DRAYMOND: Steph Curry telling son DJ “it meant a lot to me” brought tears; my job to teach Kuminga
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Draymond Green on if they're far or close from getting on track: "both...you can see guys making the next step...closing...as wrong as Klay was, there were several plays in the last minute or so that you make one of those plays, you win the game...understanding how important one possession is...losing a game is an accumulation of bad plays...(we're) right there knocking on the door breaking through." (me)
• On what he told the team: "I didn't speak much...just concepts that we can grasp...wasn't some speech...concepts that defensively that we can grasp...little things our younger guys can pick up on...more so honestly for JK...his sheer ability is starting to really show up on the defensive end...add those little nuances...then you really take that next step...it's my job to teach him that. It's not Coach Kerr's job...AV (Anthony Vereen)...Bogut taught me that...my focus was him (JK)." (me)
• On his stop vs Jordan Clarkson: "Huge stop. Huge stop. But that stop is a by-product of the way he's defending the last week...then you get that stop...it wasn't technique-based...that stop was confidence. That stop was just, 'I'm gonna do what I have to do to stop you.'...feeling good about himself. That was sheer will...you win that game, then everybody's talking about that one stop...effort to get him back on the basketball court...I had to get on the NBA court by playing defense, so it's very very fun to watch." (me)
• On Wiggins and how important he is: "To see him affect the game (on offense and defense) it definitely showed what everyone thought he could become...committed himself to the process...probably be an All-Star again...it's a lesson for younger guys. You want to score the ball so much...Wiggs was averaging 20 points and people were calling him a bust...make it a point to be a really, really good defender...you're affecting winning and all of a sudden you're an All-Star." (me)
• On the six-game road trip and routines: "get your work in where you can...you also understand your body...when you need to rest, when you need to turn it up a notch." (me)
• On the Celtics: "They look incredible...Jaylen Brown, he gets better each and every year." (me)
• On if the Lamb issue has seeped into the locker room: "It doesn't seep much. You show support for guys...you're in this thing together and yet you try to find that balance of staying away from people's business...give guys enough space." (me)
• On how the Sportsman of the Year ceremony was last night with Curry: "I was in tears...for Steph to say, 'DJ, it means so much to me for you to be here tonight.'...as I get older, I get more emotional...I completely missed that (the team got the award last time)...get a plaque or something to act like it was all me...my mancave and tell my son." (me)
• On the 2017 season after the 2016 loss: "To go make that right. To never feel that feeling again...to go all that far and then to lose...we went through that again, obviously...so much added fuel...validate to (Durant) that he made the right decision." (me)
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors practice, day before game vs Boston Celtics at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. We will go live Fri 12/9 at 7:00PM PST for James Wiseman’s return to G League, then also for the BOS-GSW game on Sat 12/10 at 5:00PM PST, which tips off at 5:30PM.
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