Ostler: Your Pessimistic Side Can Find A Way To Doubt Warriors

Doctor Negative rang me up Sunday at halftime of the Warriors-Celtics game. Time to put down the Kool-Aid and pick up the coffee, son. Me: I’m sipping a Rock Star, Doc. Is this a good time to talk you down from the Warriors bandwagon, or should I let you wallow in your delusion? The Warriors have the best record in the league. Did your eyes happen to notice that the Dubs are getting smoked by the Smelltics, of the lowly Eastern Conference? The run-run Warriors are being run off the floor by a team that was thrown together last week. Maybe the Celtics overinflated the basketball. [...] once the real season starts? Are they in double figures? The Spurs are not exactly the Detroit Bad Boys, and didn’t they win something last season? The Spurs have depth of character and decades of experience. [...] they relied far less on the three-point bomb than do the Warriors. Did it ever occur to you and your little sidekick Charles that the NBA is an ever-evolving organism? [...] with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, it’s not like the Warriors are trying to make a go of it with a couple of random playground flingers. Steph and Klay will be just fine, as long as the breeze from the arena AC isn’t too stiff. Look, I understand why the basketball world is swooning over your Warriors. Aren’t you overlooking some Warriors grit? By the time the playoffs start, he’ll be on Medicare. Me: I thought what you need in the playoffs is a big, tough rim protector. Again, fun to watch, a lively player. Look, for decades the Warriors tried to out-scrap the rest of the world by using little guys. Don Nelson never suited up a player taller than 6-5, give or take. [...] you’re trying to make it out as an advantage? Doctor Negative didn’t call back after the Warriors rallied to beat the Celtics, but I’m pretty sure I’ll hear from him again.