WEBVTT - Episode 3 - A Jump Shooting Team 0:00:03.789 --> 0:00:07.028 Dubb Dynasty is a production of iHeartMedia and the NBA. 0:00:10.029 --> 0:00:12.668 Bank Degree a hand to throw a fast track down. 0:00:12.748 --> 0:00:13.589 The Robber returns. 0:00:13.749 --> 0:00:14.069 Look a. 0:00:15.749 --> 0:00:31.389 Second right now, Webber is making all the statements. 0:00:31.429 --> 0:00:36.549 Just throb Yeah, good looks by one. That's here. We're 0:00:36.589 --> 0:00:38.229 going about avery. 0:00:38.349 --> 0:00:45.068 Joshua Steh Rother right in. 0:00:45.069 --> 0:00:47.149 The face of Jason objection with. 0:00:49.309 --> 0:00:50.509 What authority? 0:00:52.269 --> 0:00:55.829 No one fighting for a Dutch Drock Ray holds down 0:00:55.869 --> 0:00:58.709 the rebound, taking away about. 0:00:58.469 --> 0:01:02.349 Whereber looking that behind the back pack Chris Mullen, who 0:01:02.349 --> 0:01:03.709 has seventeen. 0:01:06.109 --> 0:01:08.708 Pretty well, look at his quick the coup the Weber. 0:01:10.949 --> 0:01:15.308 There are two of the five. Look at the look 0:01:15.389 --> 0:01:15.988 on Weber. 0:01:18.348 --> 0:01:20.908 Those were some highlights from one of the most intriguing 0:01:21.149 --> 0:01:24.868 what if teams in NBA history, the nineteen ninety three 0:01:24.988 --> 0:01:28.828 ninety four Golden State Warriors. I'm Israel Dutierres and this 0:01:28.949 --> 0:01:33.828 is dub Dynasty Episode three. It was just a couple 0:01:33.869 --> 0:01:36.828 of years removed from the run TMC Warriors, and the 0:01:36.908 --> 0:01:40.149 Doves were suddenly sporting a pair of fresh young stars 0:01:40.389 --> 0:01:43.989 that led to a fifty win season. One year earlier, 0:01:44.389 --> 0:01:46.628 the Warriors got a steal with the twenty fourth pick 0:01:46.628 --> 0:01:49.869 in the draft picking up lightning quick guard Latrell Spreewell 0:01:49.909 --> 0:01:54.029 from Alabama in ninety three, Golden State would add Chris Weber. 0:01:54.509 --> 0:01:57.788 He was the number one overall pick by the Orlando Magic, 0:01:58.428 --> 0:02:00.389 but he would be traded to Golden State for the 0:02:00.469 --> 0:02:02.949 number three pick, Anthony Penny Hardock. 0:02:04.149 --> 0:02:08.228 Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to report a trade. Orlando 0:02:08.869 --> 0:02:12.349 has traded the draft rights to Chris Webber. 0:02:15.029 --> 0:02:16.749 To Golden State. 0:02:19.749 --> 0:02:25.549 In exchange for the draft rights to Anthony Harroway and 0:02:26.629 --> 0:02:31.749 three future first round draft picks. 0:02:33.989 --> 0:02:37.269 Tim Hardaway would set out the Warriors season recovering from 0:02:37.349 --> 0:02:40.989 knee surgery, but Chris Mullin, Billy Owens, and head coach 0:02:41.069 --> 0:02:44.268 Don Nelson were still on board, and the Warriors wouldn't 0:02:44.309 --> 0:02:46.509 have the sixth seed out West, playing some of the 0:02:46.508 --> 0:02:49.988 most entertaining basketball in the league before being swept in 0:02:50.029 --> 0:02:54.869 the first round by Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns. Yet, 0:02:55.269 --> 0:02:59.388 in familiar Warriors fashion, this success would be even shorter 0:02:59.508 --> 0:03:03.029 lived than the run TMC team. Before the next season 0:03:03.029 --> 0:03:06.589 even began, rumblings of an ongoing feud between Weber and 0:03:06.668 --> 0:03:10.229 Don Nelson had reached a boiling point, leading to Weber 0:03:10.469 --> 0:03:12.909 the reigning rookie of the year, being traded to the 0:03:12.989 --> 0:03:16.949 Washington Bullets for Tom Googliata. This was despite Weber having 0:03:16.989 --> 0:03:20.749 signed a fifteen year rookie contract with the Warriors back 0:03:20.749 --> 0:03:24.029 when the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement was very much a 0:03:24.108 --> 0:03:29.189 work in progress. The following season, the Warriors were terrible again, 0:03:29.589 --> 0:03:31.309 and Weber would go on to finish a Hall of 0:03:31.388 --> 0:03:34.909 Fame career in Washington and then in nearby Sacramento, where 0:03:34.949 --> 0:03:36.669 he had most of his postseason success. 