We’ll see what happens.”
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