Golden State Warriors: 5 Players Who Will Improve In 2015-16

Jun 19, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; The team celebrates with confetti during the Golden State Warriors 2015 championship celebration at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

Every summer is a weird time of year for basketball fans. The weather is beautiful, the beaches are packed, and the sleeves are short. Sounds like a pretty great time of year right? There is, however, one thing missing — we don’t have any basketball to enjoy outside of our local pick-up games down at the gym.

The Golden State Warriors are likely enjoying their much deserved time off. Fresh off a virtually flawless season that ended in an NBA championship, for the players, this is a time to recover and reset for another grueling season. This time, the Warriors will have the very difficult task of defending their title — something that has only been done twice in the last ten years.

But we now sit less than two and a half months away from the start of the 2015-2016 season, and it is time to start thinking of ways that the Warriors can improve. The draft has passed, and so has free agency for the most part, and while the Warriors did add a few key pieces, the bulk of their improvement may come from players who were on the roster last season.

For the Warriors to successfully defend their title, here the top five players who need to make big improvements in their game.

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