Why the Warriors Will Win It All This Year...

This may sound crazy, but that was a common response when we predicted the Warriors to win the series against the Mavs two weeks ago... and just as that was actually a sensible choice if you've been watching basketball this year so is the possibility of the Warriors winning it all THIS YEAR. Read on, if you dare...

I know that Warriors Nation has hit what everyone believes to be an all-time high for our generation (which is def true at this point) so can we really expect that it can get any better? HELL YES. First of all, whether we play the Jazz or the Rockets, Game 1 of that series is on MONDAY. So, first off, both of those teams are beating the crap out of each other in that series (literally - see Juwan Howard's People's Elbow off the top rope on Okur in Game 6... and how Barkley can call that a non-technical foul is beyond me. That MAY have been okay in the Octagon, but on the NBA courts Juwan's lucky he didn't get booted for that alone, let alone his swipe at Dick Baveta. If that were Stephen Jackson he'd be serving a nickel in Folsom for that interaction).

Secondly, this gives either one of those teams 1 day for travel, preparation, healing from the severe beating they've delivered on each other, etc. 1 DAY!!! This is almost better news for the Warriors than winning Game 6. So while the Warriors are preparing for the next series, Nellie is scheming, the Mavericks have ceased sticking pins in some Warriors voodoo dolls' hamstrings (something had to explain that, right?) and the Warriors are all resting up, the Jazz and Rockets are absolutely killing each other and will get absolutely destroyed by the Warriors in at least game 1 and maybe Game 2 as well. The great thing for the Warriors is that neither one of those teams will be able to beat the Warriors at home (that series has gone by home crowd so far and, I'm sorry, but the only thing that 20,000 Mormons are going to beat 20,000 East Bay residents at is adding up the numbers of wives they have... then it would be a blow out the other way). And the fact that those first two games are on the road for the Warriors is actually a blessing because they could be playing the Jazz/Rockets on Mars with a bunch of martians pulling for one of those teams and using some crazy mind control tactics and the Warriors are winning Game 1 for the aforementioned reasons and quite possibly Game 2 as well. The Warriors could easily sweep this next series...

So, that leaves the Spurs or Suns. The Warriors best bet is to get out of this next series as quickly as possible and hope that the Suns and Spurs just beat the hell out of each other, take it to 7 games, and let those old bones (see Nash and Duncan) and recent injuries (Amare and Ginobli) take their toll. Even if that series doesn't go 7, the Warriors are going to have a shot because Nash's fatigue and nagging back has been an unmentioned, but consistent issue for him, Duncan has a lot of miles on his legs and by the Conference finals will be shooting free throws like... well, like Andris Biedrins... Not to mention that I don't know if I would put complete faith in Amare's post-microfracture knee after, what, 95 games this season? Both of those teams are going to be exhausted by the Conference Finals and the Warriors are designed to keep running at you. They are built for sensing weakness and attacking like a Great White Shark and, trust me, by the Western Conference finals BOTH of those teams are going to be bleeding just like the Mavs were and the Warriors are going to have another feeding frenzy. If any team in recent memory is designed to go from an 8 seed that barely made the playoffs to NBA Champions, it's this Golden State Warriors team... Besides, once they get out of the Western Conference Finals do they really need to play a team from the Eastern Conference to decide the Championship?

--dwyermaker