Draymond back on Day 1,005; morning shootaround
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Draymond Green and Kevon Looney spoke at morning shootaround today before the Golden State Warriors vs Washington Wizards game. Above is the clickable “early look” at Green as he returns to the court tonight, the first time he will play on the court together with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson since June 13, 2019, exactly 1,005 days ago. We currently do not have the transcript for Looney. The videos with the top quotes are clickable below the transcripts 👇 Here’s Draymond:
• Do you count the seven seconds from Klay Day? “(laughs) I don’t …”
• How excited are you? “…Andre… we built this thing from ground zero…23 games won…all this nonsense of this dynasty is over…”
• How did you decide on 3/14? I was targeting the 12th…Rick went down to Cabo with me 🚨 …two a days…on vacation…Rick asked me what do you think of the 12th…I could barely push off…gave me something to say I need to be ready by this day…then Superbowl…traveling with the team…it gets a little skewed…working on the team schedule…weight room may not be as good…maybe a couple more days…so I just announced on my podcast…not even sure we were in agreement…you talked to Steve…forced it…”
• How long until peak Draymond? “…next two to three weeks…conditioning…heading into the playoffs…get my feet wet…I won’t make too much of it either way…I wanna feel like myself going into the playoffs…”
• Chemistry with teammates: “…it’s never what you left…figuring it out…watched now for two months…already have in mind where I can help…that’s something that I normally would be doing…teams are gonna guard us different…let the game come to me…I don’t think it should take me too long…”
• Minute restriction: “…for sure…maybe for the next 10-14 days…I hate them…get into a fight with Coach or with Rick. I’m actually very inviting of it…protect me from myself…probably somewhere around 22-23 minutes 🚨 …practice I’ve been doing six minute quarters…four minute quarters…one burst and just feel it out from there.”
• KP similar to Jokic? “…put five men in situations…versatile…pick and roll and using him as a single dive man which is a little different…especially with Dallas…posting him a little more…rediscover the Kristaps…they’re trying to tap back into…him and Kuz…decisive in what coverage we call…”
• Dynasty calculus: “…kinda had that rough patch (5 losses in a row)…see how guys have responded. Going to Denver…tough game…defending champion Milwaukee…adversity… rotations have changed…one sign of a championship team. You have to sacrifice…minutes…sometimes it’s shots…as good as a position as anybody coming down the stretch to put together a run.”
• DPOY: “Yeah I’ve seen guys win with not many more games played that I’m gonna play…in those 32 games…I have not seen anyone solidify themselves 🚨 …Mikal Bridges has been really good…Jaren Jackson…through 34 games it was already solidified…”
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