KERR: “No. 1 goal is to be a Top-5 defensive team”, “not turning to Draymond as the starting 5”
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02:15 Steve, you've obviously changed starting lineup a few times. I think after the last game you said you like De'Anthony in that spot. How much of that is driven by defense specifically?
02:26 It's really driven by the best combination of offense and defense. De'Anthony is another ball-handler, passer, our best lob passer to Trayce. We saw that in the preseason quite a bit, but he's one of our best on-ball defenders, too. He's an excellent three-point shooter. So he's — it allows us to put a really good two-way lineup on the floor right away.
02:52 Hey Steve, the Olympic experience, I'm wondering if that — did that affect how you have approached this season with your team, as far as playing as many players as you're playing, because you--
03:04 Not really. I'm really adapting to our personnel and our roster and just how well everybody has played throughout training camp and the early part of the season. They've all earned minutes and it just makes sense for us to play a lot of people and be really aggressive and see how that plays out. So far, it's really worked well, but only because the guys are agreeing to it and that's not always the case. It's not easy playing five minutes and coming out. You don't get a shooting rhythm and there's going to be games where that might be an issue, but our guys have done a great job of really just competing and staying positive and supporting each other.
06:53 I'm glad you got the Cup part in there, by the way. You've gone with Trayce at the starting center. You've gone mostly center with Draymond at the 4. I know you want to stay that way as much as you can, and last game it was because Holmgren was out, you did go small. But did you like the small? And there's certainly other elements to it. It gets Kuminga maybe more in at the 4. Could you go with this more? Did you just like that action in the Oklahoma City game?
07:18 Yeah, Kyle was great as a small 5. Draymond has always been great as a small 5, something we will go to for sure. But in the meantime, we have established really good defense with two bigs, playing most of the games with two bigs. And that's our number one goal this year is to be a top-five defensive team. And so the small-ball 5 will be something that's always there for us, but we're not turning to that. I'm not turning to Draymond as the starting 5. It'll be more mix it in, here and there.
07:56 Steve, over here. There will be times tonight, I imagine when Steph and Klay, whether through switching or matchups or guarding each other, will you get any kind of extra kick out of that and how often did that happen in practice through the years?
08:11 All the time. Those guys playing one-on-one together after practice, scrimmages. I mean, that's part of it. And yeah, I'll get a kick out of it, but I won't pay close attention to it while it's happening. But watching on the film and seeing it later, yeah, that'll be part of the festivities for sure.
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