In a matter of months, the Golden State Warriors have gone from the perennial NBA favorites to a laughingstock. Of course, no team could survive losing Steph Curry and Klay Thompson to injury (and Kevin Durant to free agency).
But the Warriors haven’t just been bad — they’ve been tough-to-watch terrible.
No play summed up that reality quite like Draymond Green’s attempted pass off the backboard during Sunday’s 21-point loss to the Kings.
Let’s break down what happened. First, a good thing! Green made a steal and then led a break with the Kings’ Cory Joseph and Bogdan Bogdanovic trailing on defense. From there, the entire sequence went horribly wrong for Draymond.
He attempted the lob off the backboard as if Glenn Robinson III was in a position to receive that pass and slam home a dunk. As you can see below, Robinson was not in such position. He was boxed out by two Kings players.
Instead, Harrison Barnes grabbed hold of the ball, and Buddy Hield converted a layup the other way.
The Warriors just need this season to end already.
