Why would this loss put a puncture in the GS system? They got to game 7 of the Finals. That's a pretty darn good accomplishment. It's not like they got blown out of the first round.
All this talk about "see I told you jumpshooters wear down" is complete and utter nonsense. The Warriors jumpshot their way to a place no other team except the Cavs got to. The Cavs wore down Steph and Klay and yet, GS was up 3-1 and nearly won game 7, so what does that say about the "jumpshooters?"
People wishfully hoping teams are going to blow up their systems because the Warriors lost a close game 7 that could have gone either way, you are in for a rude awakening.
The thing is that this is probably the last year for
this iteration of this Warriors team. Harrison Barnes is gone as a free agent, Andre looked old in the finals and isn't getting older, and if the Warriors are going to make a play for Durant like people seem to think, they'll need to get rid of some pieces to make things work both financially and otherwise.
Sure, they'll still have Steph and Klay and Green but, as we've seen in these playoffs, when Steph is off, he can look like a hot mess, Green's probably going to have a harder time getting away with some of his moves from here on out, and I still think that the Warriors might need to get rid of Klay to have a shot at Durant (who I still think stays in OKC when its all said and done).
While their big 3 of Curry, Thompson, and Green is still pretty young and just entering their primes, a lot of the other Warrior core pieces are pretty old: Bogut (31 and injury prone), Iguodala (32), Barbosa (33), Varejao (33), Shaun Livingston (30 and on surgically rebuilt legs) and all mostly free agents. That's essentially the Warriors' entire playoff rotation not named Ezeli, Curry, Klay, or Green.
Add in Steph needing a new contract in a year (I can't imagine his new contract being as team friendly as his pre-MVP seasons extension was) and, while they aren't ever going to be
bad with the pieces that they have, it'll probably be a lot harder to win as they have from here on out.