Stephen Curry is still shining, but why is the Golden State Warriors declining?

After many struggling seasons due to injuries, the Golden State Warriors have returned with the NBA championship in the 2021-22 season, but when all fans believe that the golden gate team has revived, it's true. They are struggling to enter the new season.

After 18 matches GSW lost more than they won (8-10) and ranked 11th in the Western rankings, a position that made them certain to be eliminated from the Playoffs, of course the season is still very long ahead but everything seems to be going. stand still!

"Failure is not something to be afraid of, the worst is when you think that failure is normal, no one feels ashamed or takes responsibility for failure, everything quickly passes as if nothing happened. what happens," said Stephen Curry, after the 119-130 defeat to the Phoenix Suns last week.

It was a "cook" match that scored 50 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, but his teammates showed a weak face. The second most expected recipient of the team is Klay Thompson with only 19 points with a modest three-pointer 3-9, while Andrew Wiggins after 32 minutes also only has 14 points.

Too much reliance on Stephen Curry is perhaps the biggest explanation for GSW's decline this season, the 34-year-old star continues to shine and is the second-best scorer in the league (32.3 points/match compared with 32.3 points/match). with 33.5 points from Luka Doncic), but Curry alone was not enough to make the victory.

Andrew Wiggins with an average of 18.4 points/game and 17.3 points/game for Klay Thompson is not enough to split the fire with Curry, while Jordan Poole has just returned and played only 4 games this season due to injury, and James Wiseman only to disappointed and was pushed down to the G League.

The plan to build a harmonious team between experienced stars like Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and rookies like Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole, Moses Moody or Jonathan Kuminga seems to have gone bankrupt, the coach himself Steve Kerr also couldn't keep his cool.

"There are many problems going on, many difficulties surround the team, but the spirit of competition is the most important thing, I will do everything to improve this, especially away matches." American coach confirmed.

Off the field GSW and Stephen Curry are also going through a serious crisis when they have just received a series of lawsuits. The team has just signed a sponsorship contract with the virtual currency and securities trading company FTX with the amount of $ 10 million in 2022, but on 11/11 this company declared bankruptcy, the number of customers lost money into this virtual currency can amount to more than 30 billion US dollars.

When the authorities stepped in, they discovered that the company didn't even have an accounting department, and their way of doing business was simply to pump money into celebrities to promote it to "roll chickens". Losers are filing lawsuits against a number of FTX promoters including Curry and GSW, it is clear that this trouble will partly affect the defending champion's mentality during this difficult period. .

On the field GSW is having a bad record of 1-9 away matches, it is in stark contrast to the 7-1 home record, but it seems that coach Steve Kerr cannot find a solution to this conundrum. , they have just lost away from home with a difference of 83-128 to the New Orleans Pelicans.

But anyway it was a match without the services of Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson or Draymond Green, GSW only left the only bright spot with Jordan Poole's return of 26 points. The 23-year-old player is also the great belief of GSW fans at this time when he returns in extremely difficult times for the team.

Out of the last 5 matches with Jordan Poole, GSW won 3, Poole himself also brought in an average of 16.1 points/match. Not only dividing the fire on the offensive front, this young player's competitive spirit is also what coach Steve Kerr is in dire need of at this time.

The season is still very long for GSW, they still leave a positive mark with Curry's usual bright performance, the stars are still healthy and the home record is still very impressive, but the problems are still there. The invisible problem is always a challenge that is not easy to overcome. But compared to the huge obstacles they have overcome in the past, fans of the golden gate football team can still believe that coach Steve Kerr and his students will soon return to the race to defend the championship.