When the Golden State Warriors—a historical juggernaut on paper—opened their season with a 29-point loss to the San Antonio Spurs, they treated the result as an alarm clock.
"It woke us up a bit," prized offseason addition Kevin Durant said, per ESPN.com's Chris Haynes.
But the 2016-17 Dubs aren't early risers. Rather than spring up after that first alarm, they've haphazardly slapped at the snooze button.
It hasn't cost them another game, but sleepy single-digit wins over the New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns hardly seem like the work of an all-time NBA power.
Golden State may well reach that level before this campaign closes, but the reworked roster is still taking shape. That said, a few concerns have lingered around this group since training camp, and they have now surfaced on the main stage. Some of these kinks could iron themselves out, but others may require more substantial solutions.
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