How Warriors are paying steep price today for promise of better tomorrow

It's one thing to believe everything will improve dramatically in the future, quite another to consistently leave the court with the unsatisfying feeling that comes with a nine-game losing streak over a 17-day period in that languid period -- often referred to as the dog days -- between the holidays and the All-Star break. "I can't say we enjoy it right now, because losing is not fun," rookie Eric Paschall said Tuesday night after the Warriors absorbed a 124-97 beatdown from the Dallas Mavericks. Warriors coach Steve Kerr feels it as much as anyone with the possible exception of Draymond Green.