KLAY: “I hate that question” comparing Nuggets/Warriors champ rosters; KERR: Draymond ok; MOODY; GP2
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CHAPTERS/TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Klay Thompson at morning shootaround in Denver: “Ask away, so I get out of here.”
0:03 on how much more confident champions get the following year, if there’s carryover: “Oh, no question, definitely carries over… just confidence and team chemistry is definitely enhanced. And just trusting one another. When you can trust your teammates in the highest of pressurized situations, it just brings you to another level.”
0:34 🎞️ on if the Nuggets’ run last year surprised him, going 16-4, and if it was pretty dominant: “I mean, yeah, it was surprising the way they swept the Lakers, but I mean, give them credit. They have a great team. Nikola is a great player, one of the greats Jamal had an incredible run in the playoffs. Their whole team did, really. They all knew their roles and they perfected them. So it's exciting to have the opportunity to play them this early in the season. And a team we’ll potentially see down the line, so it's a fun matchup.”
1:06 on if anything in this Nuggets team reminds him of himself: “God, I hate that question.”
1:09 on if, after his first championship, there were any similarities: “I don't know, it was like eight years ago, nine years ago… they have multiple MVPs and yeah, similarities are — actually I don't see very many. I mean, their best player’s a big, man, ours was a point guard. They spread the floor, maybe the same as we do with all the shooting they have.”
1:42 on if there was any specific work he did alone to really get better: “No, just the same things I've always been doing, is just getting a bunch of shots up and trying to be in great shape and just being confident and letting it fly. I mean, the season’s long, you're gonna have lows, you're gonna have highs. It’s just about being consistent with your work.”
2:14 🎞️ on one of the Nuggets’ key players in Murray not playing: “They’re still a great team. I mean, Jamal is one of the better guards in the league. Obviously, you're gonna miss him, but you can't take them lightly. They still have champions and they still know how to play off one another and they've won without him before, so we know he's a huge part of their team. But we can't relax because he's out. That's the worst thing we can do.”
2:42 on if the elevation of Denver gets tougher as they get older or how they make that adjustment: “You don't really think about it…”
3:12 on having less FGA per game: “I didn’t even know that, but I mean, we're winning. I'm not concerned with how many shots I take…only stat that matters is the wins and losses.”
3:48 on how he’s feeling overall
4:04 on the difficulties of dealing with Joker without Draymond in the lineup
4:23 on Jackson-Davis: “I love Trayce’s game”
4:48 on if TJD provides things they don’t have, such as being a lob threat and/or rim protection: “Yeah, you could say that.”
5:05 Steve Kerr from Friday on Draymond Green and Gary Payton II appearing at practice: “Yep, both are good.”
5:12 on if it’s a weird homestand: “…No shootarounds, but it is what it is”
6:07 on if there are certain goals that they have to improve on: “…one real practice the last 10 days, something like that. So we're seeing all kinds of stuff on tape that we've got to improve, at both ends”
6:41 on what they need to see more from Wiggins: “…looking really good defensively on-ball means his conditioning is there. I think the rhythm will follow.”
7:22 on if Moody is in the midst of a leap defensively, especially as the help defender
8:39 on Jackson-Davis and Podziemski and their contributions so far: “…Trayce, I say it all the time: 125 college games… Brandin has a knack”
9:52 on if there’s anything specific he wants them to work on while they're in Santa Cruz: “It's mostly just reps…also we want to win, especially now my son's the coach…”
11:00 on being ranked 29th in transition frequency and 29th and time to shoot after defensive rebounds and turnovers: “…We were No. 1 in pace last year, and No. 1 in turnovers…”
12:36 Moses Moody after practice on the game really slowing down for him, especially defensively: “I was talking to Kenny about it today. He was saying we get steals when you're in the right spot”
13:20 on Chris Paul kind of huddling the second unit: “…cool”
14:50 Gary Payton II on their priorities and goals: “Just clean up…”
15:24 on the second unit building on leads
16:14 on how he’s feeling in general: “Body feels good…You guys are b-e-a-u-tiful.”
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