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Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.880 We got them this next guest, I'm honored to have. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:51.200 It's been a long time coming. Sometimes hard to pin 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:54.520 the Sea Captain down, but nonetheless let me get into 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.720 this intro. As I said, we got to see Captain 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.600 join it today. Draft about it with the eleven picked 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:02.400 by the Golden State Warriors. 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:03.120 In twenty eleven. 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:07.559 Four time NBA Champion, five time NBA All Star, two 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:13.560 time All NBA thirteen NBA All Defensive Second Team, which 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.120 is I love? That was a big one. That was 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:21.240 a big one right there. Also twenty sixteen Olympic gold medalist, 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:25.040 none other than my brother, the one and only Klay Thompson. 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:25.360 What's up. 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:27.360 Well, it's good to be back. 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.800 Well, it's great to have you on the show for 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.160 y'all out there. We have been trying to put this 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:38.359 together now for about a year. But you know, I've 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.360 played with Clayton now for twelve years, and I know, like, 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.639 you don't overly bother Clay. So I just been kind 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:46.560 of like throwing the jab every now and they're like, yo, 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.200 we gotta do the pot. And then Clay committed, and 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:52.240 then he decommitted, and then he committed again and. 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.360 We're here, so I appreciate you coming on. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.160 Yeah, no problem, man. 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:57.680 Let's let's get into it. Though. 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:02.400 You know, I always always say, you know, I get 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.359 questions most about you and stuff, what stuff like, what's 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:06.960 Clay like? 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.040 And the reality is is. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.760 People don't think you talk really, So I'm I'm super 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.079 excited to get you on the pod and see if 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:18.920 I can get you to talk a little more than 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:20.160 these people think you talk. 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:22.720 Well, I just talk as much as I have to. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:28.880 First off, just just getting right into it, man, What 0:03:28.919 --> 0:03:32.200 was it like getting drafted by the Golden State Warriors? 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.160 But growing you grew up as a lifelong Laker fan. 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.680 Dad played for the Lakers, grew up as a Laker fan, 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.280 and then you get drafted by the Golden State Warriors. 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.920 What was that like? Did your dad kind. 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.080 Of needle you a bit when that happened about going 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:47.240 to a losing franchise? 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:49.000 I know how competitive y'all are. 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.760 Yeah, Well, I was actually a Blazer fan and a 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:58.120 Laker fans simultaneously because my dad played for both teams 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:03.840 and great success with both franchises. So very conflicting because 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.560 the Lakers stood at everybody's way, but growing up in Portland, 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:09.520 Blazers were everything. 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:10.960 Rose Garden was everything. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.880 And what it was like being drafted by Golden State 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.360 it was a dream really because moving to SoCal and 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.279 going to high school down there and knowing I'd be 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:27.039 close to my family and I was still in California, 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.880 I was on the West Coast. It was Yeah, it 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:30.760 was a dream really. 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:31.279 I mean. 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.400 It was as close to home as you could really get. 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:39.839 And uh, all my expectations that have been exceeded in 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.160 my time here. Uh just you know, listing off those 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:46.720 accolades you did made me realize how blessed I am. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:51.640 Especially Yeah, growing up watching a lot of NBA and 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:56.120 it's Yeah, exceeded everything I ever thought would become of 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:56.719 being a Warrior. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.800 When you when you first got drafted to the Warriors 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:06.719 and twenty eleven, Steph is starting his third year, but 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.440 at the time dealing with ankle injuries and the whole 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.760 nine being questioned on if he'll actually pan out and. 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:13.520 All of those things. 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:18.239 When you get drafted to the Warriors that year, what's 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:19.679 your thought of Steph Curry? 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:20.880 You don't know much about him. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.360 You're excited or you don't even know to get to 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.880 excitement or get excited because you don't know so much 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:28.760 about him at the time. 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:31.039 What was your understanding Steph at that time? 