0:03:38.829 --> 0:03:42.669 Webber against Malil this fuss Water. 0:03:45.069 --> 0:03:48.669 Meanwhile, it wasn't until two thousand and seven, a full 0:03:48.789 --> 0:03:52.469 thirteen seasons, that the Warriors would make the playoffs again. 0:03:53.589 --> 0:03:57.309 Within that drought, Spreewell's Golden State career ended after he 0:03:57.429 --> 0:04:02.229 reportedly choked then head coach PJ. Carlesimo. The team suspended 0:04:02.269 --> 0:04:05.269 him for what would eventually six eight games, and he 0:04:05.389 --> 0:04:08.949 never played for the Warriors again. When the twenty fourteen 0:04:08.949 --> 0:04:12.069 to fifteen season began for the Warriors, high drama was 0:04:12.109 --> 0:04:15.469 still on the table. Maybe not quite put your hands 0:04:15.509 --> 0:04:18.388 on your coach's neck type of drama, but still plenty 0:04:18.429 --> 0:04:22.829 of potential for internal disputes. Remember Steve Kerr was now 0:04:22.829 --> 0:04:25.349 the head coach, and it was his first attempt at 0:04:25.349 --> 0:04:29.149 doing so at any level. There were still some Mark 0:04:29.189 --> 0:04:31.709 Jackson supporters on the roster, so it would have been 0:04:31.748 --> 0:04:35.469 easy to maintain some skepticism. New owners or not, these 0:04:35.469 --> 0:04:38.308 were still the Warriors, And if this story was going 0:04:38.349 --> 0:04:41.669 to end anything like the last few Feeld Good Warriors teams, 0:04:42.308 --> 0:04:45.308 this right now would have been the moment the Splash 0:04:45.349 --> 0:04:49.549 Brothers era went haywire. You could see it playing out already. 0:04:50.189 --> 0:04:54.789 New coach affects, burgeoning teams chemistry, GM makes hasty roster decisions. 0:04:54.829 --> 0:04:57.828 As a result, Veteran Warriors say they never should have 0:04:57.909 --> 0:05:01.269 changed coaches and won out. Curry traded to the New 0:05:01.349 --> 0:05:05.749 York Knicks just couldn't be the ending for Steve Kerr, 0:05:06.269 --> 0:05:10.349 not for a coach who, despite inexperience, knew the importance 0:05:10.389 --> 0:05:13.909 of building a culture. He learned it in part while 0:05:13.949 --> 0:05:15.948 visiting with Pete Carroll while he was coach of the 0:05:15.988 --> 0:05:19.909 Seattle Seahawks. He experienced it while playing for Phil Jackson 0:05:19.909 --> 0:05:24.268 and Greg Popovich while trying to implement it. Kerr started 0:05:24.308 --> 0:05:27.708 by reaffirming the confidence that the outside critics were trying 0:05:27.709 --> 0:05:31.589 to damage with all the tension that could have dominated 0:05:31.589 --> 0:05:36.229 this setting. David lie says Kerr's approach actually was quite settling. 0:05:36.549 --> 0:05:37.388 I think relaxing. 0:05:37.589 --> 0:05:39.589 The number one thing he came in is he said, look, 0:05:39.629 --> 0:05:41.589 we have all the talent here we need. We don't 0:05:41.629 --> 0:05:43.669 need to run a hundred plays, we don't need to 0:05:43.748 --> 0:05:46.428 overthink things. Let's take a deep breath, Let's have a 0:05:46.428 --> 0:05:48.789 lot of fun, Let's enjoy one another. We have great 0:05:48.829 --> 0:05:52.389 chemistry and let's use that to our advantage. 0:05:53.589 --> 0:05:56.389 The chemistry wasn't just from many of the players having 0:05:56.428 --> 0:05:59.589 played together the previous few seasons. It was the chemistry 0:05:59.789 --> 0:06:03.309 based in humility. No one cared who shot the ball, 0:06:03.509 --> 0:06:05.789 even though they all knew who they wanted to shoot. 