NBA: Every Team’s Biggest Holes Post The Draft And Free Agency

Jul 29, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Dwayne Wade addresses the media during a press conference at Advocate Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 29, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Dwayne Wade addresses the media during a press conference at Advocate Center. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports
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Apr 23, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks center Zaza Pachulia (27) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) defends during the second quarter in game four of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 23, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks center Zaza Pachulia (27) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) defends during the second quarter in game four of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Golden State Warriors

Biggest Hole: Center Position 

I wanted to say nothing here, because of the obvious, but that’s not fair. The Golden State Warriors are by no means perfect, even though they may in fact contain the best roster a single team in the NBA has ever seen.

With a core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant and Daymond Green, the Warriors do actually have one “weakness”. It’s the center position. Even though they got great value by inking Zaza Pachulia to an extremely cheap contract, he still isn’t a starting caliber center in the NBA.

While the thought is that the immense talent in the team’s other areas will be enough to mask the weakness, similar to what the Miami Heat did when they started the likes of Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Erick Dampier and Joel Anthony during their golden years, I still feel that the team’s lack of rim protection will eventually hurt this team.

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