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:31.839 Oh? 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.800 Well, Steph was already a superstar in my eyes because 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:38.880 I was a big college basketball fan, and the tournament 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:43.039 run he had in two thousand and I think eight 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:47.320 or nine was so special, and that's when I think 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.480 he really elevated himself to having a national following. And 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.159 I was one of those followers. So I was already 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:59.800 very familiar with his game and just did on top 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:01.520 of the I mean, I almost had a chance of 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.800 playing in college and then I t my freshman year. 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.800 We lost to Saint Mary's, who then played Davidson the 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.240 second round. So that yeah, that's been a very cool experience. 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:14.640 But it didn't happen, so it's all good. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:16.279 Yeah, that's funny. 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:17.919 Yeah, that's been cool. 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.120 Know who was who. 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.799 Earlier in your career and I'm taking you back, who, 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.400 if any, was a vet for you that took you 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:30.720 under their wing that you look back on because and 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.320 the reason I asked that question is this, And we'll 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.800 get into that a little later, but I see what 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:43.240 you're now doing for the young fellas on our team, Uh, sacrificing, teaching, 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:48.080 instilling confidence. Who was the vet for you when you 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:49.919 first came in the league that kind of took you 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:50.880 under their wing? 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:51.400 If any? 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:56.599 Oh yeah, my rookie year, I would say Darrell drell 0:06:56.680 --> 0:07:00.680 Wright was was great. I mean Darrell had the record 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.080 for most three pointers made in a Warrior season at 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:08.520 the time. And he was from southern California as well, 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.120 and we said a lot of common you know, big 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.200 lanky wings who loved to shoot the three ball. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.720 He enjoys baseball just like I do. So d Wright 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:18.720 was a great vet to me. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:20.640 He would take me out to dinner, he would look 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:25.160 after me and just teach me what the NBA life 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.480 was like, So d Wright was great. I mean, David 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.800 Lee was a great VET. D Lee was like a 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.520 superstar my eyes, because I'm a rookie and he's already 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:38.120 an All Star, one of the best players on the 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.960 Knicks team, double double machine. So I looked up to 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:45.840 those two guys just being them, so establishing their careers. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.560 And I mean Monte was great as well. Mante I 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.400 just always admired his talent. You know, I was to 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.360 be able to average twenty five plus in the NBA. 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.840 I really was enamored by that. 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:00.560 I aspire to do that. 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:06.560 So I always watched Mante closely, just how he you know, 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.800 acted in practice or what his game day rituals were. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:15.440 And then my second year, I thought, or third year, 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.960 I thought Jermaine O'Neil was a great VET. Jermaine I 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:22.240 grew up in Portland, so I knew him from his 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.160 rookie year and on. He was straight out of high school, 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:29.360 and jo was just even beyond basketball. He was the 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:34.160 first player to really teach me about business and entrepreneurship, 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.880 and he was talking that off the court, investing long 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:43.240 before it was ever mainstream and popular amongst players. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.120 These days, and jo was really. 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:51.360 Opened my mind when I to so many new things. 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.680 And that's why so much respect for Jail because he 0:08:54.760 --> 0:09:00.840 didn't go to university and he still became am an incredible, 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:06.520 incredibly savvy business person and he kept learning and educating himself. 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.200 And that's the type of leader I love to be around. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.240 And so I give Jail a ton of credit for 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.280 talking about things outside of hoop that really expanded my horizons. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:23.800 You spoke with Monte, and obviously Monte was was traded away, 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.520 your second year, first first year, first year in the league. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.360 Monte gets traded away. That's all this almost in a 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:39.200 sense kind of thrusting you and Steph ahead right away. Yeah. 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.840 Did you feel any added pressure or anything of that 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:45.480 nature when when Monte was traded away or did that 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.920 more so fall onto Steph at that time? 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:50.400 Yeah? 