Quarter-Season Grades for Each Golden State Warriors Player

December 13th, 2016 by Zach Buckley Leave a reply »
The 2016-17 Golden State Warriors look every bit the part of NBA steamroller.

Their league-best marks—too numerous to list in totality—include the following: .840 win percentage, plus-11.9 net efficiency rating, 118 points averaged per game, 49.8 field-goal percentage and plus-12 average margin of victory. They have 14 double-digit wins and only four total losses.

How have the new-look Dubs climbed this high this quickly?

The ingredient list includes everything from head coach Steve Kerr's egalitarian approach to general manager Bob Myers' mastery, but it draws heavily from the fact this roster is historically loaded.

All 15 individual parts have combined to make this an on-court colossus, but the degree of impact wildly varies. With Golden State having turned the first corner on its 82-game trek, we have enough data to assess each player's quarter-campaign.

The players are presented in ascending order of importance, based on both subjective (eye test, value, performance vs. expectations) and objective (traditional and advanced statistics) evaluations.

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