Opinions about the potential of the 2026-27 Warriors tend to focus on their relatively fragile health, as the team will open the NBA season without as many as three impact players and, above all, their advanced age.Superstar Stephen Curry is 38. Longtime sidekick Draymond Green is 36. Center Al Horford is 40. Jimmy Butler III is 37 and in the middle stage of recovery from ACL surgery. Gary Payton II will be 34 in December. Kristaps Porziis is 31 with a body about 10 years older.
The general belief is that Golden State’s season will be an exercise in futility.
Jason Kidd begs to differ. The Hall of Fame point guard and longtime NBA coach cites his own history with a Dallas Mavericks team thought to be too old to make a long postseason run yet won the 2011 NBA Finals.
“We were too old,” Kidd said, half joking, in an appearance on the “Dubs Talk” podcast.
The 2010-2011 Mavericks were led by Kidd, who turned 38 two months before the Finals. Sharpshooter Peja Stojakovi turned 34 during the series, and Jason Terry turned 34 two months later. Shawn Marion was 33, and the team’s best player, Dirk Nowitzki,...