...from Warriors practice, two days before NBA Playoffs Round 1, Game 1 vs San Antonio Spurs. QUOTES:
- on if the team is preparing for Kawhi Leonard: "We do not expect him to play. If he does, we'll be caught off guard. Damn, I didn't think about him."
- Kerr has decided who will start at center in Game 1, but won't reveal who it is, and joked that reporters could find out through opposing coach Gregg Popovich: "I'll just call Pop and tell him directly and then you guys can get it from him."
- Steph Curry's official re-evaluation is still Saturday, but the expectation remains that he won't play a minute in the first round.
- joking sarcastically about his relationship with Popovich: "Pop doesn't like to see me lose. I like to see him lose. He's had way too much success already. I think Pop sometimes needs to be humbled a little bit."
- more on his close relationship with Pop: "I want Pop to win against anybody else. We're that close. He's my mentor. He's somebody I feel incredibly strongly about in terms of who he is and what he did for me in my life and what he's doing for my son right now."
- on Popovich: "He's just an incredibly sharp, compassionate, fearless human being. It shines through, not only in his coaching, but in the way he approaches life. He made a big impact on me and it's interesting because I really didn't even play that much for him."
- on not talking at all to his son, Nick Kerr, who is the video coordinator for the Spurs, this series: "We are recusing ourselves from any sort of communication and family interaction for the next couple of weeks."
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