0:06:05.909 --> 0:06:07.789 But as long as the offense was sticking to its 0:06:07.829 --> 0:06:11.109 principles and the turnovers were kept to a minimum, everyone 0:06:11.149 --> 0:06:15.829 would succeed. We've already established Kerr's first true test the 0:06:15.829 --> 0:06:18.829 benching of Andrea Guadala, and that was based in a 0:06:18.909 --> 0:06:21.269 humble star willing to play his role. 0:06:21.949 --> 0:06:24.188 The hardest part about it was getting in my comfort 0:06:24.269 --> 0:06:27.068 level coming off the bench, which was very different. 0:06:27.349 --> 0:06:29.229 But I was just trying to get it down for 0:06:29.269 --> 0:06:29.589 our team. 0:06:29.748 --> 0:06:36.388 Godra a big shot Kerr and the Warriors would face 0:06:36.549 --> 0:06:40.029 another challenge just as the season was starting. David Lee, 0:06:40.069 --> 0:06:42.709 who'd been penciled in as a starter, wouldn't be available 0:06:42.748 --> 0:06:46.029 to begin the season. Technically having made two All Star Games, 0:06:46.389 --> 0:06:49.309 Lee was the warriors most decorated player at the time, 0:06:49.709 --> 0:06:51.789 and his story was one of the most heartwarming of 0:06:51.829 --> 0:06:54.549 the season. It just so happened to begin with a 0:06:54.549 --> 0:06:55.829 preseason injury. 0:06:55.709 --> 0:06:58.628 And yet going into that fourteen to fifteen season, you 0:06:58.669 --> 0:07:02.349 know we're playing Denver once against things bad things happening 0:07:02.349 --> 0:07:04.828 against Denver. I think I'm going to go skiing out 0:07:04.868 --> 0:07:07.789 there anytime. But it's you know, coach says to me 0:07:07.829 --> 0:07:09.909 and stuff, Hey, you guys want to go in last 0:07:09.909 --> 0:07:11.989 preseason game. You want to go in for one last 0:07:12.189 --> 0:07:14.148 stretch here for four or five minutes in the fourth 0:07:14.189 --> 0:07:16.189 just to get some extra cardio. We looked at each 0:07:16.189 --> 0:07:17.789 other like, yeah, why not? Was work on a few 0:07:17.789 --> 0:07:19.949 pick and roll options we've been doing. And either way, 0:07:20.269 --> 0:07:22.909 Draymond was going to play a big part in that season. 0:07:22.949 --> 0:07:25.069 Whether I believe I would have been the starter and 0:07:25.109 --> 0:07:27.389 then Draymond would have played big minutes and probably finished 0:07:27.429 --> 0:07:30.549 some games defensively for us, but went in there and 0:07:31.109 --> 0:07:33.349 was scrapping for a loose ball with Farid and lunged 0:07:33.389 --> 0:07:35.949 and tore my hamstring, and I just remember being like, 0:07:36.309 --> 0:07:38.109 of course, I was the guy that had to volunteer 0:07:38.149 --> 0:07:40.189 to go get more cardio, but I set out the 0:07:40.229 --> 0:07:43.229 first twenty five games or something, I forget what it was, 0:07:43.309 --> 0:07:45.429 And it was one of the more frustrating injuries I'd 0:07:45.469 --> 0:07:47.789 ever been through, because just when you think it's healthy, 0:07:47.829 --> 0:07:51.469 then you make a wrong movement, You're back to square one. 0:07:52.549 --> 0:07:55.549 Okay, So that's one less all star talent the Warriors 0:07:55.589 --> 0:07:58.389 had to work with to start the current era, but 0:07:58.429 --> 0:08:01.229 that didn't do much to hurt the chemistry in which 0:08:01.229 --> 0:08:05.869 he remained confident because Lee's injury didn't alter the mentality 0:08:05.909 --> 0:08:08.989 of the team. It remained a squad knowing full well 0:08:09.309 --> 0:08:11.828 that an open shot from either of the Splash brothers 0:08:11.949 --> 0:08:14.229 was always a great option, but they were all so 0:08:14.469 --> 0:08:17.789 talented enough and smart enough to take advantage of a 0:08:17.829 --> 0:08:21.629 defense whenever they saw the opportunity. Andrew Bogut might have 0:08:21.709 --> 0:08:24.989 been the best example of this team's puzzle pieces fitting 0:08:25.029 --> 0:08:28.589 perfectly together. He'd been a number one overall pick with 0:08:28.749 --> 0:08:32.669 plenty of expectations. His defense had been acknowledged throughout his career, 0:08:33.189 --> 0:08:36.989 but he'd only made one All Defensive second team. Offensively, 0:08:37.309 --> 0:08:40.469 Bogo would never average double figures in his Golden State tenure, 0:08:41.069 --> 0:08:43.989 but he knew right away that Kerr's offense was a 0:08:44.029 --> 0:08:45.749 great fit for him on that end as well. 0:08:47.269 --> 0:08:50.309 It was difficult for me to have gone from Milwaukee 0:08:50.349 --> 0:08:52.749 to Golden State under Mark Jackson just because it was 0:08:52.789 --> 0:08:55.269 much more isolation based. I'm not really an isolation player. 