MOODY: Steph Curry “King of the Hill” works harder than when he first got here; KUMINGA on Draymond
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CHAPTERS/TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Steve Kerr after practice, day before Phoenix Suns, on Jonathan Kuminga’s development
0:54 on what the focus was today at practice
1:21 on Kuminga’s athleticism and explosion
2:03 on Gary Payton II’s status
2:15 on Steph Curry surpassing Nate Thurmond in minutes played for the franchise, and still doing it at this level for 15 years
3:25 on Trayce Jackson-Davis not feeling like a rookie: “Yeah, he doesn't feel like a rookie… I just haven't been able to find minutes for him.”
4:15 on what he thinks about NIL and the fact that guys like TJD can make money if they choose not to enter the draft: “…More power to them… selfishly, I'd like to see more guys do that.”
5:00 Jonathan Kuminga on how his third year is going: “…I know every play and I know everybody and that just makes me feel comfortable and makes me want to be even here even more.”
5:52 on if he has a preference playing the 3 or 4: “I don't have any problem playing the 3 or the 4…”
6:26 On having the opportunity to take on a larger role these last three games with Draymond out: “…can’t wait for him to get back because I’ve been playing way better with Draymond.”
7:00 on TJD being a rookie year three years older than him: “Is he?” Reporter: “He’s gonna be 24 in February.” JK: “Not yet…”
8:06 on if he’d have chosen college for NIL versus G League Ignite if NIL was as big as it is now: “I mean, I'm gonna keep it real. For me, it wasn't about the money...always wanted to be a professional earlier.”
9:21 on if the locker room has more confidence knowing that they lost a few games, but never had their whole team: “…Draymond will come back soon and we’ll start rolling”
10:46 Moses Moody after practice on TJD being a rookie but older than him
11:10 on practices being different this year: “…in times past you kinda dread practice… we got to nail down our principles. And then you can just tell in the games after being able to practice how much that really affected the team and how valuable that really was.”
12:02 on if practices have had an emphasis on understanding fundamentals or foundational concepts: “…this year, they did definitely slow down and walk everybody through everything… there’s so many different ways to guard a stack action… understand how we're doing it on this team…”
12:50 on adding Chris Paul to Steph, Klay and Draymond: “…just to be three years in and playing with that many Hall of Famers, All-Stars, there’s not many people that get to do that. And me personally, I like to be a sponge… seeing how poised CP is with the ball… this cadence that he just moves with and it's aggressive but not aggressive. He’s making something happen but he's still calm and poised…”
13:57 on how JK has handled the growing pains of fluctuating minutes: “…me and JK joke about stuff from our rookie year…”
14:58 on what’s it’s like seeing Steph, who's 35 years old and playing at an MVP level: “…we had a team practice and he's playing quarters at a time while everybody else is subbing in and out, getting breaks, and he's just being special in practice… when you're the King of the Hill a lot of people rest. That's when somebody else takes over the throne. Well, he's somebody that's on top, that's the King of the Hill and works harder than he did when he first got there. That's why he's staying where he is. He shows what it takes to be on top, and how to stay there.”
16:18 on Kerr saying he deserves to play more and if that’s a tough situation to be in or if it’s all upside: “Everything's perspective... There's positives in every situation. So me being able to value the 17 to 20 minutes I get, just being able to appreciate those and maximize those is something that I can learn from. That’s like a challenge that I can learn right now. Rather than if I could sit up here and be mad about my 15 minutes, and then I get 30 minutes next year, well, since I was over here pouting all year, now I'm not ready for those 30 minutes and I don't know how to maximize 30 minutes. If you can't maximize 15 minutes, it’s gonna be the same when you get 30. So just taking every obstacle and seeing the lesson that's in front of you. Something that I'd seen a while back that I really liked was. ‘A fool looks for happiness in the distance, while a wise man grows it under his feet’…”
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