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D.R.A.F.T. Initiative: The Warriors' way

By Ric Bucher
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The NBA teams that have drafted well over the past 20 years and won because of it have several common traits: a definitive style of play, a stable front office and patient ownership. The Golden State Warriors offer evidence of what you get when only a definitive style of play prevails. First of all, there isn't that much winning, no matter how exciting the style. The draft becomes a particularly painful device, because it evolves into a Groundhog Day horror show. An unheralded player is taken a ...

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