1 00:00:03,789 --> 00:00:06,709 Speaker 1: Dubb Dynasty as a production of iHeartMedia and the NBA. 2 00:00:07,469 --> 00:00:08,149 Speaker 2: And it's over. 3 00:00:08,749 --> 00:00:12,149 Speaker 3: The championship is back in the Bay for the first. 4 00:00:11,789 --> 00:00:16,069 Speaker 4: Time in forty years. There's the buzzer. There's a new 5 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:20,189 Speaker 4: dynasty in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors champions once again, 6 00:00:20,309 --> 00:00:22,789 Speaker 4: back to back titles three and four years. 7 00:00:23,149 --> 00:00:27,309 Speaker 3: The run is not done. The Golden State Warriors once 8 00:00:27,349 --> 00:00:29,869 Speaker 3: again are NBA champions. 9 00:00:31,709 --> 00:00:36,549 Speaker 1: Yep, those are the Golden State Warriors, celebrating championships like 10 00:00:36,589 --> 00:00:40,269 Speaker 1: it's their birthright. You're probably wondering how they got in 11 00:00:40,309 --> 00:00:46,269 Speaker 1: this situation, no belk fine, but if I told you 12 00:00:46,349 --> 00:00:49,909 Speaker 1: it took forty years of frustration to reach those celebrations, 13 00:00:50,749 --> 00:00:54,349 Speaker 1: that a basketball crazed region now drunk off success, was 14 00:00:54,389 --> 00:00:58,229 Speaker 1: once a group of disillusioned diehards just hoping for any 15 00:00:58,349 --> 00:01:00,869 Speaker 1: kind of consistency, and that it took some of the 16 00:01:00,949 --> 00:01:04,949 Speaker 1: boldest decisions in the sports history to get you'd at 17 00:01:05,029 --> 00:01:08,988 Speaker 1: least be somewhat intrigued. Tossing the fact that the person 18 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:12,828 Speaker 1: most responsible for this remarkable rewriting of a franchise's history 19 00:01:13,309 --> 00:01:17,029 Speaker 1: is the ultimate underdog with the mesmerizing ability and this 20 00:01:17,109 --> 00:01:20,349 Speaker 1: Warrior's run over the past decade is far more than 21 00:01:20,389 --> 00:01:23,628 Speaker 1: a record scratch moment. It's one of the most entertaining, 22 00:01:24,149 --> 00:01:28,469 Speaker 1: unexpected and extended runs we've ever seen. So maybe now 23 00:01:28,509 --> 00:01:30,988 Speaker 1: you're wondering how they got here. To tell the story 24 00:01:31,029 --> 00:01:35,309 Speaker 1: of these last ten transformative years, Let's go back much hurt, 25 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:38,788 Speaker 1: all the way to the last time Golden State was 26 00:01:38,828 --> 00:01:43,389 Speaker 1: holding a Golden trophy. I'm Israel Gutierrez and this is 27 00:01:43,469 --> 00:01:44,308 Speaker 1: Doug Dynasty. 28 00:01:52,989 --> 00:01:58,029 Speaker 4: Oh, incredible story. 29 00:01:54,509 --> 00:02:01,469 Speaker 5: It's the final damn ninety section five. 30 00:02:02,109 --> 00:02:07,749 Speaker 6: Oh, it's a sport, the most highable lawyer series. 31 00:02:07,509 --> 00:02:10,149 Speaker 3: I said, I don't believe what's happening when they came back. 32 00:02:10,229 --> 00:02:15,469 Speaker 4: Well today, I believe that the Golden State Warriors better 33 00:02:15,589 --> 00:02:17,069 Speaker 4: than any want to anticipate. 34 00:02:17,909 --> 00:02:21,629 Speaker 1: That familiar voice is that of longtime sports broadcaster Brent 35 00:02:21,709 --> 00:02:25,268 Speaker 1: Musburger calling an NBA finals. If that clip sounds like 36 00:02:25,309 --> 00:02:28,629 Speaker 1: the nineteen seventies, it's because it was the heart of 37 00:02:28,629 --> 00:02:32,029 Speaker 1: the decade May of nineteen seventy five to be exact. 