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.040 I do remember when Mante was traded. I give Mante 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.560 a ton of credit because you know, he could have 0:09:56.960 --> 0:10:00.840 not given paid me no mind, and you know, he's 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.160 established the best player on our team. He's established playing 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.960 in the same position they drafted two guard in the lottery. 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:08.439 He could have had a. 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.199 Bad attitude about it, but he was a great vet 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.640 in that sense and always looked out for US rookies. 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:18.720 But when he got traded, I did. I didn't feel 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.640 the pressure, but I knew that I had an opportunity 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:27.720 and I'll never forget. You know, after he did get traded, 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:32.880 we were playing the Kings at Arco Arena and Steph 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:34.880 might have been out that night, but he did come 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.880 up to me pregame and gave me a really good 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:41.720 pep talk, like, look, this is your time to seize 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:47.640 this moment and be yourself because it's right there for 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:51.480 you to take. And that meant a lot to me. 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.400 He went out his way to tell me that, especially 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:57.000 as a twenty one year old rookie, and Steph Curry's 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:00.199 telling me that I could be the future too guard 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.920 of this team that is stilled a ton of confidence 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.520 in me. I think I went six for nineteen that night, 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:10.000 but we got the w and but then I had 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.240 a great run after that, and that's because you know, 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:18.080 the team gave me so much confidence making those moves 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.560 to allow me to kind of fail my rookie year 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:25.720 and play through mistakes, and that experience did so much 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.400 for me being able to play thirty five minutes against 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.680 the Celtics or the Lakers, and against guys that I 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.559 grew up idolizing. So my rookie year was one of 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:35.480 the best times of my life. 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:40.520 Really, Mark Jackson said very early on, I'll never forget 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.240 it because I remember everybody saying, like, Yo, he's crazy, 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:46.240 what is he talking about? Blah blah blah. He said 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.880 very early on a couple of things. He said, I 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.720 got the two baddest shooters on the planet. I got 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:58.880 the baddest backcourt in the game, best backcourt ever. And 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:03.280 when he said that early on, everybody's like, ah, what's 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:04.800 wrong with what is he talking about? 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:11.880 What does he see? And yeah, you guys go on to. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.960 Completely change the way the game of basketball is played, 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:22.280 like completely. But at that time, when Mark Jackson goes 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:26.280 on live television, national television to. 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:26.840 Say that. 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.280 What did that do for you or what did it 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.120 do to you? How did you feel about it? 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.200 Well, I knew Steph was in that realm at the time. 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:41.640 I did not know if I was there yet I 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.320 knew I could be. What's funny is. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:50.720 When I was really active on Twitter back then, I 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.760 put my bio even before I ever played an NBA game, 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:57.520 I put I'm chasing Ray Allen as far as trying 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:02.640 to break that record or whatever, right, so to kind 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.600 of follow that mold of being a Ray Allen Reggie 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:10.520 Miller type player. And then for Mark to say those 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:15.560 things and him not even budge about it, when you 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:21.320 know the experts and analysis were dogging him for it 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.800 gave me so much confidence. And Mark isn't just going 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:27.640 to gas you up like that. He's seeing the best 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.720 ever play he's played against, the best ever played. So 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:34.520 when someone like Mark Jackson says that, it did so 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:38.960 much for me, especially eternally, and I'll never forget another 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:43.880 time when this one knew I had another chance to 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:48.120 be special or do some cool things. Was Donnie Walsh 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.280 for the Knicks. I worked out for the Knicks, and 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:53.319 I had a good workout. I was like twenty two 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.880 or twenty five in spot shooting, and then Donnie comes 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.000 up to me and he's like, Clay, you remind me 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.880 so much of Reggie Miller. And when he said that, 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.360 I was like, man, that's really cool because I watched 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.560 so much of Reggie's film as him just coming off 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:10.000 flopy action pinned downs, his game winning highlight reel shots. 