Their championship run is done that when Kevin Durant left, that hurt him.

When Clay Thompson got hurt when Steph Curry got hurt, that hurt him.

And he is now.

He said this in a documentary, which is detail ing his rehabilitation.

I'll just be that eager to prove everyone wrong again.

He thinks they're coming back Strong.

WILBON Do you agree with Clay Thompson?

Oh my goodness, I hope so, Tony.

I think they'll come back strong.

You could come back stronger doesn't mean you win a championship in the n B.

A tone.

Usually, once a team sort of gets to the top of the mountain is a knocked off or falls off.

The Warriors weren't knocked off.

They fell off because of injuries.

They usually don't get back.

An exception to that.

A great obvious exception of recent vintage would be the San Antonio Spurs, where they lost and and they got past the disappointment past the heartache past physical ailments, past age.

And they got back all the way to the top and they want it so the Spurs have done that.

Clay Thompson was in the league when that happened 2013 14 particularly when when the Spurs had to come back.

I think they can.

They have the right executive and Bob Myers.

They have the coach, Steve Kerr.

They have the culture, the atmosphere, the unselfish star players.

They have it all if they have good health.

But you gotta have good health to start cause we saw what happened last year.

So I'm gonna just point this out that before Kevin Durant got there, they went to two straight championships.

They won one of them in the next year.

They won 73 games with those three guys with Clay Thompson, Steph Curry and Draymond Green.

To me, you can get that and I look at the West.

I see the Clippers.

I see the Lakers.

I see Utah in Denver, maybe Houston.

Any Dallas.

Maybe that was the way up.

But here's what I think they got Kevin Durant on Kevin Durant fit in seamlessly because, as you said, they were unselfish with Kevin Durant.

Star players see that Mike, you telling me there's not a star player out there that doesn't want to go play with those three guys play for Steve Kerr, playing that spankin new arena and play in San Francisco.

You think couple would never do it?

You think Don Chicks would never do it?

Because I think there one guy away from from being right on top again and they have more than one guy Tony.

Not only could they attract some body next year, but only got a lottery pick, it could be a high lottery pick.

They could add somebody that gives them sort of that youthful exuberance as well as another star.

So I know.

Sorry, Clay, I'm not counting you guys out.

I am not counting out at all.

I'm not in that camp.

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