0:08:55.309 --> 0:08:57.229 I like to play in the flow now. With Milwaukee, 0:08:57.269 --> 0:08:58.709 I was the number one option for a number of 0:08:58.829 --> 0:09:00.829 years and then number one, number two for a number 0:09:00.829 --> 0:09:02.509 of years, so I knew I was getting fifteen to 0:09:02.549 --> 0:09:04.909 twenty touches right come to Golden State. I've got Steph 0:09:04.909 --> 0:09:06.469 and Clay Like I would be an idiot to say 0:09:06.549 --> 0:09:08.029 I want your touches, So I was never going to 0:09:08.069 --> 0:09:10.309 be the number one guy touches wise. But I also 0:09:10.429 --> 0:09:12.229 like to play in the flow of things. So the 0:09:12.229 --> 0:09:14.149 way we played under Steve was perfect for me because 0:09:14.149 --> 0:09:16.509 it was read and react stuff and it wasn't set play. 0:09:16.669 --> 0:09:18.509 We ever rarely ran We're going to throw it to 0:09:18.549 --> 0:09:19.989 this guy and kind of get out of the way 0:09:19.989 --> 0:09:21.749 and then go to work. We ever really did that. 0:09:21.829 --> 0:09:23.349 You know, it was all out of the flow of things. 0:09:23.389 --> 0:09:25.829 And that's my style my basketball. I queue the way 0:09:25.869 --> 0:09:28.709 I read and react. Crammond's are same andres the same steps, 0:09:28.749 --> 0:09:30.669 the same plays as you know. So we had a 0:09:30.709 --> 0:09:32.589 bunch of guys that played that way and it just 0:09:32.669 --> 0:09:33.349 all fit in. 0:09:35.029 --> 0:09:37.469 What luck by bog It is an excellent pass or 0:09:37.509 --> 0:09:39.109 playth Curry underneath another lay. 0:09:39.069 --> 0:09:39.589 Up for step. 0:09:39.909 --> 0:09:42.229 So I really enjoyed playing that role. You know, I 0:09:42.269 --> 0:09:44.269 knew I was fourth fifth on the picking order as 0:09:44.269 --> 0:09:45.949 far as touches go, and I was cool with that 0:09:46.029 --> 0:09:48.069 and no problem. I was trying to grab ten rebounds, 0:09:48.109 --> 0:09:49.749 block three or four shots. But I knew on the 0:09:49.749 --> 0:09:51.989 offensive end, I knew I still had a pretty important 0:09:52.069 --> 0:09:55.109 role and I could dictate the game by setting hard screens, 0:09:55.749 --> 0:09:58.389 you know, finding step off the ball, hitting guys on 0:09:58.469 --> 0:10:00.989 back carts, moving the ball, making the right decision. 0:10:01.789 --> 0:10:04.549 I'll get looking for a catterp Hi the back to Kerman, 0:10:04.629 --> 0:10:06.069 reversing layup up and end. 0:10:06.349 --> 0:10:08.549 That was just as valuable as times since I shooting 0:10:08.589 --> 0:10:10.669 the ball. So making sure that Steff has I knew 0:10:10.709 --> 0:10:13.549 if I got him, I'm realisticon of space extra and 0:10:13.589 --> 0:10:15.549 he usually gets it's going down. 0:10:15.469 --> 0:10:20.429 Right, Usually yes, steph Curry doesn't seem to need any 0:10:20.429 --> 0:10:23.149 space to get off a decent shot, so creating open 0:10:23.149 --> 0:10:25.469 space for him would seem to be an effective way 0:10:25.509 --> 0:10:28.949 to execute offense. What was Keith for Kerr, and this 0:10:28.989 --> 0:10:31.429 credit should be given to GM Bob Myers for bringing 0:10:31.429 --> 0:10:34.549 in these types of players, was having players up and 0:10:34.589 --> 0:10:37.389 down the roster who recognized the same thing as Bogan. 