38 00:02:36,228 --> 00:02:39,149 Speaker 1: And if the story of the plucky underdog Golden State 39 00:02:39,189 --> 00:02:42,909 Speaker 1: Warriors winning the NBA title behind finals MVP Rick Barry 40 00:02:42,909 --> 00:02:47,309 Speaker 1: doesn't ring a bell even for avid basketball fans, it's understandable. 41 00:02:48,269 --> 00:02:52,029 Speaker 1: The seventies were easily considered the worst decade for the NBA, 42 00:02:52,228 --> 00:02:54,708 Speaker 1: nestled in between the Celtics carrying the league in the 43 00:02:54,788 --> 00:02:58,948 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties and Magic Larry and Michael reviving the NBA 44 00:02:59,269 --> 00:03:03,228 Speaker 1: in the nineteen eighties, and this particular final series was 45 00:03:03,269 --> 00:03:07,109 Speaker 1: a great example of just how unserious the league was 46 00:03:07,149 --> 00:03:10,949 Speaker 1: back then. The Washington Bullets had home court advantage, but 47 00:03:10,989 --> 00:03:13,429 Speaker 1: were given an option to either start the series on 48 00:03:13,469 --> 00:03:16,828 Speaker 1: the road or play an odd one two two one 49 00:03:16,989 --> 00:03:21,429 Speaker 1: one format, which they chose, starting at home in Landover, Maryland, 50 00:03:21,788 --> 00:03:24,149 Speaker 1: then switching to the Bay Area for the next two games. 51 00:03:25,069 --> 00:03:29,708 Speaker 1: Why it's simple, really, The Warriors couldn't secure their usual 52 00:03:29,749 --> 00:03:34,189 Speaker 1: home Oakland Arena because of a scheduling conflict with Sesame 53 00:03:34,269 --> 00:03:40,909 Speaker 1: Street on ice. The Warriors eventually deferred to the Feathered 54 00:03:40,909 --> 00:03:45,429 Speaker 1: Bird and instead moved on over to the Cow Palace 55 00:03:45,469 --> 00:03:49,069 Speaker 1: in Daily City, near San Francisco for their home games 56 00:03:49,069 --> 00:03:52,988 Speaker 1: in the championship series. Despite playing a pair of games 57 00:03:52,989 --> 00:03:57,269 Speaker 1: in a bovine residence, the Warriors won all four finals contests, 58 00:03:57,709 --> 00:04:00,109 Speaker 1: and did so with Barry as the only player on 59 00:04:00,149 --> 00:04:02,989 Speaker 1: his team averaging more than thirty minutes a game. He 60 00:04:03,029 --> 00:04:05,509 Speaker 1: played four three a game, and the only player on 61 00:04:05,549 --> 00:04:08,669 Speaker 1: his team averaging more than twelve points, he put up 62 00:04:08,709 --> 00:04:11,148 Speaker 1: twenty nine and a half per game, giving the Warriors 63 00:04:11,149 --> 00:04:15,509 Speaker 1: their first NBA championship and the franchise's first title since 64 00:04:15,509 --> 00:04:19,669 Speaker 1: it won something called the Basketball Association of America Championship 65 00:04:19,949 --> 00:04:23,509 Speaker 1: in nineteen forty seven, while they were the Philadelphia Warriors. 66 00:04:25,229 --> 00:04:30,669 Speaker 5: Underdogs all the way like Warriors. 67 00:04:32,469 --> 00:04:39,669 Speaker 1: Championship in the forty years following that nineteen seventy five title, 68 00:04:40,229 --> 00:04:43,349 Speaker 1: Bay Area basketball was basically about having a good time, 69 00:04:43,868 --> 00:04:47,589 Speaker 1: but not for a very long time, no sustained excellence, 70 00:04:48,389 --> 00:04:52,029 Speaker 1: very few extended playoff runs, and a reputation is the 71 00:04:52,069 --> 00:04:55,909 Speaker 1: place where NBA careers go to stall out. Despite an 72 00:04:55,909 --> 00:04:59,269 Speaker 1: eager fan base that