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.840 So those two instances as far as just give me 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.560 confidence from Mark to Donnie Walsh, I knew if I 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.680 kept working that despite what the naysayers say, I would 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.480 be able to do some really cool things in this league. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:28.560 What do you think about like and no one speaking 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:32.720 of that, think the confidence that Mark Jackson, coach Mark 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.160 Jackson instilled in you. And I always speak about that, 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:39.400 like I think back to those days and like, if 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.640 there was one thing that he did, is he, like 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.880 Mark would put confidence on the plate and just hand 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.680 it to you like he That's what he did, Like 0:14:48.760 --> 0:14:51.960 he could give you confidence, like I think that was 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:53.520 one in strong suits. And then you look he was 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.760 a point guard. It's in a sense of what point 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:57.640 guards do. They make you feel good, They get you 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:01.640 the ball in your spots and all those things. And 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:06.040 Mark had that ability as good as anyone I've ever seen. 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:11.480 I think he was absolutely special in that department. And 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.480 saying that, when you look at all of these teams 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:19.240 around NBA young teams in particular, like we were when 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.360 Mark instilled that confidence. 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:23.760 Coach Jackson, I call him, but we're speaking on. 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:27.600 Here, and Mark instill in the confidence that he did, 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.400 and you look at all of these young teams around 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:36.040 the NBA who can't get a win, suck year in 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:39.080 and year out, and knowing and understanding the confidence that 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.240 he gave us at that point when the Warriors is 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:46.440 coming off winning twenty three games in the season, what 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:50.080 do you make of none of those teams hiring them 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.160 knowing what he did for us at that point in 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:53.880 our careers. 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:55.080 Yeah, it's strange. 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.800 It just doesn't add up because without Mark, there's no 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:04.520 foundation for what was to come, especially defensively. I mean, 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:08.800 we had the top rated defense in consecutive years with Mark, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:13.240 and then for him to you know, let Steph and 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:17.800 I shoot the shots we would shoot. That was kind 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.640 of taboo back then. But now I'm watching all levels 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:27.560 of basketball and you're seeing dribble packages, step backs, transition threes, 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:31.600 You're seeing crazy pulls from all levels, which is great. 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:33.920 It's the evolution of the game. But if it wasn't 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:38.120 for Mark, this would never have happened. So it does. 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.240 It does not make very much sense how he has 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:45.720 not had another shot to lead a franchise, But I 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:49.400 hope he really does because he man, he was great 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.200 and those were really special memories for not only me, 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:56.200 but when you were young, and Steph and all the 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.880 guys we play with can't freaking hb fest. 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:02.000 We were a young team. 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.600 And without that kind of false bravado that Mark provided, 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:10.360 we would never believe we could beat Tim Duncan led 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.560 Spurs or go to Denver and win a playoff series 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.680 being twenty three years old. Twenty two, Yeah, some young 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:21.840 twenty year olds. So I'm I don't know why that 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:26.520 hasn't happened. But Mark was great, and I really think 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.520 he should get another shot because he was such a 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.440 joy to play for, and he was such an incredible 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.600 motivator and I just love picking his brain about the 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.040 times he faced Michael or what was like running the 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.680 pick and roll Patrick Ewing and I grew up playing 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.520 NBA jam and watching so much Soop, so it was 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.280 really cool just to you know, learn from him. 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:48.200 Absolutely. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.600 I second that I always talk about just the confidence 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:57.439 that he instilled in us, especially in you two guys 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:59.520 like you said at the shots that they'd allow y'all 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:04.720 to take, like it started the transition in basketball of 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:06.879 what we see today, no question. 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.720 And then take you far back again. 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:17.080 I remember Steve first coming in and Steve is implementing 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:20.720 his offense, and we're going through training camp and he's 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:25.480 like Clayton, swing the ball, Steph, swing the ball, move. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.760 The ball, and like every time we come down the court, 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.639 he's just like moving, move and move it. And I 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:31.840 remember asking. 