KERR: ramp Wiggins up asap but “safely”, DNP next 2 games; Klay “good”; Mike Brown + Light The Beam
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Steve Kerr after practice on any additional scrimmaging for Andrew Wiggins: “No scrimmage today… relatively light practice but Wiggs went through everything… offensive principles… prep for Sacramento defensively… getting shots up… he told me this morning he feels pretty good and he’s on a good track.”
• On Wiggins getting reps with the starters: “needs more time to prepare… ideally I’d we finish in the top six… there’d be scrimmaging… but we gotta go earn that… win the next two… working with our staff every day and continue to build up his stamina.”
• On when it was determined Wiggins would not play the last two games: “I talked to Rick (Celebrini) yesterday and after their assessment of Wiggs… and the scrimmage yesterday Rick told me it would not be wise to play him.”
• On what things would indicate Wiggins is ready to play: “Rick will tell me that, so it’s more *who* will tell me that… we want to be very careful… bring him back before he’s ready, so Rick is monitoring all of that… if this were the middle of the season this would be a couple weeks… playoffs… ramp him up as quickly as possible… safely.”
• On if Wiggins would be ready for play-in or not: “I haven’t even discussed that with Rick… (only) will not play these next two.”
• On if he looks at the permutations of the playoffs: “I’ve looked at all the possibilities… easiest thing to do is just win two games… a lot of unknown too, with the matchups there’s probably gonna be some teams testing guys if their games aren’t gonna be meaningful to them… take care of our own business and not rely on anybody else.”
• On playing Sacramento tomorrow: “It’s gonna be a great atmosphere… Kings have had a fantastic fan base… long drought… but there’s also gonna be a lot of yellow in the stands… Steph jerseys… nice to not have to get on a plane… connections… Harrison… Mike Brown… Barbosa.”
• On how Klay (back strain) is doing: “Good.”
• On what he tries to get through to the team on the road: “fundamentals… film… scheme… probably the biggest one for us is lineup combinations. We now have some different options with Gary (Payton II) in the mix and with Wiggs coming back eventually. We haven’t really been able to see what that would look like… until now… we’ll have to do that on the fly.”
• On what GP2 brings: “Excellent on-ball but good off the ball… generates turnovers… you can throw him in a lot of different matchups… moving Draymond to a different player because he can play centerfield… Donte… creates a domino effect… accentuate what’s possible and minimize the negatives.”
• On defense: “I don’t think we ever took it for granted. We had a Top Ten, Top Five defense… barring the one season when we had all those injuries… it’s important to remember the league has changed dramatically… weren’t playing teams with five three-point shooters and Shai… coming downhill… Cleveland put LeBron on the ball… not a whole lot we can do… league-wide everybody’s putting shooters…”
• On the Kings: “They’ve got a playmaking center in Sabonis who reminds me a little bit of Andrew Bogut… too if the key and ran a lot of that delay action… surround Sabonis with not only shooting but one of the fastest point guards in the league in De’Aaron Fox… Sabonis as the fulcrum of that DHO offense… Mike has done a great job of making the pieces fit.”
• On Light The Beam: “I have to admit I had ask somebody what that meant… somebody explained there’s like a purple laser… does Mike actually light the beam?”
• On Mike Brown’s fashion: “Where he thinks he ranks or where he actually ranks? I’m just glad he’s a head coach now because he’s more able to afford the shoes… nightly outfits… gave him a lot of crap about it… Mike is a favorite around here. Amazing guy… almost a fire gone conclusion he’ll be Coach of the Year… I might purposely step on his shoes… (light the beam vs flip the switch).”
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NOTE: From Golden State Warriors practice, day before Sacramento Kings, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE WITH GSW-SAC ON FRI 4/7 AT 7:00PM PDT TIPOFF.
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