After the Golden State Warriors were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals, doubts were raised about the future of the championship-winning team.
The Warriors were defending NBA champions but ended up seeded sixth in the West this season, and with the core of Steve Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson all over the age of 30, fears are being raised about the end of an era. .
After the game, four-time NBA champion Green spoke to reporters about the team’s performance and future prospects. Green was asked about Coach Steve Kerr’s comments about the Warriors’ future and their potential for another championship.
“I think this group has definitely reached the limit of what we can do,” said Green. “It wasn’t a championship team. We didn’t win it. That’s bad, but that’s our reality. It doesn’t mean our changes, it doesn’t mean our core can’t do it again.”
“I mean, they said we couldn’t do it again last year. We did it. They said we’d miss the playoffs this year. We did. But guess what? We don’t get moral wins. So we lost. And it wasn’t a championship group like it is. But we have Heroes and we are made of heroes.”
Green went on to say that the team is not satisfied with moral victories and that the focus will be on retooling and figuring out how to win another championship. Admit that this particular group has reached its limits, but that doesn’t mean the end of the road for the Warriors.
“When you’re a hero, when you have that mindset, you just have to go back to the drawing board, retool it, rediscover it, and start doing it again,” Green said. “And that’s what we’re going to focus on. But it wasn’t a championship group as you can see we’re sitting here and the season is over. So we’ll figure it out. This group is maxed out. We’ve got what we can get out of it. But this thing is not maxed out. So we’ll get more. So “.