desperately wanted to make Oakland's Arena 73 00:04:59,469 --> 00:05:03,188 Speaker 1: the place to be on end given night. Set against 74 00:05:03,189 --> 00:05:06,829 Speaker 1: thatreary backdrop, any sort of sustained success would have been 75 00:05:06,829 --> 00:05:10,469 Speaker 1: extremely satisfying for fans that saw so many starts and 76 00:05:10,589 --> 00:05:13,949 Speaker 1: stops without any real hardware or banners to show for it. 77 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:20,029 Speaker 1: That's why the current Warriors run. A rare, true active 78 00:05:20,149 --> 00:05:23,388 Speaker 1: dynasty that has lasted more than a decade has created 79 00:05:23,428 --> 00:05:28,429 Speaker 1: a real basketball nirvana, a state of perfect round ball happiness, 80 00:05:29,109 --> 00:05:32,109 Speaker 1: a golden state if you will, and. 81 00:05:32,189 --> 00:05:35,029 Speaker 4: That'll do it. It's over. The Golden State. Warriors returned 82 00:05:35,069 --> 00:05:37,428 Speaker 4: to a familiar place. They're on top of the NBA 83 00:05:37,549 --> 00:05:42,109 Speaker 4: world the fourth title of eight years. The Dubbs dynasty 84 00:05:42,669 --> 00:05:44,268 Speaker 4: is still very much alive. 85 00:05:48,109 --> 00:05:51,789 Speaker 1: Since the twenty fourteen to fifteen NBA season, the Warriors, 86 00:05:52,149 --> 00:05:55,149 Speaker 1: nicknamed the Doves for those who prefer less syllables, have 87 00:05:55,269 --> 00:05:58,989 Speaker 1: been the best franchise in the league, winning four championships 88 00:05:59,029 --> 00:06:02,469 Speaker 1: and reaching six finals altogether. They've set the record for 89 00:06:02,549 --> 00:06:05,549 Speaker 1: most wins in a reg season. They featured the only 90 00:06:05,669 --> 00:06:09,789 Speaker 1: unanimous MVP in league history in the transformative Stephan Curry. 91 00:06:10,189 --> 00:06:13,988 Speaker 1: They completed arguably the greatest playoff run in NBA history 92 00:06:14,029 --> 00:06:17,789 Speaker 1: after adding Kevin Durant and entirely reinvented what it meant 93 00:06:17,829 --> 00:06:20,469 Speaker 1: to be a jump shooting team behind the leadership of 94 00:06:20,509 --> 00:06:23,748 Speaker 1: head coach Steve Kerr. They did it as the out 95 00:06:23,748 --> 00:06:28,309 Speaker 1: of nowhere lovable underdogs, as the big bully favorites, and 96 00:06:28,389 --> 00:06:30,988 Speaker 1: as the wily veterans who just knew how to win. 97 00:06:31,789 --> 00:06:34,428 Speaker 1: And they did it while transitioning out of Oakland and 98 00:06:34,509 --> 00:06:38,149 Speaker 1: into San Francisco becoming one of the glamour franchises in 99 00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:40,868 Speaker 1: the league, with the crown jewel of a home arena 100 00:06:41,308 --> 00:06:46,669 Speaker 1: and a growing international fan base. A dynasty like this, 101 00:06:47,389 --> 00:06:49,909 Speaker 1: the dubbed dynasty that is still active in looking to 102 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:53,188 Speaker 1: add to the trophy case this season and beyond. It'll 103 00:06:53,189 --> 00:06:56,428 Speaker 1: do that for a franchise, and even though this magical 104 00:06:56,509 --> 00:07:00,469 Speaker 1: run isn't over, it's well worth revisiting this decade full 105 00:07:00,509 --> 00:07:04,868 Speaker 1: of unforgettable moments that redefined the Warrior's frand chests, starting 106 00:07:04,868 --> 00:07:08,669 Speaker 1: with the centerpiece of his wholetale Steph Curry, and how 107 00:07:08,709 --> 00:07:11,629 Speaker 1: his joining the Warriors in two thousand and nine would 108 00:07:11,669 --> 00:07:13,389 Speaker 1: change the NBA forever. 