One of my many claims to fame is that I was the lone ESPN writer to predict the Warriors’ 2014-2015 championship. Every now and again I’m asked how I did this, as though it was some great feat. The boring answer is that the hardest part was just pulling the trigger. Any idiot hanging around Kerr’s first preseason could see that the team was dramatically, remarkably better. Once you realized that the Warriors were a lock to have a top 5 offense and defense, you understood that they’d have the best title shot. Then it was simply a matter of making a call you knew would result in mockery, given that you were a local man picking the local team.
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