“Steph Curry didn’t get the first nod” — DRAYMOND on playing young guys; KERR “not overly concerned”
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0:00 Steve Kerr postgame Minnesota on how much the offensive struggles were due to the Timberwolves their own issues: “I thought Minnesota was great defensively all night. They are the Number One defense in the league for a reason. They've got a lot of length and Chris (Finch) has them playing hard and together and so they bothered us, but at the same time, we did have open looks we missed, I think 12-for-43. From three, we can definitely shoot better. I think we will on Tuesday. But they're playing well. They're playing probably better than anybody in the league, having beaten Boston, Denver, coming in here and beating us, so give them credit.”
0:52 on what the things are that most concern him: “I’m actually not overly concerned, to be honest with you. I think the season is filled with ups and downs and we're in a little bit of a spell right now, but it's not like we are the world's greatest team when we were 6-2 and we're not the world's worst team losing the last three. It's just this part of the season. And I think we just played back-to-back two great defensive teams that throttled us and we need to figure out some things offensively and I'm confident that we will.”
1:37 on what the fouling goes back to: “Well, some of them are just undisciplined reaches, and then some of them we're just fighting and we're out of position or something. And so we know that we can cut back on some of the fouls and then some nights there's going to be some guys who get to the rim and we have no choice but to go up and challenge. And there's gonna be fouls called. So it's early in the season, and I like this group a lot. They're very well-connected. And we just have to keep going. I think we're gonna win plenty of games. Right now we're just in a little bit of a rut and we'll we'll climb out of it.”
2:33 on what the things are that they need to figure out offensively: “We haven't had a ton of flow and rhythm … some of the actions and plays that our fans are used to seeing us make, but a lot of that has to do with the defense again. These last two teams that we played, playing two athletic bigs who can really patrol the paint and block shots. That makes it hard and so we had some games early where things were really flowing and there's no reason why we can't get that back.”
3:12 on nobody besides Steph scoring over 20 in a game and how much they just need somebody to just have a strong game: “I think Dario did if I'm not mistaken (is told Saric scored exactly 20 once.) Okay, yeah. But yeah, no question. We need some scoring and some playmaking from elsewhere. So we've got to keep plugging away and we'll go from there and see where that takes us.”
3:40 on if the young guys playign well for a second straight night make him reassess playing time: “We’ve seen that Brandin and Trayce are ready to contribute. We saw it in training camp, like these guys are there, they're ready. And so we have to make the decision … it's tricky … I like everybody that I'm playing…”
4:32 Draymond Green postgame on what they need to do better: “We’ve got to be better…”
4:57 on how to get everybody else other than Steph Curry unlocked: “We just got to get more organized. We're not doing a great job of getting organized. I’ve got to do a better job there and making sure we get into some things. Chris (Paul) got to do a better job”
5:45 on if they are still trying to figure it out: “No, I think it’s the organization, for sure…make a bunch of excuses. They don't f—king matter”
6:28 on not having a guy that score more than 20 besides Steph: “…you play well you get credit, you get paid, you get All-Star appearances, you get All-Defensive teams. All-NBA teams, this thing, that thing. When you play bad, players gotta f—king take the blame as well”
7:25 on how the young guys have finished these last two games: “This is no surprise. We believe in our young guys…young guys are never going to get the first nod, especially on a team like this. It was that way — I didn't get the first nod, Klay Thompson didn't get the first nod, Steph Curry didn't get the first nod. It’s just not the way it goes. Now, you can go to some of these teams around the league and you get the first nod and that don't always go so well”
9:47 on where do they got stuck offensively: “Well, I think we drove into traffic way too much…”
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