On October 7, the Golden State Warriors will face the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time since they were eliminated from the 2023 postseason. The Warriors fell short in the second round, ending their hopes of retaining their 2022 NBA championship. As such, the Warriors have been busy re-tooling their roster. Both teams will enter their preseason opener far from full strength.
LeBron James and Austin Reaves won’t be available for Los Angeles, while Draymond Green and Rodney McGruder are missing from the Warriors lineup. However, when speaking to the media on October 6, Steve Kerr gave a brutally honest assessment of what cost the Warriors a spot in the conference finals.
Buy Warriors Tickets“The Lakers exposed us,” Kerr said. “We were not a very well-rounded team last year. Thinking about that series, watching it, they bottled us up defensively and we didn’t have a counter. So we gotta make sure we have counters this year.”