0:10:38.189 --> 0:10:41.549 Finding shots for Stephen Clay would lead to fund for everybody. 0:10:42.669 --> 0:10:46.509 There was Harrison Barnes, the seemingly egoist starter ahead of Iguadala, 0:10:46.629 --> 0:10:49.549 whose first little offensive skill set made him an ideal 0:10:49.629 --> 0:10:50.909 asset in Kerr's offense. 0:10:52.029 --> 0:10:59.709 Us the bounds who moves inside. 0:11:00.669 --> 0:11:03.309 There was the bench mob led by Iguadala, that included 0:11:03.349 --> 0:11:06.589 a young big and Festus a Zilli, a veteran guard, 0:11:06.589 --> 0:11:10.589 and Sean Livingston. The Brazilian road runner in Leandro Barbosa, 0:11:11.189 --> 0:11:16.389 and a stretch forward with spurt ability in Marii Spates too. 0:11:18.589 --> 0:11:21.429 They call him Motherfuckets for reason. 0:11:22.709 --> 0:11:25.429 It was a selfless group that Lee believes was the 0:11:25.469 --> 0:11:29.469 real soul of not just this team, but the blossoming dynasty. 0:11:30.869 --> 0:11:33.509 Well, I think Andre very similar to Draymond was a 0:11:33.549 --> 0:11:36.029 guy that might not be now. In Philly he was 0:11:36.189 --> 0:11:38.869 quite a scorer, and in Denver times he was as well. 0:11:38.989 --> 0:11:41.429 But I mean just the things he brings to the team, 0:11:41.469 --> 0:11:43.349 as far as I'm not sure there's anything at the 0:11:43.349 --> 0:11:46.469 game of basketball he's not great at. He's a great passer, 0:11:46.549 --> 0:11:49.589 incredible defender with his length, everything he can do with 0:11:49.709 --> 0:11:51.749 the ball, he can be a point game essentially, can 0:11:51.789 --> 0:11:54.109 play one through five and guard one through five. So 0:11:54.189 --> 0:11:57.829 that versatility he brought, and also his ability to come 0:11:57.869 --> 0:12:00.029 off the bench to start and to have no ego 0:12:00.109 --> 0:12:02.669 with that, and also his leadership in the locker room 0:12:02.709 --> 0:12:05.669 and his character. He did as much in the second 0:12:06.029 --> 0:12:08.389 half of my tenure there as any guy on the 0:12:08.389 --> 0:12:11.389 team as far as setting that culture and making things fun. 0:12:11.549 --> 0:12:15.269 Sewan Livingston didn't say a whole lot in the locker room. 0:12:15.469 --> 0:12:17.389 Awesome guy off the court and spoke a lot, but 0:12:17.509 --> 0:12:20.469 in the locker room, wasn't trying to overshadow anything but 0:12:20.589 --> 0:12:22.389 talk about And I think you see it a little 0:12:22.429 --> 0:12:24.429 bit now with the Boston Celtics when you have some 0:12:24.509 --> 0:12:27.389 of these role players in Al Horford for instance, that 0:12:27.549 --> 0:12:31.149 like Al knows his role and knows exactly what he's 0:12:31.189 --> 0:12:34.029 there to do. That was Sewn in a nutshell. Sean 0:12:34.109 --> 0:12:35.829 wasn't the guy in practice. Ay what, I'm gonna go 0:12:35.909 --> 0:12:37.949 work on my three point stroke because that's what Stephen 0:12:38.029 --> 0:12:39.989 Clair are doing. Sewn's like, no, this is my game. 0:12:40.069 --> 0:12:41.909 I know who I am as a player. I know 0:12:41.949 --> 0:12:43.909 where I fit in. There were Knights that he got 0:12:43.909 --> 0:12:46.069 twelve minutes, and he didn't get pissed because there were 0:12:46.109 --> 0:12:47.989 other Knights that he ended up getting twenty five minutes 0:12:48.029 --> 0:12:49.869 and was the reason that we won a big game. 0:12:50.029 --> 0:12:51.989 So he was the ultimate team guy and knew his 0:12:52.109 --> 0:12:54.789 role and was an awesome addition in the locker room 0:12:54.829 --> 0:12:55.229 as well. 0:12:57.349 --> 0:12:58.909 Let me still pull up Jumper. 