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KEEP THAT SAME ENERGY

THE GOLDEN State Warriors are a mess.

Have you seen these guys lately? Just days after the season ended, the team’s GM, head coach and play-by-play guy—their play-by-play guy—were caught on camera cracking jokes about how their best player hasn’t truly earned a max deal and probably won’t stick around anyway. It doesn’t help that that dude keeps overshadowing the guy who used to be their best player. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the team is already openly sizing up big-time free agents—a clear message that the stars already on the roster apparently aren’t bright enough. Egos are on the line. Feelings are bound to get hurt. Whatever they think they’ve built in the Bay Area, it’s clearly on the verge of falling apart.

At least, that’s one way of looking at things.

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