1. Golden State Warriors
Projected Starting Five: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Zaza Pachulia
Does anything really need to be said? After winning 73 games during the regular season, the Golden State Warriors snagged the biggest fish in the free agent market. Not fair. That’s how it works, though.
While losing Andrew Bogut will hurt their starting five overall, adding Kevin Durant will more than make up for that. Plus, let’s not act like snagging Zaza Pachulia on the cheap wasn’t a great move. It really was.
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The Warriors are going to win a ton of games in 2016-17, and they are easily equipped with the most talented starting five in the NBA. I don’t even think you can argue otherwise.