109 00:07:14,429 --> 00:07:17,029 Speaker 7: With the seventh pick in the two thousand and nine 110 00:07:17,269 --> 00:07:22,749 Speaker 7: NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors select Stephen Curry from 111 00:07:22,829 --> 00:07:24,429 Speaker 7: Davidson College. 112 00:07:25,549 --> 00:07:29,909 Speaker 1: Before that, Warriors fans were a niche group. There were 113 00:07:29,909 --> 00:07:32,949 Speaker 1: the hardcore hoops fans in the Bay and not that 114 00:07:33,149 --> 00:07:37,589 Speaker 1: many else outside of it. My NBA origin story actually 115 00:07:37,629 --> 00:07:41,709 Speaker 1: begins there as a pre dynasty Warriors fan. I've been 116 00:07:41,749 --> 00:07:44,429 Speaker 1: based in South Florida my entire career, but as a 117 00:07:44,429 --> 00:07:48,309 Speaker 1: thirteen year old I discovered the run TMC Warriors featuring 118 00:07:48,349 --> 00:07:51,469 Speaker 1: the trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullen 119 00:07:51,749 --> 00:07:54,869 Speaker 1: during the nineteen ninety ninety one season, and I immediately 120 00:07:54,869 --> 00:07:57,789 Speaker 1: fell in love. They were nicknamed after the rap group 121 00:07:57,869 --> 00:08:01,909 Speaker 1: run Dms, and their fast paced style of play, coached 122 00:08:01,909 --> 00:08:05,309 Speaker 1: by offensive minded Hall of Fame Donnie Nelson, had me 123 00:08:05,389 --> 00:08:08,029 Speaker 1: eager to stay up past one am, often on the 124 00:08:08,029 --> 00:08:11,309 Speaker 1: East Coast to catch their games on TNT, much to 125 00:08:11,389 --> 00:08:12,268 Speaker 1: my mother's chagrin. 126 00:08:13,709 --> 00:08:14,989 Speaker 8: Hard Way against Scott. 127 00:08:14,749 --> 00:08:18,549 Speaker 9: They cleared the side it comes. 128 00:08:18,589 --> 00:08:26,309 Speaker 3: The crossovery blows by Please twenty six were hard Away, 129 00:08:27,549 --> 00:08:31,149 Speaker 3: It's tip, Golden State intercepts the pass and the Warners 130 00:08:31,309 --> 00:08:34,909 Speaker 3: have won this game, the first Golden State playoff win 131 00:08:35,109 --> 00:08:38,029 Speaker 3: at the Forum since nineteen sixty. 132 00:08:38,709 --> 00:08:41,269 Speaker 1: That team was one of those handful of exciting but 133 00:08:41,509 --> 00:08:44,829 Speaker 1: short lived teams dotting the Warriors history during that forty 134 00:08:44,909 --> 00:08:47,989 Speaker 1: year gap between championships, and you'll hear a little more 135 00:08:47,989 --> 00:08:50,349 Speaker 1: about all of them later in the pot. By the 136 00:08:50,389 --> 00:08:52,429 Speaker 1: time the two thousand and eight two thousand and nine 137 00:08:52,509 --> 00:08:55,709 Speaker 1: season ended nearly twenty nine years later, Golden State had 138 00:08:55,749 --> 00:08:59,789 Speaker 1: produced a few more versions of exciting, often surprising teams, 139 00:09:00,309 --> 00:09:03,269 Speaker 1: but was at the moment two years removed from any 140 00:09:03,469 --> 00:09:07,669 Speaker 1: playoff appearances, although as a quick side note, it's absolutely 141 00:09:07,709 --> 00:09:09,709 Speaker 1: wild the Warriors didn't make the two thousand and eight 142 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:13,549 Speaker 1: playoffs despite forty seven wins. Every single team in the 143 00:09:13,549 --> 00:09:16,749 Speaker 1: Western Conference playoffs that season won at least fifty games, 144 00:09:17,149 --> 00:09:20,549 Speaker 1: meanwhile only three in the East Wage. In the eight 145 00:09:20,549 --> 00:09:23,749 Speaker 1: to nine season, the Warriors missed the playoffs more traditional, 146 00:09:24,109 --> 00:09:27,149 Speaker 1: winning only twenty nine games and setting themselves up for 147 00:09:27,189 --> 00:09:33,229 Speaker 1: an NBA draft that would unknowingly change so much about basketball. 