KERR likes Gary Payton II’s “ability to finish w/ force & quickness…spot-minutes guy”; Poole “flow”
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Steve Kerr after practice, day before Timberwolves: “We had a light practice but he scrimmaged yesterday, felt good, list him as probable for tomorrow.”
• On GP2’s advantages: “It’s a big deal for us to score in transition… likes to run to the three point line… easy baskets (for Gary)… ability to finish with force and quickness… we’ve missed that… weakest teams in the league in transition points per possession… not a great stat.”
• On if GP2’s return will be seamless: “I don’t think anything is seamless in the NBA… he’s gonna eat into some minutes of other played. That’s not easy to handle… all hands on deck… every game is gonna be different… closed that game with Donte and JK (vs Dallas)… Jordan and Loon (vs Sixers)… on the teams that are successful everybody is able to submit… not easy to do. We’re all human… one night might be mine, the other night might not.”
• On whose minutes will be affected most by GP2’s return: “A lot of people can be impacted… first we gotta see where Gary is physically… really mostly a 4 in a guard spot… have to have the right combinations around him… we had lineup combinations that really made a lot of sense… the year before… tougher to plug him in.”
• On if Gary will be on a minutes restriction: “Yeah that’s fair. I haven’t talked to the training staff yet… not something where he’d be playing 30-35 minutes anyway… spot-minute guy.”
• On how to deal with minutes restrictions: “They’re not scientific… hey, 20 minutes makes sense… it’s not like we have a stopwatch out… we’re constantly talking to the player and to Rick.”
• On getting GP2 back with seven games: “for his conditioning… our other players who haven’t played with him… takes some time to find combinations and patterns… be great to have these last seven games.”
• On Poole: “everybody needs games where they perform well to feel good about themselves… felt like a JP performance from the playoffs last season… playing with flow and we stayed with him… playing well defensively.”
• On if Poole’s ability to get downhill is underrated: “it’s the main part of his game that we need… break the defense down that changes who we are as a team… last in the league in free throws… relies on jump shooting… dribble hand offs… we don’t have somebody who really gets to the line frequently.”
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NOTE: From Golden State Warriors practice, day before Minnesota Timberwolves, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE WITH MIN-GSW ON SUN 3/26 AT 5:30PM PDT TIPOFF.
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