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\u201cIt\u2019s now inevitable no one can beat the Warriors,\u201d beat writer Mark Medina tells Logan Murdock as they open this week\u2019s edition after a breezy 116-108 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. \u201cIf anyone was going to get their shots in, it was going to be earlier in the season.\u201d \xa0 Logan Murdock counters with the observation that the Warriors\u2019 victory against the Timberwolves was \u201cone of their worse games\u201d of the season and points to Coach Steve Kerr\u2019s unhappiness with the team\u2019s execution before conceding: \u201cThis team is too good right now.\u201d \xa0 Medina and Murdock also review Draymond Green\u2019s performance in his first game back after missing 13 of the past 15 games. Medina calls Green\u2019s gameplay the most impressive even if his post-game stats may not reflect that. Murdock suggests Green\u2019s buzzer-beating, first-half alley-oop pass to Klay Thompson to secure three points as the play of the game. \xa0 Medina gives context to Green\u2019s return with talk of his wish to win Defensive Player of the Year for a second time. \xa0 \u201cI think if you put truth serum into him, he would admit: He wasn\u2019t playing the kind of defense last season that deserved being on the NBA Defensive First Team,\u201d Medina said before reminding listeners that Coach Steve Kerr expressed anticipation more for Green\u2019s potential conditioning restrictions than any minutes restrictions ahead of his return from injury recovery. \u201cIt\u2019s not surprising that Draymond is playing like this. \xa0 \u201cHe came out as if he was playing yesterday. He did not miss a beat whatsoever.\u201d \xa0 Murdock defined and paralleled Green\u2019s story of the last two seasons to Andre Iguodala\u2019s \u2014 who missed the Dec. 11 game against the Timberwolves for right hip tightness \u2014 as a struggle to \u201cstay on the floor, and trying to sustain that \u2026 to maximize their talents.\u201d \xa0 Shifting gears to discuss Demarcus Cousins\u2019 injury recovery and recent assignment to Santa Cruz to practice with the Warriors\u2019 G-League squad, Medina and Murdock compared Cousins\u2019 experience to baseball teams sending players to practice with minor league teams. \xa0 \u201cIt was [Cousins] idea to go down there,\u201d Murdock said. \u201cHe feels that the best way he\u2019s going to get back is by five-on-five, full contact.\u201d \xa0 Murdock then analyzed Cousins\u2019 first practice with the Santa Cruz team and how it factors into his expectation to return to play with the Warriors by Christmas.