I've already placed my bet that GS returns to the finals again, as well as Curry taking MVP this year. He has made concessions for KD for the last 3 yrs and meanwhile became even more accurate. While it is true that he is getting injured more, they are not serious injuries. On the flip side, his strength has vastly improved and he is right in his peak year.
The one catch here is D'Angelo - if he accepts his role, and fully buys in to GS's system, every team should be frightened as hell come playoffs. The speed that that team may end up playing at should be astounding. WC Stein is also very very quick and he showed some great potential last year - he also has a healthy amount of anger in him - I think he is going to make some serious noise this year. The two main if's for GS are if D'Angelo decides to listen (and can actually play that fast), and if the new kids can be good defensively.
Keep in mind that no one really caught up with, nor really figured them out in their two finals losses - they were both primarily due to serious injuries (and yes I know that they were also fortunate themselves in the same way). But just look at their winning percentage in the last 5 yrs - it is astounding, and no one else is even close.
Anyway, I'm hyped for the season - lots of drama and story lines - should be fun.
