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00:00Let's go to the River Islands guest line. It is time for none other than coach Kerr presented by great clips in sports
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00:10It's gonna be great. And so is this season and our weekly conversation with Steve Kerr? Hey coach. How you doing?
00:18I'm good. How are you? We're fantastic and we're excited to talk to you every week. We're excited about the start of this season
00:24Why don't you kind of give the listeners a little bit of a sense of like beyond the obvious, right?
00:30Like clay doesn't play for the team anymore. But like what's what's different in terms of your approach with this roster this year?
00:39Well, I think clay's
00:42Departure and absence has kind of forced us to
00:48Rethink things a little bit and given us an opportunity to
00:52Reimagine ourselves and and how we're doing things and and you know, we have a very deep
00:58roster really deep team and a lot of competition for playing time, so
01:04You know, we're excited about the year. We got we got a good team. We've got a really good vibe. The guys are excited
01:12It's been a good
01:13You know good training camp. So we're ready to roll
01:17Are you starting to
01:18Sharpen exactly the roles the guys are going to play or is that something that is going to evolve throughout the early part of the
01:24season
01:26Yeah, I think that's gonna have to evolve
01:29You know, we've got we've got a lot of guys who are more than capable
01:33And so we're gonna play a lot of people. We're gonna we're gonna we want to be
01:38Really good defensively and in short bursts with playing a lot of guys, you know
01:43we can we have to use our depth in order to
01:47to be a good team and that means
01:49You know making sure we are
01:52really
01:53Really playing hard for for these short bursts and be ready for the next group to come in
01:58So that's that's kind of where we are Steve
02:00I want to jump right into the first the first of a thousand Moses Moody questions
02:05we will know no doubt ask throughout the season, but
02:09The new contract for him. Does that also like that kind of an investment in a player from a team?
02:16Does that automatically come with it a lot of minutes?
02:22Man I wish you were that simple
02:25you know, I think that
02:28What what what we see with our roster is, you know, we were play we basically replaced clay
02:34with
02:36three really good veteran players with Melton and buddy healed and Kyle Anderson and
02:43So what we're looking at is we're looking at a roster that
02:47Is is really deep at a lot of different spots and and Moses is is one of those guys who were really excited about
02:55so we're investing and in players we believe in and and people we believe in and and
03:02You know Moses had a great camp and he's definitely part of the mix
03:07But so are a lot of other people so there's no guarantees of anything
03:12We you know, we just we
03:14We play the people
03:16Night after night who we think give us the best chance to win and we go from there more bodies than spots
03:22Which is a better problem than the the alternative which is more spots than bodies
03:27And you know, I think you've definitively said that Steph Curry will be in the starting lineup
03:31And I assume that dream on will as well. Can you reveal the other three members of your starting five Steve?
03:37I'm not gonna do that till tomorrow till till game time
03:42but I know who I'm gonna start and
03:45You know, I'm
03:46Excited. I think like I said with with clay leaving
03:51with Chris Paul leaving
03:53You know, it leaves a void for sure that clay especially just given how much he's meant
03:59to our organization and our
04:02identity and
04:03So it's going to be different but we have to embrace that, you know
04:06As much as we're going to miss those guys
04:09We really have to embrace the opportunity to to try to be better in certain ways
04:15I know though that's how we've looked at it from a coaching standpoint
04:19you know, we we have tried to
04:22To figure out what what what do we have to do to to improve our team and to what do what do we have?
04:28To do differently. I think it's important as a staff not to just
04:32You know repeat the same things we're doing we've got to make sure we're always trying to get better as well and and
04:38So that's what we're we're focused on a lot of new talent a lot of depth. Let's lean into that
04:45Steve if you won't say who the starting five will be. Can you tell me who the seven players on the bench will be?
04:52No, I can't do that either
04:54Ask I mean figured it was a fair follow-up
04:57Figure I figure everyone will be at the bet on the bench at some point
05:03It's fair. Yeah
05:05Well Steve Steve, what about this though? Because I think famously people will go. Oh, it's a good problem to have right?
