Bill Simmons

You know, 9.0, like the ninth try, it really is the charm.

It really is.

Yep.

Which times?

I don't know.

Maybe so.

I mean, it's still like so much of what goes wrong with the Warriors has nothing to do with Steph not living up to his job, right?

He still elevates everyone around him.

He still makes this team incredibly functional despite the fact that they don't have anything resembling traditional shot creation, right?

Like he is the engine that makes it all make any modicum of sense.

And there's just only so much you can... You can only do that for so long.

And I think we've gotten used to having the conversation about, oh, he's doing this at this age.

Isn't this remarkable?

It still is.

It's just everything around him has to bear some load, right?

Like it has to carry some of the weight for the team.

And increasingly, Draymond can only do so much.

And even Jimmy Butler could only do so much.

And even D'Anthony Melton is unavailable every third game.

And he's one of their most reliable players at this point.