0:13:02.669 --> 0:13:05.389 And then most Moe's one of my favorite guys. Mo 0:13:05.629 --> 0:13:08.589 is awesome. I mean, such a talented, picking pop guy, 0:13:09.069 --> 0:13:10.429 and he was a guy that gave us a much 0:13:10.429 --> 0:13:13.229 different look than having Boget at the five and would 0:13:13.229 --> 0:13:14.909 come in and was able to spread the floor at 0:13:14.909 --> 0:13:17.149 the five spot or sometimes at the four if we 0:13:17.189 --> 0:13:19.429 went big. And Moe was such a fun guy in 0:13:19.429 --> 0:13:22.149 the locker room and had a certain competitiveness and grit 0:13:22.189 --> 0:13:24.389 to him as well, but also would like get into 0:13:24.429 --> 0:13:26.429 it with other guys at practice, and we would have fun. 0:13:26.429 --> 0:13:28.549 It would keep it competitive. I remember him and Draymond 0:13:28.789 --> 0:13:31.749 screaming at each other ten fifteen times in practice, but 0:13:31.789 --> 0:13:33.829 it made everybody better. It was in a fun like 0:13:34.069 --> 0:13:36.469 fun way to motivate each other. And he's the University 0:13:36.509 --> 0:13:38.469 of Florida guy as well, so we always got along. 0:13:38.549 --> 0:13:40.989 So all of those guys on other teams I think 0:13:40.989 --> 0:13:43.189 would have been starters, and that's what made our team 0:13:43.269 --> 0:13:44.989 so special. I believe that I would have been a 0:13:45.029 --> 0:13:47.469 starter on just about any other team after coming back. 0:13:47.629 --> 0:13:50.629 But that's why I'm a firm believer that, like when 0:13:50.669 --> 0:13:53.429 you get to the top of top five teams in 0:13:53.469 --> 0:13:55.429 the league, which we were that year, a lot of 0:13:55.469 --> 0:13:59.069 it comes down to chemistry, guys sacrificing, and guys playing 0:13:59.109 --> 0:14:01.389 their roles, and you don't have four guys trying to 0:14:01.429 --> 0:14:03.629 take the last second shot. Instead, you're saying, Okay, we 0:14:03.669 --> 0:14:05.589 know we're going to play to our strengths and we're 0:14:05.589 --> 0:14:08.189 going to play the correct strategy. And that's why I believe. 0:14:08.389 --> 0:14:10.109 You know, when we played against a team like the 0:14:10.229 --> 0:14:13.349 LA Clippers, and they clearly you could make the case 0:14:13.349 --> 0:14:16.029 that at least equal talent, if not more talent than us, 0:14:16.629 --> 0:14:18.189 that we were able to come out on top. 0:14:18.229 --> 0:14:19.109 And I think that's the. 0:14:19.069 --> 0:14:21.869 Reason that the dynasty took places because of what we 0:14:21.949 --> 0:14:23.909 had in that locker room, not only out on the court. 0:14:29.149 --> 0:14:31.709 All that was left was to put sneakers on the 0:14:31.749 --> 0:14:35.189 floor to test not just the team first mentality and 0:14:35.229 --> 0:14:37.789 the roster fit, but to measure up against some of 0:14:37.829 --> 0:14:39.989 those best teams. Lead with reference. 0:14:41.189 --> 0:14:43.189 Let's Curry off the hook, Hey, Curry. 0:14:42.869 --> 0:14:45.349 Finding bugget the field goal, the foul. 0:14:45.549 --> 0:14:47.229 Oh, I'd like to see more of that as the 0:14:47.269 --> 0:14:47.989 season goes on. 0:14:50.829 --> 0:14:52.789 Ahse face from the Elbowl perfect. 0:14:53.029 --> 0:14:55.589 Oh, he's been good where he is seven of ten 0:14:55.709 --> 0:14:59.749 and the Warriors have needed it desperately. 0:15:00.229 --> 0:15:02.509 Raymond Greed, it's his third three. 0:15:02.589 --> 0:15:05.549 If the first four look at a Draymond Greed at 0:15:05.589 --> 0:15:09.629 forty five percent three point shooting eighteen games in Kasoft 0:15:09.629 --> 0:15:13.029 couldn't save it, bulked steel, Dramond running down the guy 0:15:13.589 --> 0:15:14.389 to rip it down. 0:15:16.189 --> 0:15:19.309 If there was a pressure to succeed, this group wasn't 0:15:19.309 --> 0:15:23.549 showing it on the floor. That relaxed, confident approach Kerr 0:15:23.589 --> 0:15:26.669 was implementing was much easier to settle into when you're 0:15:26.669 --> 0:15:30.149 a leader. Steph Curry was the embodiment of it. It 0:15:30.189 --> 0:15:33.949 allowed everyone to play to their strengths without concern. According 0:15:33.949 --> 0:15:34.669 to Boge. 0:15:34.469 --> 0:15:36.549 It was your store humming and I think our defense 0:15:36.669 --> 0:15:39.829 was elite, our rotations were a lead bench was elite. 