Injuries to Stephen Curry, Draymond Green expose Warriors’ dearth of playmakers

The extended absences of Draymond Green and Stephen Curry have exposed a weakness in the Warriors’ roster: Outside of Kevin Durant, Golden State doesn’t have a reliable playmaker.

Its pass-happy system has given way to two options — Durant in isolation situations, and Klay Thompson jumpers — that have only yielded middling results. Without a go-to scorer to help ease the two healthy All-Stars’ burden, the Warriors’ offense has become predictable. Head coach Steve Kerr can only tinker with his system so much when he has no one other than Durant capable of consistently creating his own shot.