KERR: “Just us”; on Otto Porter; “our guys are ready”; “He’s Steph Curry” on All-NBA; HAM/LeBron/AD
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Steve Kerr pregame Game 5 on Steph All-NBA nod: “Happens every year, he deserves it every year. He’s Steph Curry. Just another — what day is it? — Wednesday…”
• On G5: “Just being in the present, bringing our best effort… winning a home game… then you worry about what’s next after that… you don’t look ahead…”
• On Draymond, where he is with any concussions/epilepsy history, how close they have to watch him: “That’s all stuff that our training staff deals with. They’re all comfortable with everything… Draymond’s good to go.”
• On what he can do to instill confidence in the young guys: “…every player has to go through, not just young players. There’s plenty of vet players… hardest part of the job… spotlight is really on you… and you have a rough patch… if you have it in the regular season, nobody sees it and nobody cares… our job… give them perspective… ways to get through this…”
• Jokingly on if he showed film of him and Michael Jordan: “I did show that, I think every day this week.”
• On if he’s talked to his team: “Yeah, nothing that I would share here because that’s internal stuff. Our guys are ready… a lot of players on this team who have been in this situation… down 2-0 to Sacramento just two weeks ago…”
• On if he knew that they’ve been a thrown-against-the-wall type team: “…started to really deal with during Wiggins’ absence… opened the door for JK to play quite a bit… Gary… only the last seven games… those are the driving forces behind this dynamic that you’re talking about… we knew coming back this year that this team was gonna be different… Otto (Porter), in particular… turnover… part of the challenge… we have a group now that’s mostly intact from last year.”
• On Anthony Davis switching to Wiggins: “Yeah we definitely could’ve gone that route… part of the thinking is Steph and Draymond are our bread and butter… we could’ve gone to that more. It just changes the dynamics… those are things we look at… watch the tape a million times.”
• On media saying there’s division in the locker room: “First of all I love all the former players who are analysts… I was one… I was always right… never wrong… that’s part the deal especially today with the attention on these guys… everything is gonna be picked apart, so we don’t worry too much about what other people are saying… Just Us… it is just us… guys who are committed to each other and trying to get a win tonight and that’s the only thing that matters.”
• On Steph and Klay having confidence and moving on to the next play: “Who they are as players… they’ve never shown one ounce of fear or doubt… it does lead to some bad shots. Part of being that confident is you’re gonna be super-aggressive… give our guys some freedom… the balance is that you don’t wanna overdo that… that’s the balance both guys have to walk… let it fly but let’s get some good shots.”
• On Poole seeing one go in: “Even LeBron said in Game 3… what got me going is free throws… age-old theory… see the ball go through the hoop…”
• On LeBron: “…incredibly smart player… figuring out what’s coming… great mind. You have to account for that… try to put him in the best positions where you can still attack and get something good.”
• On Kenny Atkinson interviewing with Milwaukee and how he has grown: “I guess you’d have to ask Kenny but I just love having him here… great sense of analytics… connecting the analytics with the tape… strategy… I wanted to improve that part of our operation… started his coaching career working players out so he loves to be on the court… great eye for development… his team played with great energy and chemistry… a lot of passion for the game and he works like crazy… happy for him that he’s getting some interviews out there…”
• On playing games every other day: “I watched (Succession) the other night. I’m all caught up… we always talk to the team about filling up the cup… watched film and didn’t have practice… went home and went their separate ways… gotta find a way to get away, you can’t be thinking about this stuff all day long… go to a movie… your kid… the writers who are on strike they… [to be continued on our website later: https://letsgowarriors.com]
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