0:15:39.869 --> 0:15:42.829 Like it all just feeling so perfectly, like the roster 0:15:42.909 --> 0:15:45.749 construction was somewhat strategic and somewhat lucky, like you need 0:15:45.749 --> 0:15:47.589 a bit of luck in the NBA. You never know 0:15:47.629 --> 0:15:50.429 a guy's personality that you're drafting, fully, you never know 0:15:50.429 --> 0:15:52.789 a guy's personality that you're trading for. But I think 0:15:52.829 --> 0:15:55.869 they did a fantastic job of acquiring myself like high 0:15:55.869 --> 0:15:59.349 IQ big that can do different things. Acquiring Andre high 0:15:59.349 --> 0:16:02.949 IQ perimeter can guard at an elite level, Drafting a 0:16:03.029 --> 0:16:05.789 Draymond who's a high end defensive player at the time 0:16:05.829 --> 0:16:08.189 and actually gave us more offensively than they thought he would. 0:16:08.589 --> 0:16:11.349 Harrison Barnes an athletic energy guy. You know, all those guys, 0:16:11.349 --> 0:16:14.109 bringing those guys in with drafting play and having stepped 0:16:14.109 --> 0:16:17.189 on the roster already, I think it all just fitting perfect. 0:16:17.229 --> 0:16:19.069 They're going out and get most Baits, who was kind 0:16:19.069 --> 0:16:21.989 of like a you know, was a starter and then 0:16:21.989 --> 0:16:24.069 fell out as a role player on certain teams. We 0:16:24.149 --> 0:16:26.149 brought him in as a valuable backup, like you know, 0:16:26.189 --> 0:16:30.789 stuff like that. It all bubosa, you know, Livingstone injuries. 0:16:31.149 --> 0:16:33.909 You know, it was just every piece and when you 0:16:33.909 --> 0:16:35.989 look back, it's like the most genius set up of 0:16:35.989 --> 0:16:38.669 a roster. A part of that was guys like myself, 0:16:38.909 --> 0:16:42.149 Andre David Lee were at the middle to talent end 0:16:42.189 --> 0:16:44.629 of our career, right like we're in the bulk of 0:16:44.669 --> 0:16:48.429 our career. We'd all had personal accolades on crappy teams. 0:16:48.469 --> 0:16:51.509 We'd all had pretty decent, big contracts. So I don't 0:16:51.549 --> 0:16:53.789 think there was the stress of I need to prove 0:16:53.789 --> 0:16:56.229 myself numbers. Wise, I can just fit into a role 0:16:56.429 --> 0:16:58.069 and then the organization is still going to take care 0:16:58.109 --> 0:16:58.309 of me. 0:16:59.549 --> 0:17:02.109 If there were any concerns about how this new coach 0:17:02.149 --> 0:17:05.109 and his personnel decisions work on the court, they were 0:17:05.148 --> 0:17:09.309 stimied right away. You saw signs that the Warriors were 0:17:09.349 --> 0:17:11.589 one of the better teams in the league. Perhaps the 0:17:11.629 --> 0:17:14.269 most obvious of them was a sixteen game winning streak 0:17:14.309 --> 0:17:17.189 that started in mid November and lasted over a month. 0:17:17.949 --> 0:17:23.669 Hurry three, yes, sir, well he just finished the game 0:17:23.709 --> 0:17:28.069 here this overtime. He's thirty four for Steph. 0:17:29.269 --> 0:17:33.989 Sixteen in a row, ten in a row on the road, 0:17:34.429 --> 0:17:39.109 twenty one and two, the best record in the NBA, 0:17:39.989 --> 0:17:45.429 and the streak lives on and moves on to Memphis 0:17:46.029 --> 0:17:50.829 Tuesday Night. Only nine teams in NBA history to start 0:17:50.949 --> 0:17:52.949 twenty one and two or better. 