With the current NBA champions, Golden State, off to a 14-0 start, people are proclaiming the Warriors the best team in all of sports right now. But are they?
Maybe...
The NBA record for the best undefeated streak at the beginning of the season is 15-0, and they're certainly closing in on that possibility, but I think of other great teams right now, too. Teams like the KC Royals who lost a close game seven in the World Series last season only to come back and win the whole thing this year, in convincing fashion, against some very good baseball teams.
And let's not forget about the New England Patriots. They are also defending world champions and have yet to taste defeat this season, and they are doing it under the scrutiny of a world that once suspected them of cheating. I'd say the pressure the Patriots have been under trumps anything Golden State has experienced during their current run.
So are they the best?
No, I don't think so. They certainly are the cream of the NBA crop right now, but other defending champs have had good streaks of wins, too. I'd like to see them finish the entire NBA season to make any kind of proclamation that bold. And I still think what the Royals are continuing to accomplish in Kansas City, on a limited budget at that, is more impressive as well.
Golden State is great, but they aren't in the same league as the Royals and Patriots.
Literally.
What about the NHL you may ask? It's just hockey. Ice soccer has never really counted.
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