Yeah, it’s horrible to root for injuries but the league really needs a season ending injury to KD or Curry to generate some suspense. Otherwise, it’s essentially a long (albeit entertaining) 82-game preseason with a predetermined winner.
I mean, people said this exact thing about them last year and they ended up as the #2 seed, seven games back of #1, dropped down to a 3% shot on 538 before the playoffs (GJGE Nate Silver, but there's a pretty wide gap between 3% and 100%), and even after the CP3 injury in WCF Game 5 needed to dig out of 17-point and 15-point holes in two elimination games to avoid an early summer. The fact that they pulled it out in the end is not evidence that it was predetermined, or anywhere close.
Not a ton has changed this year, unless you think post-Achilles Cousins (who seems to be coming along, but very slowly) will be a massive upgrade over JaVale and DWest. I don't, personally. I like the youth and energy of the supporting cast better this year, but Andre and Shaun are a year older; and it's not like Looney, Cook, Jones, Bell, Jerebko, and McKinnie are the difference between beatable and unbeatable.
I'd also argue that Toronto and Milwaukee (and Boston, when they get their act together) are at least as strong, deep, and built to compete with the Warriors as last year's Rockets were, and miles more so than any of last year's Eastern teams were. 538 currently has the Warriors odds at 58%, which, unlike 3%, seems like the right ballpark. Even if you think it's more like 75%, that's still worth watching for — like the chances (if you're rooting for the 25%) of Raffy Devers getting a hit.
Anyway, I can't get too bent of shape about secretly rooting for injuries since I might do the same if they weren't my team (though "season-ending" seems a little unsporting, knocking wood). But now seems like an odd time to do so, since in the past week they've been destroyed on their home floor by the Bucks and taken down by the scrappy Clips (in a fantastically entertaining and competitive game, BS Durant ejection notwithstanding).