148 00:09:33,269 --> 00:09:36,589 Speaker 1: That may, the Warriors moved on from Chris Mullen as 149 00:09:36,589 --> 00:09:41,149 Speaker 1: the executive vice president's basketball operations, Yes that's same Chris Mullen, 150 00:09:41,509 --> 00:09:44,109 Speaker 1: and pivoted to a man named Larry Riley as their 151 00:09:44,149 --> 00:09:48,269 Speaker 1: general manager. Despite the switch, Mullen had already done his 152 00:09:48,349 --> 00:09:51,269 Speaker 1: homework on the two thousand and nine draft class, much 153 00:09:51,349 --> 00:09:54,669 Speaker 1: like his successor would eventually share. Mullen and his staff 154 00:09:54,669 --> 00:09:58,029 Speaker 1: had developed an affinity for a scrawny six foot two 155 00:09:58,229 --> 00:10:01,549 Speaker 1: point guard with insane scoring ability from a small school 156 00:10:01,589 --> 00:10:07,069 Speaker 1: called Davidson College in North Carolin. His official name Wardell 157 00:10:07,229 --> 00:10:11,589 Speaker 1: Stephen Curry the second Yeah you'd go by step too. 158 00:10:12,869 --> 00:10:15,709 Speaker 1: After the break the draft night drama that changed the 159 00:10:15,829 --> 00:10:36,309 Speaker 1: NBA forever. Don Nelson was once again the Warriors head 160 00:10:36,349 --> 00:10:39,429 Speaker 1: coach after leaving between nineteen ninety five and two thousand 161 00:10:39,429 --> 00:10:42,109 Speaker 1: and five to coach the Nixon Mavericks, and he also 162 00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:44,109 Speaker 1: liked the idea of a guard who could put it 163 00:10:44,149 --> 00:10:47,189 Speaker 1: in the hole from anywhere on the floor. Regardless of 164 00:10:47,229 --> 00:10:50,349 Speaker 1: what the NBA norms were at the time about the 165 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:53,749 Speaker 1: only certainty heading into this draft was that high flying 166 00:10:53,829 --> 00:10:56,789 Speaker 1: power forward Blake Griffin out of Oklahoma would be the 167 00:10:56,869 --> 00:11:00,749 Speaker 1: number one pick. After that, the only other certainty was 168 00:11:00,789 --> 00:11:05,469 Speaker 1: that one future MVP, James Harden, would drafted pretty high. 169 00:11:05,509 --> 00:11:08,589 Speaker 1: Even with Curry, a future two time MVP, there was 170 00:11:08,629 --> 00:11:11,669 Speaker 1: no sure thing. And that's despite this fact his father 171 00:11:11,829 --> 00:11:14,429 Speaker 1: was Dell Curry, a deadly shooter of his own who 172 00:11:14,429 --> 00:11:17,509 Speaker 1: played for five teams over a sixteen year career and 173 00:11:17,549 --> 00:11:21,069 Speaker 1: shot forty percent from three point range during it. But Mullen, 174 00:11:21,549 --> 00:11:24,469 Speaker 1: an NBA Hall of Famer, had a strong feeling about 175 00:11:24,509 --> 00:11:28,269 Speaker 1: the junior from Davidson, comparing him to another two time MVP. 176 00:11:29,109 --> 00:11:32,869 Speaker 2: We had done all prep work before I left that position. 