The Golden State warriors had a major let down season in 08′-09′ failing to win even 30 games, 29-53 overall. This was mostly due to the loss of Baron Davis.

Their defense the last two seasons has been one of the worst in the league - if not the worst. They can score when they want but don’t play any defense and let teams back in games.

If one thing needs to change it’s their defensive mentality, otherwise the Warriors will be the Phoenix Suns of old - a very exciting team but can’t make critical stops when the game is on the line.

A few more cards were shuffled for the Warriors. Jamal Crawford came in, as did Corey Maggette. Still, the Golden State Warriors weren’t the same team.

Monte Ellis will need to have a huge year for the Warriors to go anywhere. Ellis only played 25 games last season and his absence was well missed -Ellis is a career 16 point per game scorer.

The Warriors play in the highly talented and strong Western Conference - in the West making the playoffs as the 8th seed will be a difficult task. If the warriors hope to play in late spring then they will need to improve on defense - no team that was last in scoring defense ever made the playoffs.

The Warriors might not be what the San Antonio Spurs once were defensively - but in a league with gifted athletes the Warriors can improve like the Denver Nuggets did last year.

This is a pretty deep team that could easily make its mark. 45-37 record for the Golden State Warriors in 09-10 if you ask me.

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