Dan is joined by Sam Esfandiari (@samesfandiari) of the Light Years Podcast to for an in-depth chat about the Golden State Warriors heading into the 2021-22 NBA season—and beyond. They cover everything from Ben Simmons trade rumors and Stephen Curry's performance, to the availability of Klay Thompson and James Wiseman, to the frontcourt rotation, Draymond Green-at-the-5 and season predictions. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 Intro (00:00) 🔘 The Ben Simmons talk (2:53) 🔘 Jordan Poole/The offense when Steph sits (9:49) 🔘 Expectations for Klay Thompson (12:22) 🔘 Expectations for James Wiseman (16:00) 🔘 Jonathan Kuminga and Mose Moody (22:09) 🔘 Importance of Otto Porter Jr., Nemanja Bjelica and Andre Iguodala (24:47) 🔘 Will Golden State lean more on Draymond-at-the-5? (28:18) 🔘 Can Stephen Curry remain ageless? (34:23) 🔘 Best closing lineup (37:35) 🔘 Quirky lineups we want to see (40:08) 🔘 Win-total prediction (42:31) 🔘 Should we expect the Dubs to make a major trade? (44:05) Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices