DURANT: “immortalized there, no matter what your role was” as Warriors champions; KERR: Draymond/CP3
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0:00 Steve Kerr after practice on if Draymond has done 5-on-5: “Yeah, today. First time he played 5-on-5. We didn't scrimmage for long but he did play and it was good for him to get out there and great for us to have him back. He just adds such a competitive force to our team and his IQ is just off the charts. So even having him in practice going through all the drills, the team benefits from his presence.”
0:37 on Draymond’s conditioning: “It was his first scrimmage so he needs to build his conditioning and stamina for sure. He looked good out there but we'll see. I would say ‘questionable’ on Tuesday, but he needs more work for sure.”
1:00 Raymond Ridder, as reporters go silent to tweet the Draymond news: “…10 seconds before the next question.” Kerr: “Remember we had the Rubik's Cube? What’s we call it, Skits & Bits?’”
1:24 on if Chris Paul’s integration was seamless: “I've always admired Chris so much from afar for his feel and his brains and his competitiveness. So there's nothing surprising about watching all that up close, wearing a Warriors jersey. I think he has gone out of his way to try to fit into what we do, which is a sign of his respect for the game and for his teammates. And I feel like the last couple games were good for him preseason just because he's starting to get more comfortable. And I've been telling him to — we need him to be himself, to not just blend in with what we do. So it won't be a perfect fit for a little bit of time because with any new player, it just takes time to incorporate the new player and for the new player to feel comfortable with everything but the process has been great. We're really on a good trajectory and couldn't be happier with his progress. We’re gonna get to a point where everything's going to be really smooth in terms of lineups and who's playing with whom and we're not there yet…”
3:19 on him saying earlier the Western Conference is really, really strong: “…Lakers knocked us out of the playoffs. They were really good. Denver won the title. Phoenix is loaded with talent. Sacramento won our division. We just saw San Antonio, we see what Wembanyama can do. And there are other young players complementing him. And I'm leaving out Clippers and Memphis and should go down the list. I mean, the whole conference is deep and a lot of teams (are) all-in to try to win a title, so it can be very competitive. Trying to think who I left out, because somebody's going to have the bulletin board material, as if they care. OKC. Man, how did I leave them out?”
4:39 on if there’s anything about his team he doesn’t know yet: “Well, I think every year is unique…You worry about sort of being unprepared for something kind of random.”
6:42 on load management and the challenge of keeping guys as fresh as possible for the postseason and how valuable Rick Celebrini will be
7:53 on the motivation for having coaching pods or groups during practices: “…Kenny had done such a great job of organizing the group and really covering our bases and making improvements”
9:03 on thinking they’ll get better defensively when Draymond comes back versus needing to get better without him: “Both…”
10:19 Kevin Durant after practice in Phoenix on team defense
10:41 on getting back to Chase Center: “Yeah, I’m excited to play in front of those fans. I spent some incredible moments there. We had built a bond that don’t really have to be spoken about, me and the fans in the Bay Area. I feel like they’d been supporting me well before I even came there, actually, and then once I became a part of the Warriors, they just went even harder in support of me, myself and my teammates. Every player individually felt what it was like to be a Golden State Warriors and then to win a championship is immortalized there, no matter what your role was on the team. So (I’m) excited to get back to people I call family there, that organization, fans that I played as hard as I could there for three years, so it should be fun.”
11:41 on how he thinks Chris Paul fits with the Warriors’ system
12:08 on if game-planning for the Warriors is completely different with the two different kinds of threats in Steph Curry and Chris Paul
12:36 Frank Vogel: Beal and Booker “should be good to go”
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