As the Golden State Warriors prepare for another season in which they are overwhelming title favorites, Steve Kerr identified what he believes is their greatest challenge.

“The biggest challenge is complacency,” he said. “We’ve been to the Finals three years in a row. And for our core group, I guess that would be four or five guys — Shaun (Livingston) and Andre, Steph, Klay (Thompson), Draymond (Green) — that’s a long haul and you just cannot lose your edge in this league.

“You know, defensively we’ll be keeping a close eye on our numbers and our intensity and our fundamentals. We’re not going to let them slide. And yet, human nature is to let your guard down a little bit with success. So, we have to be aware of that, the coaching staff, and we can’t disregard that … That’s the balance we’ve got to find. We always talk about our balance between being a little crazy and disciplined. It sounds like an oxymoron, but we need to keep our edge (and) pace ourselves, too. And how do you do that? That’s our job as a staff, to try to navigate that.”