KUMINGA: “try not to even think anymore why I’m not playing”; KERR: “relatively optimistic” re Jimmy
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00:00 JONATHAN KUMINGA, POSTGAME, G2-GSW-HOU: No matter what circumstances it mean, you always gotta stay ready because the moment entrances, sometimes you don't get back, so you always gotta stay ready, but I feel like I have been ready and I hate the fact that everybody gotta tell me every other time, be ready, be ready, you know? 'Cause in my mental, my mindset, I already know that I'm ready. The more you keep telling me, "Get ready, get ready," it's kind of irritating, but I'm always ready.
00:28 What do you do to stay ready?
00:30 What do I do?
00:30 Yeah. What did you do to stay ready?
00:32 I work out every day. I play with some of the guys here every other day and just try to have a good spirits every single day. The more my spirits is where I want, that's how I stay ready.
00:50 Was it tough to get the DNPs, to be told you weren't gonna play?
00:56 I mean, it is tough. Any player, is gonna be tough, but what am I gonna do about it? At the end of the day, what you gonna do? But you just gotta, like I say, you just gotta stay ready. You gotta stay — whenever your moment happen, it's gonna happen, but like, but for me it was kind of, just looking at it, just kind of tough, but there's really nothing I can do about it. I can't complain about it. I can't do nothing about it. If I don't play, it's Coach's decision, so —
01:29 Do you understand why?
01:34 I try not to think about it. I try not to think about it. I just try to stay ready. I try not to really even think about why I'm not playing or why I'm playing, so I try not to even think about why I'm not playing 'cause the more I think about that, the more I'm just, it's not gonna sit right in my head, so I just block all the noise and just stay focused on whenever I get my chance.
01:56 Did you feel any rust at all today?
01:57 I mean, I have been playing, it's humid over here. We play in this arena when there's no AC every other day, so that just keep me in shape with the rest of the guys, so yeah.
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02:08 Steve, we saw that Jimmy is officially questionable. What is your optimism level that he'll be able to go tomorrow?
02:17 STEVE KERR AFTER PRACTICE, DAY BEFORE G3-HOU-GSW: I'm relatively optimistic. I mean, Jimmy is Jimmy. I mean, we know he's willing to play through anything, so we'll see. I mean, this is a day-to-day thing for sure and we'll see how he feels tomorrow, but I think there's a chance he plays.
02:33 Do you have to, knowing that, do you have to make two game plans, rotations as you're not sure?
02:40 Yeah, not two game plans, but two rotations for sure. The game plan doesn't change.
02:47 Steve, Chris Finch talked about how he felt the physicality in this year's playoffs is at a pretty high level. I was wondering for you, from what you've seen, is there a difference between maybe the playoffs this year and a few years ago, or is it just kind of how it's always been?
03:02 No, it's different. It's definitely more physical. You can see the pace is down across the league, so it's definitely different this year and everyone has to react to that.
03:14 Do you think it's good or bad for the league to have such a difference in the physicality between playoffs and regular?
03:19 I think everybody wants consistency. I think there's — what we all want is for there to be a distinction between foul and actual fouls and I think that was kind of the whole topic last year and when you go late in the season last year when there was a philosophical shift, we were trying to…
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FROM APRIL 23-25, 2025, postgame after Game 2, Golden State Warriors at Houston, held at Toyota Center in Houston, TX, then after practice, day before Game 3, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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