Do you consider the warriors 73-9 pre kd a superteam?

[Big Boss]

Naw

 

[goatmane]

Not a superteam? Their 3rd option dropped 32 15 7 in Game 7 Finals. What's another non superteam that had that

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

No, but this was the season in which their dynasty era began.

I just find it funny how this team doesn't get talked about enough for being one of the biggest failures of all time in the history of sports. It feels like it's forgotten or rarely mentioned, people just gloss over the fact that they choked and shyt the bed.

Maybe because Curry is a fan favorite, people cut him slack, but any other guy in his shoes leading that team and failing in the fashion that they did would have a major blight on their career resume.

This is equal parts revisionism, delusion and nonsense.

They lost the Finals by essentially one shot, it wasn't like they went out in the 1st round, so I don't know how it could possibly be "one of the biggest failures of all time in the history of sports", parlayed by the fact that that the core won a championship the year before and then proceeded to have more championship success after that season (before you recklessly bring up KD, they won without him in 2022).

They still created a dynasty even after losing in 2016.

And no, nobody cut Steph any slack for losing that season. You're a 2022 poster, so it seems you're not privy to what was said about him in wake of that, and all the way up until he won in 2022.

Honestly to me OKC was a tougher team to deal with that year than the Warriors were

I think we beat Golden State in 16 but peak KD and Russ were a muthafukka

GS were a better version of y'all, so I don't know how you came to the conclusion that GS would lose. KD and Russ were far too much of a force that SA didn't have anything in relation to retaliate with, and then we saw how Steph and Klay were too much for OKC to deal with. SA simply lacked an adequate amount of high-end scorers to beat them.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Bron stans already up in here trying to curate a narrative that they were a superteam (for obvious reasons).

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Like a Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Scott & Coop type of super team?

I dunno

 

[Unbothered]

This is equal parts revisionism, delusion and nonsense.

They lost the Finals by essentially one shot, it wasn't like they went out in the 1st round, so I don't know how it could possibly be "one of the biggest failures of all time in the history of sports", parlayed by the fact that that the core won a championship the year before and then proceeded to have more championship success after that season (before you recklessly bring up KD, they won without him in 2022).

They still created a dynasty even after losing in 2016.

And no, nobody cut Steph any slack for losing that season. You're a 2022 poster, so it seems you're not privy to what was said about him in wake of that, and all the way up until he won in 2022.

No, it's not revisionism and delusion .

They were up 3-1 and lost 3 games in a row with a chance to close it out. You got prime Steph and Klay yet they still choked and shyt the bed, game 7 wouldn't have been necessary if they took care of business.

People don't talk about it enough, back when it happened, of course, but in 2025 it's become a distant memory and that's partially because Curry is such a likable guy that fans and the media are willing to overlook his biggest failure by acting like it didn't happen, bringing up Draymond's suspension, or minimizing it like you're doing by downplaying talking about “one shot” when they had 3 opportunities to seal the deal.

The media always brings up the 73-9 season and its regular season accolades and Curry's MVP but don't go further on how much of a failure it was, yet hypothetically speaking if Bron, KD, and Giannis, among other stars it would be a big blemish on their careers, fans would never let it go but for Curry, it's treated as a “whatever/yeah he lost but so what” moment.

I like Steph. He's one of my favorites, but I notice as time has gone on, he doesn't get much ridicule for that season's failure. It's pretty non-existent.

 

[NormanConnors]

Yes

 

[KFBF]

They were a team of super scumbags but not a super team.

Seems like there's been this effort to revise the definition of superteam. I wonder why.

Superteam always implied teaming up on some avengers shyt.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Nah, I remember the word "superteam" really taking traction with LeBron and Bosh joining Wade in Miami. It was used before that but the model of having a "big 3" where all 3 guys are all-pro level talents, in their primes.... that's what it was about.

The Warriors with Steph/KD/Klay in their primes is a superteam, sure. Did they need KD? No.

 

[Lootpack]

They were my superteam on 2K. Beating the KD Warriors online with this squad >>

 

[NotAHotep]

3 all pro players. Yes. Definitely superteam.

 

[staticshock]

Nope

 

[StatUS]

Superteam is two top 10 players and 1 or 2 other all stars.

 

[KFBF]

Superteam is two top 10 players and 1 or 2 other all stars.

Was the Russ, AD, Bron Lakers a superteam? Russ was an all-star the year before.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

IMO, super team term is reserved for a grouping of all-stars/top 10-15 range talent that come together (trades, free agency) to form a team (a la Miami). GS drafted and developed those players, but once KD joined, yes they were a super team.