Draft day was an eventful day around the NBA, but the mayhem started hours before the first selection with the Golden State Warriors sending shockwaves to the other twenty-nine teams around the Association.
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Experience is everything in life and also in professional sports. Valuable lessons can be learned through trials, tribulations, failures, and successes. Young adults can absorb helpful information from their many experiences in their life and apply their findings to their future decision-making process. The same goes for young professional athletes.
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For as tumultuous a season as they just had, the Warriors have turned draft picks into a sustainable way of growing their team. Kevon Looney has become a staple of the modern Warriors era and is one of the league’s best rebounders at only 6’9, Jordan Poole’s down season was preceded by him being a major X-factor in a championship run, and of course, the core three of Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and The System himself Stephen Curry, were all draftees.
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In life and sports, nothing is given, and everything must be earned. Playing time, accolades, and championships must be earned with effort, dedication, and sacrifice. The notion that organizations automatically owe everything to their players is blatantly inaccurate: The only aspect that organizations owe their players is a paycheck and the chance to prove they can earn it.
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There are many similarities between the real world and the sports worlds: Dealing with heartbreak, adversity, and conflict. Still, one significant aspect that people gloss over is that all good things must come to an end.
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As we approach the NBA Finals, the Warriors dynasty is in unfamiliar territory. This season was their first non-Finals exit in the Playoffs since before their 2015 championship run. Amongst the storylines so prevalent throughout the season, the biggest one with the most potential impact was about general manager and president of basketball operations Bob Myers and his impending contract expiration.
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