SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Kerr coined the phrase as a motivating tool. There was no way Kerr could have known the words “Strength In Numbers” would turn to a slogan forever attached to the Warriors, and still be used to describe his teams more than a decade later.Like taking a page out of his former coach Phil Jackson’s book, Kerr came up with “Strength In Numbers” before meeting his players for the first time as a way for them to play as a team. The phrase fit right into Kerr moving Andre Iguodala to the bench after starting all his previous 758 career regular-season games. Conveniently, Kerr’s three words also fit right into the state of the roster for the 2014-15 Warriors.
Steph Curry was in his age-26 season and about to set a new pecking order in the league as MVP. Klay Thompson was 24, and so was Draymond Green. Harrison Barnes was just 22, and Andrew Bogut was the elder of the starting five at 30 years old. Iguodala was 31, and Leandro Barbosa was the oldest on the team at 32.
That’s seven players right there, and a 29-year-old Shaun Livingston hasn’t been mentioned yet. Neither has a 31-year-old...