KERR on Butler: “Jimmy plays off 2 feet, jump-stop pivot. He never turns it over…claws for hands”
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02:07 Did you spend any of your break looking at the standings and trying to figure, 'cause you've talked about the sixth seed being a target. I mean, how much are you studying what's kind of needed here?
02:17 I didn't look at the standings at all during the break. It was awesome. Yeah.
02:20 Not once?
02:21 I look at the standings every day, I mean, all season long and we know who's ahead of us and where they are and there's not anything we can do other than play like we did tonight. And the good thing is, there's a lot of time left, a lot of games, 26 games left. If we can get on a streak like we did early in the season, get on a run like that, we can make up games pretty quickly. But we need to do that, obviously. So, good start to the the post-All-Star Break slate tonight and, obviously, another huge game against Dallas on Sunday, so we gotta be ready for that one.
03:03 Is it, I mean, it's sixth, though. I mean, sixth is definitely what you're looking for?
03:07 That's the goal. I mean, it's not gonna be easy. We've got a lot of great teams in the West, but it's absolutely still in play. So we have to have good health and we may need some other teams to lose, but everyone's gotta play each other. There's a lot that can happen, still.
03:27 Steve, this is your third game where you've scored 125 or more points with Jimmy in the lineup. What are you seeing with your offense, especially when they double Steph, how open guys are compared to before he passes?
03:38 He creates shots with his passing, with his penetration, with his brilliant footwork, fundamental play. We always talk about playing off two feet. Jimmy plays off two feet, jump-stop pivot. He never turns it over. He's got claws for hands and then he gets the ball out of traffic and we end up with wide-open looks. And he just connects the game for the rest of the guys. And we're getting much better looks because of Jimmy's presence.
04:10 As a team, you guys had 40 assists tonight. I think in the first half it was 23 assists on 26 made shots. Just what did you think of the way the ball was moving out there?
04:18 It was great. First half, we got probably more off-ball stuff than we did in the second. Just did a really good job of screening and getting shooters open. But again, the key tonight was taking care of the ball. Our guys did a great job of that, only 12 turnovers against a team that has, like I said, caused us a lot of problems with their pressure in the past. So, great effort.
04:45 Have yyou noticed any confidence, pick-me-up getting Jimmy. You talked a lot before about getting down sometimes. Do yoiu feel like just the presence of that guy solves a lot of that?
04:55 Yeah, 100 percent. Yeah, Jimmy gives us some swagger. I think Mike Dunleavy knew we needed a shake-up. We just did. We were kind of treading water and even though we loved our group and and we traded away guys who we felt really strongly about, there are just times where, organizationally, you gotta make a move. You have to sense it and feel it. And I thought Mike in the front office just did a great job of sorting through everything, really, starting from last summer when when we didn't get any of the guys we were really looking for at the top of the free agent list. And Mike said last summer, we're gonna sign some good players and we're gonna be patient. And if…
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FROM FEBRUARY 21, 2025, postgame after Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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