Until Rooney’s diversity committee came up with the Rooney rule in 2003, those candidates were almost always white. Given that inescapable fact, perhaps the first rule of sportsmanship is to afford defeat the same respect as victory. Photograph: Soobum Im/USA Today SportsWeaknesses They’re not as loaded with talent as the Warriors. With a core of young players that stayed mostly intact as the team moved to North Carolina, they’ll be a contender again.