KERR: “deep, deep team, everybody deserves to play”; PODZIEMSKI on Draymond: “I’ve earned his trust”
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00:00 What do you remember about that, your NBA debut game in Portland?
00:06 STEVE KERR: Yeah, I mean, I think it was — I know it was my first basket. That's what I was in my very first game that I ever played. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So Raymond did his homework today. About time. Yeah, I was so nervous and first NBA game and we were getting killed. And as the lead — or the deficit grew. I thought I might get in tonight. And yeah, so got in, fourth quarter. I think I played five or six minutes. Hit a big corner three to cut it to 30, as Raymond (Ridder) said. And, I thought we were gonna carry the momentum forward and come back and win, but it didn't work out.
00:50 Feel good to get that first one off your back?
00:51 Yeah, that was fun.
00:54 After the last three weeks from Hawaii through six preseason games, how do you describe this group, this team?
00:59 Deep. First thing that comes to mind. Just a deep, deep team. Everybody deserves to play. Not everybody can, obviously. My gut is, we're gonna look at a lot of — a lot of combinations and — but when we find one, we'll stay with it. We'll — we got a team that is capable of playing different styles and if we find a little groove, then I'll stay with that group, and the next guy's gotta stay ready to come in then.
01:36 You've asked — you've been asked all these questions about the depth, who's going to play, who's going to have to sit, but at the end of the day, it is an 82-game season. I mean, Steph's going to have to take some time off, Draymond. I mean, how does that depth come into play to you guys, been a factor, at the end of the day, for an 82-game season, with the regular season?
01:52 Yeah, I mean, I think that's going to be a strength of ours, is just being able to withstand injuries. I think Kyle being ready to step in for Draymond, if Draymond is out, back-to-back, whatever it is, that's a huge addition for us because Kyle is such a good player and a similar kind of point-forward player, huge basketball IQ. So — and I can go down the list. We got — We've got a lot of players who can fill in if we have injuries, so I'm excited about that.
02:32 So is the plan over the first handful of games of the season to kind of continue what you did in the preseason in using different starting groups or lineups kind of throughout or is it--?
02:45 We'll see. We'll see. Yeah. I mean, we're — I think we just have to start. We'll see how it plays out. Just like I'm telling the players, everybody just gotta stay ready. Have you had some more of those conversations with players?
03:03 Yeah, 24 hours since last seeing you. Literally talking to every every guy on the team about role and what to expect to start the year. And we go from there.
03:12 Kind of following up on that, do you expect at any point that you'll get a start a regular starting unit or with the depth? Do you see that kind of being so flexible throughout the year that--?
03:22 I'd like to have one starting lineup for the whole year and hopefully the group that I start tomorrow becomes our consistent starting five-man group. But it has to lead to wins and that's what we're looking for.
03:40 Are you gonna tell us who?
03:42 No. Why would I do that? Yeah. I'll tell you tomorrow.
03:47 (Inaudible from Raymond)
03:51 How many people knew any of those guys? The young — that's a young crowd. That was the Dodgers infield in the 70s…
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