DRAYMOND: “gonna prove a lot of ppl wrong this year”; “more levels” for GSW; “2 yrs left on my deal”
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• On how practice went: “we had a great practice.” (short answer)
• On how he spent the time away: “I spent a lot of time with my kids. Made eggs with my son. I cook really good eggs. (Long pause) …also a lot of time on this stuff…the moment you stop working on yourself you get worse.”
• On if he’s in a better place: “We had our conversations about what we need to do moving forward…not gonna hold on to things in the past.”
• On being in a better mental space: “Yeah…work on getting better as a team…so yes. Yes.”
• On where the trust level is right now: “When everyone says build trust as a team, I don’t understand that. Does it mean trust to make the right play?…make sure we’re together…that we’re doing the necessary things to win a championship…not always certain that that is the most fitting word…everybody kinda has this idea of what that means.”
• On what he thinks trust means: “Making sure our camaraderie is right…if you have that you can almost build to anything…I don’t think that’s something that gets really shooken…built on who you have on the team at the core…Camaraderie is a strength of ours…(versus) what could happen on one particular day.”
• On if being away from the team was the right punishment: “Quite frankly I don’t think that’s everyone’s business…on what we feel as an organization is best together…pretty certain that Jordan had input (names Steph, Klay, Andre, Looney)…I don’t really care what other people think…my care is what guys in this locker room think, what people in this organization thinks.”
• On his future with the Warriors: “I’m here this year trying to win a championship. I have a contract that ranges through next year if I so choose…started camp and I said that at the very beginning, I don’t think we’re doing an extension…that’s not something that I’m gonna talk about all year…I don’t like to let contract drama linger especially when it’s involving me…we’ve seen LeBron have contract situations (also names Steph Curry)…if you’re gonna let a contract situation linger, you better (handle it) every single day…I’m not willing to…I am a Golden State Warrior trying to win a championship this year.”
• On Jordan Poole and the best counsel he got: “Jordan’s a professional and I’m a professional…a lot of winning…we’re gonna do what it takes to win…as far as advice, I’ve had a bunch of great advice…it wouldn’t be doing justice (for him to point out just one)…very appreciative of people that have reached out, giving words of advice, words of encouragement. It doesn’t go unnoticed…I have great people in my corner.”
• On if there’s another level for the team: “As you grow with a group that can always get better…another year of playing together, it helps…familiarity.”
• On if there was a parallel with KD situation and how to mend things with Poole: “I’m not sure, as I said before, that’s not up to me, nor do I think there’s much relevance. We both know how to play basketball. We’re paid to do a job…we wanna continue to win…it’s neither here nor there. What we do on the basketball court is what’s matter. Sometimes we get caught up in people’s lives.”
• On proving people wrong: “I’ve been proving people wrong all my life…the same people that’s talking now is the same people that’s talking before…new hot takes…never acknowledged the million times that they said you couldn’t do it and they were wrong…I’m going to do exactly what I do when I’m motivated in a major way…it’s gonna be a fun year.”
• On his load management: “I feel great…I trust Rick and Dave and their process…I feel great, like I’m gonna have an incredible year.”
• Expounding on a contract lingering: “Everybody has to deal with it…if you’re gonna leave contracts in limbo…I’m not really willing to stand in front of that…(gives example if he was being waited on to sign something)…I have two years left on my deal and that’s my focus…yes I do have an option…I have great representation…when it’s time…I’ll stand in front of it…if I’m not one making the decision then that’s not me (to stand in front of it).”
• On how the youngsters feel different: “there’s just more expectations when you win the championship…unless you’re Stephen A…probably gonna get it right again…there’s not the same people that said we had a 14% chance…and yet they’re still respected as basketball minds. Got to be more careful.”
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors practice, day before preseason game vs Denver Nuggets. We will go live Fri 10/14 at 6:30PM PDT for the livechat of DEN-GSW and commentary during the game, which tips off at 7:00PM!
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