Warriors Fans Should Get Excited For 2017

The Warriors Will Cut Down on Their Turnovers

Golden State’s offense has been unbelievable, scoring almost 120 points per game but the biggest issue has been turnovers. The Warriors commit about 15 turnovers per game and more often than not, their opponents score off those miscues.

Many of these turnovers are of the “live-ball” variety. These turnovers occur during the flow of the game i.e. bad passes and steals. The Warriors commit lots of these turnovers because of their flair for the game and carelessness at times. Most of these turnovers come from Green and Curry, the Warriors two primary ball-handlers.

Curry loves to throw behind-the-back passes in the flow of the game even when the situation dictates an easy bounce or chest pass. While Curry completes many of these spectacular passes, there are times when these lead to opponent dunks and corner threes. It is tough to tell Curry not to throw these passes because this is what makes the offense so incredible to watch. Expect him to throw less dangerous passes in 2017.

Green’s turnovers occur when he tries to make the perfect pass by trying force it into small windows. Green loves to find cutters for layups and dunks but sometimes there is too much traffic in the paint. Green also gets in trouble by overpassing instead taking an uncontested jumper.
In the Warriors losses this season, they have averaged 19 turnovers per game. Coach Kerr wants them to be around 13 per game so the careless turnovers need to cut down in order to make this happen. Expect Curry and Green, along with the rest of the squad, to make better decisions, especially with tougher competition in 2017.