Apart from winning, there is something different

In the past, it was difficult for the Warriors to beat the Nuggets. In the final analysis, it was because Green was the only one on the team who could play against Jokic, Gordon, and help defend. Green could not do these three things at the same time, so he allowed the Nuggets to get whatever they wanted in the paint. When the second inside teammate with comprehensive defense appears, the situation is completely different.

Butler has a decisive influence on the Warriors' richness in developing offense and leading the team in the transition period. At the beginning of this year, he still smartly reads and dismantles the defense line, goes to the free throw line, or finds teammates in the corners, baselines, or cuts to support. He completed the first step in the Warriors' qualitative transformation.

Horford's versatile role in frontcourt space, overall size, switching defense, assisting defense, and controlling the ball is something that the Warriors have been unable to provide at all in the past few years. It cannot be said that Horford has helped the Warriors complete the second level of evolution. After all, the season has just begun.

But you can roughly smell the possibility.

Theoretically, the center who is most suitable for the Warriors is turning theory into reality.