Four games into their title defense, the Golden State Warriors are, quite clearly, better than everyone else in the league. And if you're willing to accept that the NBA is at its apex right now, the logical conclusion is this: These Warriors are the best team of all time.
That's going to make a lot of people uncomfortable.
So let's reverse for a moment and lay the foundation for what admittedly feels like a ridiculous (or at least premature) claim.
Last season, the Dubs posted the eighth-highest average margin of victory in league history. Their simple rating, which takes into account strength of schedule, ranked seventh all time, according to Basketball-Reference.com.
They won 67 games during the regular season, good enough to tie for the fourth-highest single-season total ever. They became the first team since the 1980-81 Philadelphia 76ers to lead the league in both field-goal percentage and field-goal percentage defense.
And then they ran through the playoffs without ever facing an elimination game.
Based on those criteria, there's really no getting around the fact that last yea ...
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