DRAYMOND: “Jimmy on the backside, he covers it up. He'll see me guard and he'll plug that spot”
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01:23 How would you describe what Jimmy does…?
01:29 Well, he is who he is. He's incredible offensively. He commands so much attention and, for us, that's great because he's allowing everybody else to get to spots where they're comfortable and either get layups or open jump shots, so when he's being that aggressive, which obviously we needed him to be that aggressive tonight with Steph out, one of the toughest matchups in the NBA and we've seen that for years on end now.
02:03 How much of that aggression out of Jimmy is kind of like a preview of what it could look like in the games that really matter, Playoff Jimmy and everything?
02:11 Yeah, I have zero doubt that it won't look like that. I think it'll look just like that and it'll continue to get better. Jimmy, he's still figuring out his spots. Guys are still figuring out where he wants you on the court when he has the ball here or when he has the ball there, where he wants you on the court and so we're still figuring all of that stuff out, but we know what he's capable of and I always tell the guys, when all else fails, just shot clock get to six, when you got nothing, throw him the ball. He'll figure it out and he did that tonight, all night. It was beautiful.
02:45 It's award season, getting towards it. Do you think you have a Defensive Player of the Year case this year?
02:51 I think, obviously, we keep winning and close this year out strong, most definitely. I don't know, I look around the league, I don't see many players impacting the game on the defensive end the way I do. I don't see many players completely throwing off an entire team's offense the way I do. So, 1,000%, especially with Wemby going down, seemed like he had it won and, now, it's right there. So, 1,000,000% I have a case and I'll continue to build that case for these next 13 games, but tonight, I think was a prime example of that.
03:38 We've talked about Jimmy getting used to this offense with Steph. Obviously, things have gone a certain way for many years, but on defense, you run the show, clearly. Has it been an easy adjustment, you think, just to drop into this? It seems like you guys, certainly in that fourth quarter, you were really tied together with the help, the show, the help, all the backside being protected. What's that been like?
03:59 It's so easy to add him in because he is like me. He thinks like me. He sees the floor like me or better. I'm not gonna sit here and act like, "Oh man, I'm the world's greatest." And he's not. There are certain things that he see better than me and so to have a guy like that, you add him into the fold, for me, it makes me all the more comfortable to know that I can be aggressive, that I could take some chances and know that at the end of the day, there's gonna be Jimmy on the backside to cover up any mistakes that anyone makes. And so that's usually me in that position, covering up for mistakes, but when it allows me to — you think of an offensive player, right? You're gonna give a guy who's incredible offense, you're gonna give them a little more freedom than you may give others. They're probably gonna take a little more chances or a shot that maybe other guys wouldn't take. I think that's me on the defensive end. I may do something that's unorthodox. I may do something that's not quite how we schemed it, but it's something that I saw could work. And every now and then you take those chances that don't work and you can get burned. With Jimmy on the backside, he covers it up. He'll see me guard and he'll plug that spot and so it's been extremely easy and very comforting for me adding him to the fold and he makes the game a lot easier for all of us on both sides of the ball.
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FROM MARCH 18, 2025, postgame after Milwaukee Bucks at Golden State Warriors, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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