The first week of 2024-25 NBA The season has been pretty wild for warriors of the golden state.

In their first game of the season against Portland Trail Blazersthey set a new franchise record for the largest margin of victory in the season opener with a 140-104 victory.

In the second game, the Dubs He made all kinds of history in the NBA after hitting the utah jazz by a score of 127-86. Not only did Golden State become the first team to win its first two games of a season by 35 points or more, but the combined margin of victory of 77 points is the largest in league history in the first two games. also.

In those two victories, the Warriors’ reserves scored an incredible 150 points (70 against the Blazers and 80 against the Jazz), the most points scored by bench players in a team’s first two games since the Elías Sports Office He started tracking such things in 1970.

Forty-nine of those points, of course, came from new addition Buddy Hield, who scored 22 against Portland and 27 against Utah. His point total is the most of any Warriors bench player in history in his first two games with the team, and his 12 three-pointers were the most of any player in his first two games with any team.

However, things didn’t go so well for Steve Kerr’s team in their first home game last Sunday night. Not only did they lose to Los Angeles Clippersthey They also lost Stephen Curry. to an ankle injury and backup point guard De’Anthony Melton to a back injury. Both will miss at least the next two games, both against the New Orleans Pelicansand each will be reevaluated on Friday.

So, again, it’s been like a roller coaster.

The way things are going today with the presence of social media, naturally all sorts of things have been said about this team and many of its players so far. But, come on, there have only been three games. However, let’s take a look at some things that have happened during this first week.

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With a 36-point win to open the season and a 41-point win in game two, it’s easy to get excited. And many Warriors fans did just that, some claiming that Golden State was fully back after missing the playoffs a season ago after losing to the Warriors. Kings of Sacramento in the Play-In Tournament.

But let’s pump the brakes a little, shall we?

Yes, it was exciting to see this new squad perform at such a high level in those two wins. But let’s be real here. Those wins came against two teams expected to finish at or near the bottom of the Western Conference.

Now, if the Dubs had dominated the Dallas Mavericks or the Denver Nuggets or the minnesota wolves That way, we would see things a little differently. But they didn’t.

When they played a halfway decent team, the Clippers, they lost. And that was a Clippers team without Kawhi Leonard. The bench also went cold in that loss, accounting for just 39 of Golden State’s 104 points. Hield also cooled off, hitting just 3 of 14 shots from the floor and just 1 of 9 from beyond the arc en route to eight points.

Look, this is a deep roster, one of the deepest Kerr has had from an overall standpoint, even without Klay Thompson. And I think Golden State will surpass the 46 wins from a year ago. But let’s not call the Warriors a top contender in a loaded West until they’ve beaten better teams.

Plus, if Curry’s injury costs him more games than the two he’ll already miss, that’s going to be a problem no matter how deep this roster is.

Kerr made an interesting lineup choice to open the season, opting to play Andrew Wiggins at shooting guard, a position he hasn’t played much in the last seven years.

And so far, for the most part, it has worked.

It’s no secret that Wiggins struggled in each of the last two years, which was obviously disappointing for Golden State fans who saw him earn his first trip to the NBA All-Star Game in 2021-22 and play a role important in the Warriors. ‘ title race that season.

Once again, however, he looked pretty solid through the first three games of the year, shooting 55% from the floor (his career average is 45%) and a notable 57.9% from the three-point line (his career average is 35.6%). . Wiggins currently leads the team in scoring with 19.7 points per game and has added 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per night.

What do you not like?

However, here’s the thing. One of Wiggins’ biggest problems throughout his career has been consistency. Timberwolves fans have seen it for years and Warriors fans have seen it a lot over the past two seasons.

Wiggins has been great so far. But can it continue like this? That’s the concern here. Now no one can expect him to continue shooting like this. But as long as the drop isn’t too significant, he could very well make a second trip to the All-Star Game. We simply need a larger sample size. And, again, we need to see him against better competition, although he lit up the Clips with 29 points.

It’s no secret that the Warriors were trying to lure Lauri Markkanen away from the Jazz this offseason. However, there were several reports saying that Utah demanded that Brandin Podziemski be included in any trade, which Golden State apparently refused.

Talks stalled, of course, and Markkanen eventually signed a five-year, $238 million deal to remain in Salt Lake City.

And since Podziemski is off to a bit of a slow start, many Warriors fans are wondering if he was worth keeping.

The third-year guard was the only Warrior who didn’t score against Portland. And although he rebounded very well against the Jazz, making 7 of 14 shots en route to 15 points, he struggled against the Clippers, going just 2 of 8 from the floor and 0 of 5 from beyond the arc, managing to score just four points.

We hate to keep saying it, but it’s only been three games. The organization clearly believes Podziemski has something special. And although the situation is not ideal, he is about to have the opportunity to prove it. With Curry and Melton out of the lineup, the 21-year-old will seemingly become Golden State’s primary ball handler and will likely see more shooting opportunities as well.

These next few games obviously won’t define his season, but they will give Warriors fans a chance to see how he handles the pressure.