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Basketball is a young man's game. Once you hit 30, you're on the downside. Age at last championship:

Larry Bird (29)

Magic Johnson (29)

Isiah Thomas (29)

Shaq (30)

Kobe (31)

Lebron (31)

Michael Jordan (35)

Only MJ still carried his team at an advanced age, and that was after giving his body a two year rest. The Warriors might have another 1-2 years in them, but I see this as probaby their last hurrah unless they score another young star. They were likely toast against Houston until Chris Paul got injured.

As usual, Rick Barry is overlooked:

At (31), he placed in top ten in 4 categories:

Scoring: 2nd.
Free Throw Percentage: 1st.
Steals: 1st.
Assists: 6th.

The Warriors [48-34] swept the best regular-season team, the Washington Bullets [60-22]. Barry was named the series MVP.

Barry got to the NBA Finals twice: He set personal scoring average records both times.

His 4-game record [29.5 PPG] was finally broken by Hakeem Olajuwon. His 6-game record [40.8 PPG] was finally broken by Michael Jordan (but Jordan needed the 3-point shot to do it).

The Warriors might have another 1-2 years in them, but I see this as probaby their last hurrah unless they score another young star. They were likely toast against Houston until Chris Paul got injured.

You make a good point about age - in fact, Paul's hamstring injury probably isn't unrelated to the fact that he's 33. But where is the young talent in the West that can keep the W's out of the Finals for the next few years? James Harden is 28, about the same age as the Warriors stars, and Paul is going to demand a fortune to play with the Rockets at age 34. If the Rockets want to pursue a 34 year old LeBron James to form their own super team with Harden and Paul, they'll have to get rid of their own young talent like Clint Capela. Anthony Davis in NO is a rising young superstar but where is the talent around him? Karl Anthony Towns in Minnesota actually seems to be regressing.

I think the W's biggest challenges for the next three years will be the same challenges they had this year - health and lack of motivation. They were clearly bored during the regular season and even into the post-season - Steve Kerr obviously can't motivate them. And the injury bug bit them all season long, with Curry and Iguoadala missing big parts of the post-season.