KERR: Jimmy Butler a “subtle superstar…No. 1 iso player”; Steph Curry moving great; Wiggins beloved
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00:00 Any thoughts on tomorrow night?
00:01 STEVE KERR: Excited, big game for us. Every game's big now. 11 games left and we're in a tight race out West, so coming off a loss, we're all excited to get back out there.
00:14 Coach, we're here, we sent you Jimmy and so can you talk for a minute about the impact he's had on your team?
00:20 It's been amazing. He's one of the best players in the league. He has instantly transformed our team. We're 16-4 since we got him. He's a very unique talent. He's a superstar, but he's a subtle superstar. He doesn't wow you with his leaping ability or shooting prowess or speed. It's just his brute strength and his brain. He is one of the smartest players I've ever been around and his ability to just generate open shot after open shot is impressive and he is, obviously, a great two-way player. He is a hell of a defender and we're lucky to have him.
01:03 You've been through a lot of these "guy plays former team first time" moments.
01:09 Mm-hmm.
01:09 Today, it's a big deal. When the ball goes up, is it a big deal tomorrow too, or — ?
01:12 Sure. It'll be a charged atmosphere. I mean, the — I'm sure it'll be emotional on many levels. I know Jimmy's just gonna lock in and play and he's very capable of that, but there's no getting around the fact that what he meant to this team, this organization, this city, that will come out tomorrow. And it's part of sports, but it's kind of what makes sports, too, is the emotional connection that everyone has with players and teams and so you get these nights that can be tricky, but I know Jimmy will handle it well. I know our guys will handle it well.
01:56 And there's a flip side too with Wiggs, obviously, and we all know how highly you thought of him and rightly so, of course. Just how happy are you to see him again, I guess?
02:05 We're all thrilled to see Wiggs. Wiggs is one of my favorite guys. I wish we still had Miami in the Bay, so that will have to wait till next year, but Wiggs will get an enormous standing ovation when he returns to the Bay in front of our fans, both for his contributions and for just for his humanity, who he is, what kind of person he is. He's beloved in our locker room and throughout the Bay, so it'll be great to see him and hopefully he doesn't have 42 against us.
02:37 Do you sense that Steph has a little extra motivation to try to get back for this game because of the Jimmy factor?
02:45 Jimmy — I mean, Steph feels an obligation always to be there for his teammates, regardless of the circumstances. He's an amazing teammate and he wants to get back as soon as possible, mainly so we can win games and climb the ladder in the playoff race, but no doubt he wants to be there for Jimmy, too, and it's one of the things I love about Steph. He's always there for his guys, in that sense.
03:14 You guys had the Durant return game in OKC. What do you remember about, I guess, the internal motivation for y'all to perform for Kevin that night?
03:24 Yeah, that was maybe the most emotional return game I've ever been a part of and kind of got ugly, really, so it was important for our guys to to go to bat for Kevin and they all did. And it was nice to, get that behind us when it happened, but yeah, like I said, I mean, there's just gonna be games like this in the NBA season because of the emotion involved in sports. So you handle 'em when they come and you just support your teammate and then you move forward.
03:57 Talk about the battle in the West. There's one in the East now, too. Do you feel like playoffs kind of started very quietly two or three weeks ago for a lot of us?
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