• Mo Speights: “At the college level, I think I’ll be a solid coach.”
• On what he remembers from the 2015 season: “Me and Harrison always talked about it…accomplish what we we talked about…it was a dream.”
• On winning the Finals in Cleveland: “you can only understand when you’re in the moment.”
• On the organization: “It’s not really surprising. They play a brand of basketball that a lot of guys can’t really steal or adapt to…you look at them, you be like, ‘Ahhh, Steph this, Steph that.’”
• On the Strength in Numbers mantra: “to have two starting lineups…Hall of Famer Iguodala…Barbosa…any one of the guys on the second unit could’ve gotten in the first unit.”
• On newer iteration of Strength in Numbers: “sacrificing your role even though you’re gonna be successful…it’s gonna be exciting.”
• On Chase: “Just driving up to Chase…different…Oakland’s gonna be Oakland.,,gritty..,more commercialized over here…Big City basketball here.”
• On knowing when that 2015 team would be special: “starting to see all the fans on the road chanting Warriors, Warriors, Warriors.”
• On his academy: “I’m able to coach these young men…my second year last year…college…something I’m really proud of…put some of your own stuff in.”
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors pregame before Opening Night vs LA Lakers. We will go live on Tue 10/18 at 6:00PM for the livechat of LAL-GSW and commentary during the game, which tips off at 7:00PM, but there’s a ring ceremony at 6:30PM.
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