05:12You have depth you have a lot of good players, but how do you avoid?
05:16What felt like kind of a headache for you at times last year by having so many people who deserve to be on the floor?
05:24Well, you know, that's that's
05:27That's my job is to coach these guys and and talk to them day in and day out and make sure they're doing well
05:34and and make sure they're aware of their circumstances and
05:39That's what coaching is. So
05:41You have a depth is a great problem to have
05:45But it doesn't come, you know without some some difficulty in terms of
05:50In terms of
05:52guys
05:53not
05:54no, I'm not being thrilled all the time and it's that's that's part of the deal and so we'll
06:01You know, we'll coach him up and we'll have them ready to go coming out of a camp where things went
06:07Well from a win-loss standpoint, which means virtually nothing
06:10But how did it feel once he got Andrew back and he was healthy and ready to go
06:15Are you looking at this season as one of high hopes for Andrew as he tries to kind of?
06:22Rediscover that form from a couple years ago
06:25yeah, yeah, I think I'm definitely excited about Andrew and
06:31You know, I think he's in a good place
06:33I think there's a there's a great opportunity for him to bounce back and be the player that
06:39We know he can be and you know, unfortunately miss the first
06:43Week of camp with the illness and so, you know, he's not
06:48he's not where he's going to be in a couple weeks, but I was impressed with him the last week or so and I
06:55Think I think he's primed to have a good year Steve Kerr with us here Willard and dibs 95 7 the game
07:00We'll do it every week throughout the warrior season coach the last couple of years
07:05So well documented with with everything that happened in camp two years ago and in the Draymond and Jordan
07:12Situation and then last year you've been very open with what was just a mentally challenging situation
07:19For clay, is it fair to say that this group it feels lighter
07:25Right right now with the way you're all connected
07:28No, I think that is fair
07:30And and you know every year is a little different and you can't always control all that stuff
07:37So you're you're you're constantly hoping that you get a
07:41you know a group in a good vibe and and in a good place and
07:45That's where we've been with this year this year's team and camp. There's a there's a really good sense of
07:52You know
07:53We've got a chance to to prove people wrong and to have a really good team and we got
07:58You know a lot of guys who are excited to be here and I I know I'm excited
08:03This is year 11 for me, which is crazy, but
08:07I'm feeling refreshed and
08:10Ready to go and really excited about this season the whole idea of prove people wrong
08:15and I can sense the chip on the shoulder for you know, Steph and Draymond and even maybe for yourself after people are starting to
08:23Put a finality to the great run that you've had
08:27Is that a big motivator especially for some of the guys who were here in the last championship run?
08:34It's not anything that we talk about but it's kind of inherent in in the fact that these guys are all competitors and
08:42They are excited
08:45You know, they want to win they've won a lot in the past and when people don't think you can do it
08:51That's that's a natural
08:53Motivator for sure. So we don't discuss it, but it's there
08:57Coach during the preseason you guys have been firing up a lot more three-pointers to what extent is that part of the plan?
09:03And is there kind of a target number that that that you want the guys to put up every night?
09:09Yeah, I never mentioned that to the team. I don't say how many I just know that we want to generate a
09:17Lot of good ones. That's that's the plan
09:20You know, we want to play fast. We want to push the ball. We want to open threes and transition
09:27You know and and I think it's we're well suited for that. We have more shooting depth on this team
09:32Than than any team we've had in a long time here
09:35We've always been obviously a great three-point shooting team, but I think more top-heavy
09:41than
09:42Than anything with Steph and clay and Kevin Durant and but with this team
09:48I think we legitimately have you know, seven eight eight guys who are gonna shoot threes and and that's a good thing
09:54Does playing fast preclude you from being a good defensive team or do those things not connect?
