KERR: Kuminga “most explosive player on our roster”; Draymond “one of very best defenders on Earth”
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00:00 STEVE KERR, PRACTICE, DAY BEFORE SAC-GSW: All right. Where are you guys from? What school? All right. What grade? Second grade. All right. Warriors fans? Let's go. All right. Who wants to start? I got a lot of hands raised back here, Monte (Poole). I don't — I think we should — are we Raymond — are we going to field any questions from back there? No? Do those at the end. All right. At the end. All right. Sounds good. All right, Monte?
00:47 How did Jonathan look today?
00:49 He looked good. We scrimmaged a little bit and he took part in the scrimmage and I would say he's probable for tomorrow. We just, we'll wait until game time to make a decision, but he's trending towards playing, for sure.
01:06 What's the operating plan for him tomorrow, should he be cleared to play?
01:11 The operating plan is to win the game, whatever — so whatever that takes and so I won't put him in the starting lineup. We'll keep starting the way we've been starting. We're on a roll. So he'll come off the bench and you never know how these games go. So whatever it takes to win, that's what we're gonna do.
01:30 Any idea of what you want him in terms of minutes?
01:33 Nope.
01:35 I imagine that the ultimate goal will be to play Kuminga in lineups with Steph, with Jimmy. How do you view that combination and how viable it could be?
01:47 Something that we're for sure going to try and we have to. I mean, it obviously has potential to be a dynamic lineup at both ends, but we also don't want to disrupt the rhythm that we're in right now and the groove we're in. Obviously, every game is crucial at this point in the season. So yeah, it just has to be a process of getting a feel for each game and we'll get to that combination at some point, but I can't tell you right now when that will be.
02:22 Quinten wasn't in the rotation last time JK was healthy, just how do you see those two complementing each other?
02:28 Yeah, I looked that up yesterday. They literally have not played a single possession together. In theory, they should be pretty good together on offense because you've got the spacing of QP, the slashing of JK. I imagine we'll find some lineups where those guys are together, too.
02:50 What does Jonathan give you that you don't already have?
02:54 Well, he's the most explosive player on our roster and so the ability to score, coming downhill, finish at the rim, get fouled, score in transition and then, defensively, his ability to switch, guard different positions. So I'm excited about all of that.
03:17 Any update on Brandin?
03:20 He did not practice with us today. We're just being extra cautious given that it's his back and so he won't play tomorrow, but we're hoping later in the week that he can play. All right.
03:41 I'm just curious if you've seen or if you have a feel for how Jonathan Kuminga is feeling mentally, knowing that he's been out for a while and wanting to get back on the court. Have you had a chance to talk with him?
03:51 Yeah, we've spoken pretty frequently over the last couple of weeks and he's excited about playing, but he understands the circumstances. This is actually probably the hardest time to return to a team when a team is rolling because you don't want to disrupt anything, but he's obviously aware of that and we've talked about him just coming in and playing as hard as he can for a short burst, because if he does that, he's gonna impact winning. And that's the whole point of this exercise.
04:25 How do you think Draymond's holding up? Obviously, not put so much wear and…
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