DRAYMOND on Kerr asking how he felt about coming off bench: “Who f—ing cares?”; on Klay: it’s April
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• • Draymond Green postgame on coming off the bench: “I missed a bunch of layups… won’t miss those layups… space the floor.”
• On what Bob Myers talked about with him after the game: “Just talking about the end of the game… how I could be better… I’m supposed to trail the play and not leave him on the island (Steph)… gave up a three to Fox… they score a two so be it… we were just talking about that.”
• On going into Kerr’s office after Game 3, and if Steve wanted to start him, would he be disappointed: “No… what could it do to us… let him know if you all mull this decision, make… he called me again yesterday… he was asking me… about X, Y and Z… but how are you gonna feel. Who fucking cares?… it doesn’t matter how I feel… the right thing to do is start the game the exact same way, doesn’t matter how I feel. I appreciate that, the courtesy and respect… winning the game is the most important thing.”
• On this being the chance they’ve been waiting all year, being bad on the road or a switch to flip: “we know what we need to go do and we need to execute that but we’ve known what we needed to do all year… locked in and focused.”
• On the double-technical with Fox: “I’m still here and don’t shit change. Ain’t no tech moving me off my square. Fox felt the need to stand up for his guy… but I’m still here… been this way for 33 years and I pray this will be for 33 more… that won’t just be for basketball… I am who I am… you don’t like it? I’m sorry. Not really… people feeling good.”
• On surviving the wild ending, or was it frustrating? “No. You don’t carry frustrations in the playoffs… it’s the playoffs and every game counts. Whether we win it… you take the win and you move on… what can we learn from that. You learn that I cannot leave the ball… up four… the last thing I can do is give up a three… don’t make the same mistakes… but you don’t walk off complaining with your head down.”
• On a history of guys accepting a bench role, if this is who they are, about the culture: “it’s who we always have been… strictly about winning and about the team and if you are a guy that is not that way you stick out like a sore thumb. For me it was a very easy thing. We won the game pretty handily… that shit don’t work like that… sitting and watching that game I just that was best and I thought that was clear as day… literally a mile away… Steph thought it was the right thing to do and Wiggs. Your time is your time.”
• On if him off the bench could continue: “If that’s what Coach thinks… absolutely… I would have to go watch the tape… gonna play the same amount of minutes I’m gonna play.”
• On switching on to Fox in Q3: “it was very simple. You’re guarding Fox… anytime I have the opportunity to guard a great player… meet force with force… always knew that’s something that we had in our back pocket… very happy… you can’t just give him a steady diet of anything. .. great players eventually figure it out… chess match… who’s gonna pull the card…. Steve.”
• On Klay being vintage two-way Klay: “putting the work in… appreciate the effort… everyone doesn’t get to see… in that weight room every day… continue to get stronger… it’s April, that is who Klay Thompson is… one of the biggest winners… never a doubt whether he’s gonna compete or not.”
• On what he thought when Barnes got the shot: “You gotta make that… Fox … Clutch player of the Year… gotta make somebody else beat you.”
• On how the came back rebounding: “you have to control the physicality department… we controlled it in Game 3… they controlled it in the first half… able to pull it out in the second half… we needed to be better… show other guys what that level of physicality needed to be… just mentioned Klay… physical as hell the entire game.”
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings Game 4, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE WITH GAME 5 GSW-SAC ON WED 4/26 AT 7:00PM PDT TIPOFF.
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