10:00No, you can do that. You can connect my first year
10:04coaching
10:061415 we led the league in pace and led the league in defensive efficiency
10:10So you can do both it's getting harder for sure given the number of threes
10:15everybody is out there taking and the pace that everybody's playing at but
10:20You can you can be good at both things for sure
10:24Steve's the fans certainly took note of the fact that that an extension deadline for Jonathan coming a past
10:30And so now he goes into this season with something to prove
10:34What what would you and the organization like to see him prove this year?
10:40Well, I think you know that that's that's just normal
10:44negotiation stuff, I mean we want JK here for the long haul and
10:50Obviously, I want him to have a great year and put himself in a position next summer where we
10:56Agree to a contract and and you know, I won't one that he's thrilled with and that we're we're happy with as well
11:02So that's the plan
11:05you know, I think for JK, it's a matter of continuing to
11:09to
11:10To get better like he's been doing for the last three years
11:13you know you I think everybody wants everything to happen right away, but
11:18For young players, especially it barely works that way
11:23but if you just look at JK's
11:26arc of development
11:28You know, he has he is dramatically better now than he was three years ago
11:32So you just got to keep keep working keep getting better at everything that we're teaching every day and even over the last six months
11:39How has he gotten appreciably better from last April when the plan didn't go your way to now when camp is breaking?
11:47Well, he shot the ball a lot better in in preseason
11:51you know really
11:53Has seemed confident from three. I think he's running the floor better. It's really a big
12:00Priority for us this year. We want wigs and
12:03Trace and JK. We want our most athletic players really sprinting the wings and
12:09You know, I've made no mistake about it. We've got to be better this year
12:14in terms of our
12:17Transition offense and our transition defense and and JK is a big part of that. So we're working hard on that this year
12:24Steve is a pretty in-depth article that came out today in the athletic with regard to your guys offseason and and
12:31Draymond has spoken publicly about it about some some fairly high-level trades that you guys were were at least
12:38Considering I am and so a few questions about it
12:42Like how would you sort of describe
12:44What might Dunleavy's strategic approach is right now at this time with with Steph Curry only having you know, so much time left
12:53Well, first of all, Mike is fantastic. I mean, he's really doing a great job. I think I
12:59Think Bob really mentored him. Well over the years
13:02I think Mike comes in with a great understanding of the league, you know, both as a player and as
13:08The son of a you know former coach and GM so he got a great feel for people and I think this offseason
13:17Showed that you know, he really
13:19Kind of weaved in
13:21Everybody our coaching staff our front office our players
13:26To try to figure out well, you know
13:28What can we do to put the best floor on the team and you know, what do we need? What are we looking for?
13:34And so he he looked at everything, you know
13:37He tried to pull in the big fish when that didn't work out. He pivoted he ended up getting, you know in free agency
13:44Some really good players with Kyle and buddy and Anthony
13:49And he's kind of cleaned up our books. He's looking long-term. He's
13:54Positioning us now where you know, we pretty much have all our picks going forward
13:59So I think Mike is just really wise. I think he's done a great job with the roster and he's and he's poised to
14:06You know to make a move if something is out there that that he thinks can make the team better
14:11I'd also ask what kind of mentorship do you have to offer to some of the young players who I would imagine
14:18Can kind of infer from an article like that that that they might have been a part of some sort of a move in the off?
14:26season
14:27Yeah, I think you know, one of the things we try to do is is
14:31remind the players how this business works, you know, and and
14:37you have to be brutally honest with the guys and they appreciate that but the best thing every player can do is is
14:44Make himself a great asset, you know, and and it's a really weird
14:49Business that we're in, you know, we're asking these guys to be
14:53You know to be loyal to us and and help the team win and oh by the way, we might trade you
15:02It's a weird business but when you're honest with the guys and you understand they understand, you know, hey, this is how this works, you know
15:11you know, then I think they appreciate it and it's easy for me to
15:16share the fact that you know, I played on six different teams and in 15 years and and
15:23it's not easy getting traded and getting cut and getting injured and all this stuff that happens to you as a player, but
15:30You know, the flip side is the more valuable you make yourself
15:35To your team the more valuable you make yourself
15:39You know when contract comes around whether it's for your team or another one and that's the way the business works
15:45And you just have to to you know
15:48Remind the guys of that and I think they appreciate that and one guy who probably
15:52Understands it is buddy healed who's now playing for his fifth team and I'm fascinated to watch him
15:57Fit in and just watch the green light be on and watching him go out there and and try to bring that electric offense
16:04What's been your early impression of of buddy healed as a Golden State warrior?