177 00:11:34,309 --> 00:11:38,949 Speaker 2: One of the minority governors who's not hearing much, showed 178 00:11:38,949 --> 00:11:42,149 Speaker 2: me the notes we had Blake number one. We had 179 00:11:42,189 --> 00:11:45,749 Speaker 2: Steph two. So we had watched Steph extensively, and Nelly 180 00:11:45,949 --> 00:11:50,029 Speaker 2: and I both felt and this was probably maybe a 181 00:11:50,029 --> 00:11:53,509 Speaker 2: long shot. At that time, he would be Steve Nash. 182 00:11:53,749 --> 00:11:55,869 Speaker 2: You know, that was you know for that was Steve Nash, 183 00:11:55,909 --> 00:11:59,389 Speaker 2: two time MVP. That's not you know, underestimating a player. 184 00:12:00,149 --> 00:12:02,469 Speaker 2: Obviously Steve has gone past that, but that's kind of 185 00:12:02,469 --> 00:12:06,389 Speaker 2: what we saw Steph because he could play on the ball, 186 00:12:06,749 --> 00:12:09,429 Speaker 2: he could play off the ball, he had a quick release. 187 00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:12,149 Speaker 2: I remember going to watch him at the Garden. Davidson 188 00:12:12,189 --> 00:12:17,309 Speaker 2: played West Virginia, which is a really physical defensive team. 189 00:12:17,669 --> 00:12:19,189 Speaker 2: Usually when I go to those games, I try to 190 00:12:19,229 --> 00:12:21,629 Speaker 2: watch the entire game and not focus on one player, 191 00:12:21,989 --> 00:12:24,349 Speaker 2: but I found myself I couldn't take my eyes off 192 00:12:24,749 --> 00:12:27,469 Speaker 2: because he was so active off the basketball, which is 193 00:12:27,549 --> 00:12:30,789 Speaker 2: really for a young player different most of those players 194 00:12:30,829 --> 00:12:33,989 Speaker 2: growing up. They do things with the ball right, dynamic 195 00:12:34,029 --> 00:12:36,869 Speaker 2: ball handlers, and when they give it up, they stand. 196 00:12:37,469 --> 00:12:39,389 Speaker 2: That's what caught my eye about him. I was like, Wow, 197 00:12:39,429 --> 00:12:40,589 Speaker 2: this guy's got that field. 198 00:12:44,349 --> 00:12:47,109 Speaker 1: But it wasn't up to Mullen to make this choice anymore. 199 00:12:47,389 --> 00:12:50,269 Speaker 1: This would be a decision headed by former Warriors general 200 00:12:50,349 --> 00:12:53,949 Speaker 1: manager Larry Riley, in Indiana native who'd spent his whole 201 00:12:53,949 --> 00:12:57,349 Speaker 1: life in basketball, starting his career as an assistant coach 202 00:12:57,629 --> 00:13:00,549 Speaker 1: at Southwest Missouri State in nineteen sixty nine. 203 00:13:00,949 --> 00:13:07,669 Speaker 8: Yeah, how many times I saw him play, It wasn't 204 00:13:07,709 --> 00:13:11,589 Speaker 8: a whole lot. There were criticisms about him that come 205 00:13:11,669 --> 00:13:17,509 Speaker 8: about with people who analyze players. Scouts, Okay, he's a 206 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:23,629 Speaker 8: two guard, he's too small, he's weak, he's not a 207 00:13:23,629 --> 00:13:29,509 Speaker 8: point guard. The defining moment for me with Steph Kurky 208 00:13:30,349 --> 00:13:36,269 Speaker 8: was it was in December, about mid December. Davidson had 209 00:13:36,269 --> 00:13:41,229 Speaker 8: scheduled the game with Purdue in Indianapolis, and that was 210 00:13:41,269 --> 00:13:45,149 Speaker 8: before the hand checking stuff. You know, Purdue thought they 211 00:13:45,189 --> 00:13:47,869 Speaker 8: were playing football, and I knew it would be a 212 00:13:47,909 --> 00:13:50,749 Speaker 8: tough thing, and I knew they'd beat him up, and 213 00:13:50,789 --> 00:13:53,629 Speaker 8: I wanted to see how he handled the physical play 214 00:13:53,709 --> 00:13:57,789 Speaker 8: because that was a question with scouts. Never mind was asking, well, 215 00:13:57,829 --> 00:14:00,549 Speaker 8: he's pretty