0:17:54.149 --> 0:17:57.109 Just before Christmas of that season, the Warriors were about 0:17:57.149 --> 0:17:59.109 to get a gift in the form of David Lee 0:17:59.229 --> 0:18:02.349 returning from injury. The two time All Star had recovered 0:18:02.349 --> 0:18:05.109 from a frustrating ham string injury and could have laid 0:18:05.109 --> 0:18:08.589 claim to his starting power forward role. Draymond Green had 0:18:08.629 --> 0:18:11.869 taken over the starting role there and flourished to the 0:18:11.869 --> 0:18:14.229 point where it was quite clear he was an ideal 0:18:14.309 --> 0:18:18.709 fit alongside Stephan Clay. When it was time to reintroduce Lee, 0:18:19.349 --> 0:18:22.989 Kerr new maintaining the status quo was far more important 0:18:22.989 --> 0:18:25.709 than making sure Lee's career path picked up where he 0:18:25.789 --> 0:18:29.589 left off. Fortunately for the Warriors, Lee thought the same. 0:18:30.149 --> 0:18:34.428 Plus he'd already watched Bogit and Igwadala and others sacrificed 0:18:34.469 --> 0:18:37.229 for the greater good, so he wasn't about to break 0:18:37.269 --> 0:18:37.829 that pattern. 0:18:39.429 --> 0:18:41.509 I remember Steve Kirk coming to me and saying, Hey, 0:18:41.509 --> 0:18:43.629 you know you've been out a while, and at this 0:18:43.709 --> 0:18:46.469 point we're like, you know, you know, twenty and four 0:18:46.709 --> 0:18:48.668 twenty we're a number one in the West. And he's like, 0:18:49.429 --> 0:18:51.229 you know, I want to talk to you. And I said, coach, 0:18:51.429 --> 0:18:54.229 I'll stop you right there, Like, the last thing I 0:18:54.229 --> 0:18:56.669 want to do right now is interrupt what we've started. 0:18:57.069 --> 0:18:59.549 Let's keep the momentum going. And I'm a big believer 0:18:59.709 --> 0:19:01.949 that if I do the right things and I have 0:19:02.029 --> 0:19:04.388 the correct attitude here, because there was a point in 0:19:04.389 --> 0:19:06.749 my career when it was about me as it should 0:19:06.789 --> 0:19:08.509 have been. I'm trying to get a big contract, I'm 0:19:08.509 --> 0:19:10.589 trying to make a name for myself in the league. 0:19:10.789 --> 0:19:12.469 But if I do the right things now, I said, 0:19:12.669 --> 0:19:14.709 I feel like my time is going to come at 0:19:14.749 --> 0:19:16.109 some point this season. 0:19:16.789 --> 0:19:20.269 Lee's replacement in the starting lineup was pretty much the 0:19:20.309 --> 0:19:24.189 polar opposite of him. Lee was this gifted offensive player 0:19:24.229 --> 0:19:27.668 who was effectively ambidextrous, was quick off his feet, and 0:19:27.709 --> 0:19:31.709 would struggle some defensively. Green was a defensive wizard who 0:19:31.709 --> 0:19:34.668 matched that iq with a physical style, but isn't the 0:19:34.709 --> 0:19:38.229 most talented offensive player unless you consider his big brain 0:19:38.269 --> 0:19:42.149 a skill. It made for a mutual appreciation and one 0:19:42.149 --> 0:19:44.269 that helped Lee lose any ego. 0:19:44.549 --> 0:19:47.589 Draymond and I might be very different people play basketball 0:19:47.709 --> 0:19:50.069 very differently, but there was never a sense, and I'll 0:19:50.109 --> 0:19:51.949 give us both credit for this, there was never a 0:19:51.989 --> 0:19:55.949 sense where when we kind of transitioned and started playing smaller, 0:19:56.629 --> 0:19:58.469 there was never a sense of him being like, hey, 0:19:58.469 --> 0:20:00.349 I got you or me being like why is he 0:20:00.389 --> 0:20:03.069 playing not me? Instead, I think we both kept winning 0:20:03.069 --> 0:20:05.188 as our I'm very focused. For me, it was an 0:20:05.229 --> 0:20:08.029 easy decision because I'd put up a lot of good 0:20:08.069 --> 0:20:10.869 statistics and had a lot of individual accolades, but a 0:20:10.869 --> 0:20:12.589 lot of the teams in New York struggled to win. 0:20:12.789 --> 0:20:15.149 And now we're really building something in Golden State that 0:20:15.189 --> 0:20:17.029 I felt like I was one of the cornerstones of. 0:20:17.429 --> 0:20:19.148 So all I wanted to see was for it to 0:20:19.149 --> 0:20:20.749 come true and for us to have a chance to 0:20:20.789 --> 0:20:23.149 win a championship. So if that meant me playing more 0:20:23.149 --> 0:20:25.269 of a supporting role, if that meant me not playing 0:20:25.269 --> 0:20:26.829