16:09Buddy is number one a breath of fresh air
16:11I mean, I look forward to seeing him every day brings a joy and a lightness to to work
16:18He loves the game. He loves the process of putting in the work and
16:23He's a hell of a player. I you know, I think he's
16:27Second in the league and three-pointers made after Steph over the last five or six years. That's a pretty impressive number
16:34so, you know, he's gonna be a
16:37guy who we rely on for scoring off the bench and and
16:41You know a lot of threes but also a lot of energy. I just like the way he plays
16:46I like the feel when when we put him into the game Steve Kerr with us with it and dibs
16:5195-7 the game every week throughout the season coach. This has been so so well discussed
16:57But I do wonder as a new season starts after everything that has happened over the last two seasons surrounding Draymond's emotions
17:05What kind of conversations have you had with him going into this season? So there isn't any sort of a repeat
17:12Right Draymond and I have been together ten years and
17:17we talk all the time about everything and
17:21He's in a great place. He's had a really good camp. I'm not just
17:26In practice every day and what we've seen in games
17:29but just his leadership and his approach his energy, so
17:36you know, it's I
17:38Don't know what year it is for him. I think maybe 13 so
17:43you know, he knows what we need of him and he and I work together all the time and
17:49We are we are anticipating a great season from Greg
17:53All right, coach. It's it's Tuesday evening
17:56In I know you have a game in 24 hours
17:59But in in I think 72 hours the the Dodgers will play in the World Series
18:05Do you have a comment with a mind on who's listening?
18:12Yeah, you know so we had an open practice
18:15at at chase and
18:18Bob Fitzgerald says
18:20As he's interviewing me in front of 10,000 fans
18:24Since so you're a Dodger fan and Kyle Anderson as a Mets fan. You guys have a bet. I
18:30Said 50, you know, like do you mind like, you know, we don't have to talk about what baseball team
18:36I grew up cheering for like I'm we're in the Bay Area. I think can we just keep that quiet?
18:42So I would appreciate it if you guys would just maybe focus on on NBA
18:48Stuff instead as well. We can do that. I also want to focus on
18:52Your half-court shot and it was seen at the open practice
18:56You chuck one in from 50 and you just you just walked it off coach
19:00Is that something that you engage in regularly a little half-court shootout?
19:04We shoot we shoot half-court shots for for money
19:09like when we find a guy for being late or something we put money in the pot and you shoot half-court shots and
19:16Coaches are included. So we're you know, we were allowed to win the money too and routinely shoot the the underhand I go
19:23the the
19:25Underhand. Yeah, so I don't always make it
19:29But it was nice to make it with the cameras on and I might dropped and walked off the floor
19:34That's all good. And and how much did you make that night? I
19:38Didn't make anything that night, unfortunately
19:42During the season. Well, you know, I'd shoot around on the road. We'll shoot for fine money and
19:48I've won. I won a little money last year
19:51That's gotta be a fair though for Steph that's like a free throw do you guys make him go three-quarter court just to make it
19:58It's really not fair, but it is what it is. I mean, you know, it's there's a reason our guys shoot
20:04So many half-court shots in practice, you know, they're trying to get get some money out of it
20:10Coach we look forward to the year
20:12You're always a good sport and we'll do everything we can to keep the baseball out of our mouths
20:17Believe me, we don't want to talk baseball right now either
20:22All right, fair enough. We won't talk about it. All right
20:27All right, Steve. Okay. There you go. Steve Kerr the Duff play tomorrow night. It's exciting