friendly. He looked like he was fourteen years old. 216 00:14:01,229 --> 00:14:05,229 Speaker 8: And the second thing was I got a break at 217 00:14:05,229 --> 00:14:08,589 Speaker 8: that game for one reason or another, and that may 218 00:14:08,589 --> 00:14:11,269 Speaker 8: have been injured to the point guard. That he played 219 00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:17,389 Speaker 8: the point in that game a good win, and that 220 00:14:17,509 --> 00:14:22,509 Speaker 8: game defined to me that Steph Curry was a guy 221 00:14:22,549 --> 00:14:26,429 Speaker 8: who could play in the NBA. And frankly, that was 222 00:14:26,469 --> 00:14:29,789 Speaker 8: the last game that I saw him play live because 223 00:14:29,909 --> 00:14:33,869 Speaker 8: we had all the video and so I was satisfied 224 00:14:34,469 --> 00:14:38,469 Speaker 8: in middle or late December because in that game, he 225 00:14:38,589 --> 00:14:41,869 Speaker 8: showed the point guard's feels. He made a long pass, 226 00:14:41,909 --> 00:14:44,949 Speaker 8: he made the short pass, and he took the beating 227 00:14:45,509 --> 00:14:48,509 Speaker 8: that went along with it. Now they lost the game. 228 00:14:48,669 --> 00:14:50,109 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say, can I give you 229 00:14:50,149 --> 00:14:52,189 Speaker 1: his stat line too? Do you remember that I. 230 00:14:52,109 --> 00:14:54,869 Speaker 8: Think he was I think he was only six for 231 00:14:55,829 --> 00:14:58,669 Speaker 8: six for eighteen. It raised in my mind that he 232 00:14:58,749 --> 00:15:00,629 Speaker 8: only made about a thirty of its shots. 233 00:15:01,029 --> 00:15:03,389 Speaker 1: It was worse than that. He was five of twenty six. 234 00:15:04,229 --> 00:15:06,749 Speaker 1: He was two for twelve from three and he had 235 00:15:06,829 --> 00:15:10,469 Speaker 1: six turnovers. But he had six assists in three steals 236 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:11,549 Speaker 1: and eight rebounds. 237 00:15:11,789 --> 00:15:14,709 Speaker 8: Well see, and that's what I'm talking about. He produced 238 00:15:14,749 --> 00:15:19,029 Speaker 8: on the other levels. I wasn't worried about the shot. 239 00:15:21,269 --> 00:15:24,469 Speaker 1: No one was. Curry's shot is what made him such 240 00:15:24,509 --> 00:15:27,749 Speaker 1: an intriguing must watch talent, to the point that Lebron 241 00:15:27,829 --> 00:15:30,429 Speaker 1: James famously stopped by to watch one of his NCAA 242 00:15:30,509 --> 00:15:34,149 Speaker 1: tournament games in person. It was that drawing tower and 243 00:15:34,189 --> 00:15:37,629 Speaker 1: his big game performances that made Steph a certain lottery 244 00:15:37,669 --> 00:15:40,229 Speaker 1: pick in the draft, meaning he'd go in the top fourteen. 245 00:15:40,989 --> 00:15:43,269 Speaker 1: How high did the rest of the lottery have Curry rated? 246 00:15:43,789 --> 00:15:46,869 Speaker 1: Would he ever reach the Warriors at number seven, especially 247 00:15:46,949 --> 00:15:49,269 Speaker 1: with the Minnesota Timberwolves team in need of a point 248 00:15:49,269 --> 00:15:52,509 Speaker 1: guard choosing twice directly before the Warriors. 249 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,949 Speaker 8: I didn't think he'd be available when we were picking. 