When they go bold, we go bold-ish. As the saying goes … right? Right? Everybody has grown tired of anybody picking three BOLD predictions for said team of said sport out of a hat. Here at NBC Sports Bay Area, we turn it up a notch. Or maybe it’s down a notch. Doesn’t really matter.
As someone who puts the ish in bold-ish, let’s first look back at my crystal ball that turned a bit too cloudy for me to see clearly going into last season. Remember, this is a process-based exercise where we’re allowed to laugh later at the results.
First prediction: Steph Curry would set a career high in free throw attempts per game.
Laugh if you want, but Curry’s 5.1 free throw attempts per game were his highest in five seasons. It wasn’t a new career high, but it was tied for the fourth-highest of his career.
Second prediction: Buddy Hield would lead the Warriors in 3-point percentage.
No. Just no. Not at all. Go ahead and laugh. Hield made five threes in the season opener and then needed another seven games to reach that total. He shot a lowly 34.4 percent from three before being traded to...