How good are the Warriors without Stephen Curry?

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With Stephen Curry’s health now a significant issue, a prominent question hangs in the balance: just how good are the Golden State Warriors without him?

Top 5 in Real Plus-Minus

2015-16 Season

Stephen Curry9.0LeBron James8.6Draymond Green8.3Chris Paul8.3Kawhi Leonard8.0

It’s not as simple as looking at straight Curry on/off court splits as a good portion of that is impacted by relatively meaningless garbage time.

We can however look at how the Warriors have done when their other two best players – Klay Thompson and Draymond Green – share the floor together without the reigning MVP.

The sample size from the regular season is 298 minutes (or just over six regulation games).

The results

Here’s what the numbers say regarding those 298 minutes…

The Warriors would be the second-best team in the NBA… With all three of its All-Stars on the floor, Golden State outscored opponents by an incredible 20.4 points per 100 possessions. With Thompson and Green in without Curry, that number drops to +7.9 points per 100 possessions. Though it’s a steep drop, it’s still good enough that it would have ranked second in the NBA this season behind only the Spurs.

They’d have the fourth-best offense in the NBA… When Thompson and Green are on the floor without Curry, Golden State’s offense still scores 107.3 points per 100 possessions. That would have ranked fourth in the NBA this season behind the Thunder, Spurs and Cavaliers.

They’d rank as the eighth-most prolific 3-point shooting team… obviously, if you take the most prolific 3-point shooter in league history out of the …

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