The Butler Era Warriors: Dark Horse Ring Contenders?

We're now 16 games into the Butler Era and if you've seen my posts over the past several weeks, you'll know I said the Warriors were elite basically as soon as we got Jimmy. Check my account and what I've been posting. I said very early on that I didn't think Dray was that crazy. The "nerd stats" were very clear - the Jimmy trade changed everything.

Warriors 21/22: 53 wins, 3rd seed, 16th OffRtg, 2nd DefRtg, 4th NetRtg.

Warriors 24/25: On pace for 50 wins and 4th/5th seed. 15th OffRtg, 8th DefRtg, 10th NetRtg.

Since the Jimmy trade (16 game sample): 5th OffRtg, 2nd DefRtg, 2nd NetRtg.

Warriors are 4th NetRtg in the NBA, which already takes schedule strength into account (Per DunksAndThrees).

Steph since the Jimmy trade: 29/4/6 on 49/41/92 splits and 68% TS (leads the NBA... He's 6'2" and 37 years old).

Contrary to popular belief, which is almost always wrong btw, Steph was never washed. He maintained a Top 5 offensive impact and Top 10ish overall impact most of the season (per DunksAndThrees).

Currently, Steph is 3rd Offensive impact, 7th overall impact, and 5th expected wins (per DunksAndThrees). Steph should be 3rd or 4th in the MVP race.

Vibes are immaculate. The Warriors are on a big run. And Jimmy hasn't even activated Buckets mode yet. As I've been saying for weeks and weeks. The league looks fucked and Dray doesn't seem crazy at all.

Look at the NBA discourse slowly catching up. They buried Steph and called him washed. They buried the Warriors and said we were toast. Aht aht aht, not so fast! Now they're all calling us a threat... Who could've seen this coming? Nerd stats... Kurt_Angle_stare.gif

Only thing stopping this team, imo: injuries, overreliance on our younger, inexperienced players, and Adam Silver's Soldiers!