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:37.200 Him, Yo, Stephan clay like they get the shots here, 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.720 how are they going to get these shots and him saying, 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.040 the ball will find who the ball. 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:49.920 Is supposed to find. But we're going to move the ball. 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:53.840 We're going to be a ball moving team with Steve 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:56.520 coming in to implement his office, and it's just ball movement, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:59.639 ball movement, And originally we don't quite understand which is 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:02.800 out the like oh man, Like I remember the grunts 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:06.000 and like everybody's like, yo, this is trash. Like he 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.600 just keep telling us to pass the ball, Like I mean, 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:16.560 like I remember that that happens Steve's implemented his new 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.280 At that time, what are you thinking, Are you at 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.720 all worried that you won't have the same freedom, that 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:24.639 you won't get the same shots At that time, what 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.240 are you thinking with coach kirkr coming in and none 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:31.119 of us could even see like remotely close to the 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:33.080 vision that he had our offense. 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:35.439 Well, I didn't know Steve Kurt the Blazer because I 0:19:35.480 --> 0:19:39.720 was a Blazer fan, so you know, knockdown shooter, I think, 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:43.280 all time leader in three point field goal percentage. So 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:48.480 being a young gunner, I knew he was going to 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:53.679 utilize my skill and appreciate my skill of being a 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:59.359 perimeter player. And I'll never forget Steve first week of 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:03.640 training camp. One of his biggest emphasis was last year 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:07.120 we were the last team in passes may per game, 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:09.879 and then that year in twenty fifteen, we were with 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:12.879 a team with the most passes may per game, and 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:16.720 I think that just unlocked a whole new dimension of 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:21.560 basketball I never really seen before as far as the 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:25.600 shooting and the athleticism combined. What we had it was 0:20:25.640 --> 0:20:27.600 special and I think it kind of blitz the NBA 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:31.080 by storm just with the small ball and the pace 0:20:31.160 --> 0:20:34.399 and the space. It was an incredible time to be 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:37.359 a Warrior. So I do give Steve a ton of credit. 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:40.120 He didn't He would. 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:42.600 Always give coach Jackson credit, especially for laying the foundation. 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:44.960 But he just did a few tweaks and a little 0:20:45.119 --> 0:20:49.919 couple modifications to the offensive system that just did wonders 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.600 from my game and obviously Steph, but it did so 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:55.400 much for me as far as just being an off 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.280 ball cutter and a mover and a floor spacer that 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:00.919 I've kind of still played in that same role now 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:02.960 and it's kind of just it's been good to me. 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:07.080 Absolutely, No, I think, uh, you know what, Like I said, 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:11.240 what it did was it Not only did it was 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:15.160 at the beginning of a dynasty that we we we've 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:19.480 all taken part in creating and building, but it was 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:24.360 the beginning of the way basketball is played. Yeah, and 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:28.159 that to me, like I always look back on that 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:31.840 and like I always say, like I had the opportunity 0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:36.280 to play with in my mind, the greatest team ever 0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:40.359 as symbol. And one of the reasons I feel that 0:21:40.400 --> 0:21:45.600 way is, yes, we were dominant, Yes we won championships, 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:49.240 all that way, all that was great, but it changed 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:54.200 the way the game was played in around the world. 0:21:55.320 --> 0:21:57.639 You gotta you gotta give yourself credit to Dre. I 0:21:57.680 --> 0:22:01.119 mean there's not Steve came in, you know, to allow 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:05.080 you to bring the ball off the rim, have me 0:22:05.119 --> 0:22:09.520 and Steph flyoff picks. The traditional power forward was I 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:12.720 just remember that year, like the typical power forward is 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:15.400 not able to stay in front of you, and they're 0:22:15.400 --> 0:22:18.080 not used to like you gotta pick this guy up 0:22:18.080 --> 0:22:20.000 at half court, and then we got to guard the 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:23.000 ball screen the dho it's just so dynamic, and then 0:22:23.040 --> 0:22:27.000 you hit the lob threat, there's the backside shooter and 0:22:27.200 --> 0:22:31.359 just kind of so without you, the whole thing would 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:33.359 never have worked, and it kind of just unlocked a 0:22:33.359 --> 0:22:37.120 whole new way to a positionally style of basketball, which 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.280 is I think the most fun to be a part of. 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:44.000 We've all had a frustrating experience buying tickets, even me. 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:46.680 You all know I love to go to concert shows 0:22:47.040 --> 0:22:49.680 and it can be hard to find last minute tickets. 0:22:49.840 --> 0:22:52.000 You shouldn't have to worry when you buy tickets to 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:54.399 your next big event. 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