Bill Simmons is worried about the Golden State Warriors: "I think there's a real chance that Adam Silver hates Golden State"

In the most recent episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” the host brought up a theory on why he thinks Adam Silver is affecting the Golden State Warriors’ chances of competing for a championship. Simmons said that Silver dealt the Warriors a bad hand by approving their current schedule, which will significantly affect their record as early as November.

“Golden State is the one that I really vacillated on whether they’re an actual contender or a possible contender and here’s why I made them a possible contender. I think there’s a real chance that Adam Silver hates Golden State because I can’t think of any other explanation when I look at the schedule. Seventeen days, they have ten games and they’re all basically in different locations. That’s a f—k you from the NBA schedulers,”said Simmons.

A challenge for one of the oldest teams in the league

Entering this season, the Warriors are considered the second-oldest team in the league with an average age of 27.5, right behind the Los Angeles Clippers, who are at 28.6. But in fairness to the Warriors, that’s because they have Stephen Curry, who may be 37 years old but isn’t playing like it, followed by Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler and Al Horford — three veterans who are capable of still performing at a high level.

Still, that doesn’t mean that fatigue won’t catch up with Golden State because, after all, even the youngest teams in the league aren’t spared from it. As early as the first game of the Warriors’ tough 17-day stretch, they already suffered from fatigue, at least according to Steve Kerr.

“It looked to me like fatigue, mental and physical fatigue. It didn’t look like our team was there. Our spacing was bad and it just didn’t feel like we had a usual pop. I thought Milwaukee was brilliant, made 19 threes, one tough one after another. We let them hung around for too long and that was the problem,” Kerr said after the Warriors lost to the Milwaukee Bucks without Giannis Antetokounmpo on Thursday.

A true test

As their schedule gets tougher, Simmons believes that this is the perfect way to gauge whether or not the Warriors are indeed contenders or pretenders. They started the season strong by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on the road and then continued their winning ways by defeating another contender, the Denver Nuggets, as well as the Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies at home. Now on the road for the next 17 days, the true test as to whether they can sustain their early success begins.

“That’s why I wanna see where they are by 11/16 in that New Orleans game. Who’s already hurt, who’s been sitting, how fresh are we looking? How impactful is Kuminga? What else am I leaving out?” Simmons added.

It’s unclear as to whether or not Silver or the schedule makers in general considered how difficult this stretch would be for the second-oldest team in the league, but at the very least, they get the chance to see how their team handles a difficult challenge this early in the season.

It’ll be interesting to see if the Warriors will still be considered as championship contenders by the time their current road trip concludes.

This story was originally reported by Basketball Network on Oct 31, 2025, where it first appeared in the Latest News section. Add Basketball Network as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Bill Simmons is worried about the Golden State Warriors: “I think there’s a real chance that Adam Silver hates Golden State”

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