250 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:59,509 Speaker 8: In fact, I thought he was going to be gone, 251 00:15:59,549 --> 00:16:04,269 Speaker 8: to the extent that we explored trade possibilities for that pick, 252 00:16:04,629 --> 00:16:08,189 Speaker 8: and those explorations were based on the fact that Seth 253 00:16:08,269 --> 00:16:11,229 Speaker 8: current may not be there. Now Steph was going to 254 00:16:11,269 --> 00:16:14,029 Speaker 8: be there. Okay, we know we're going to draft you. 255 00:16:14,789 --> 00:16:18,869 Speaker 8: My concern was he's gone, and I have to take 256 00:16:18,949 --> 00:16:21,989 Speaker 8: the next guy, Frank White, who I didn't like. 257 00:16:22,589 --> 00:16:26,749 Speaker 1: That next guy was Jordan Jordan Hill, that is who 258 00:16:26,749 --> 00:16:29,589 Speaker 1: the Knicks drafted immediately after Curry at number eight and 259 00:16:29,709 --> 00:16:33,429 Speaker 1: averaged double figures scoring once in his eight year career. 260 00:16:33,949 --> 00:16:36,109 Speaker 1: Not sure what kind of podcast would have been birthed 261 00:16:36,109 --> 00:16:38,589 Speaker 1: if Hill had been the Warriors pick, but thanks to 262 00:16:38,629 --> 00:16:41,789 Speaker 1: the Minnesota draft evaluators at the time, we'll never find 263 00:16:41,829 --> 00:16:44,989 Speaker 1: that out. That's because the Wolves drafted two point guards 264 00:16:44,989 --> 00:16:48,549 Speaker 1: with the fifth and six picks, Spanish phenom Ricky Rubio 265 00:16:49,149 --> 00:16:53,389 Speaker 1: and Syracuse sophomore Johnny Flint. Riley had received a hot 266 00:16:53,429 --> 00:16:56,309 Speaker 1: tip that the Wolves would do just that after acquiring 267 00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:59,389 Speaker 1: the fifth pick from Washington via trade, but it still 268 00:16:59,469 --> 00:17:00,309 Speaker 1: left him nervous. 269 00:17:00,549 --> 00:17:05,469 Speaker 8: I got a call the day before from a source 270 00:17:05,509 --> 00:17:10,069 Speaker 8: that told me, Okay, Minnesota's going to do this. Well, 271 00:17:10,469 --> 00:17:13,629 Speaker 8: I hardly slept that I could. I just I could 272 00:17:13,669 --> 00:17:17,029 Speaker 8: not believe that it was really going to happen. But 273 00:17:17,789 --> 00:17:21,469 Speaker 8: from time to time you get sources that you really 274 00:17:21,509 --> 00:17:25,549 Speaker 8: believe it. This was one that I said, this guy's 275 00:17:25,709 --> 00:17:29,309 Speaker 8: probably right, It's probably going to happen, and I just 276 00:17:30,429 --> 00:17:34,509 Speaker 8: I was we couldn't wait until they started picking, and 277 00:17:34,589 --> 00:17:36,109 Speaker 8: they actually did. 278 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:40,389 Speaker 7: With the fifth pick in the two thousand and nine 279 00:17:40,549 --> 00:17:48,309 Speaker 7: NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves select Ricky Rubio of El Masno, 280 00:17:48,749 --> 00:17:53,829 Speaker 7: Spain and Juventu. With the sixth pick in the NBA Draft, 281 00:17:54,469 --> 00:17:59,189 Speaker 7: the Minnesota Timberwolves select Johnny Flynn from Syracuse University. 282 00:18:01,909 --> 00:18:03,829 Speaker 1: That left the door open for the Warrior years to 283 00:18:03,869 --> 00:18:07,469 Speaker 1: choose Kerk, but as it turns out, it wasn't just 284 00:18:07,549 --> 00:18:10,429 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves that Riley and the Warriors should have concerned 285 00:18:10,429 --> 00:18:14,709 Speaker 1: themselves with. There was a certain general manager out in Phoenix, 286 00:18:15,229 --> 00:18:17,549 Speaker 1: a shooter in his own right, who'd had his eye 287 00:18:17,589 --> 00:18:20,388 Speaker 1: with Curry as well. Steve Kerr had been the general 288 00:18:20,429 --> 00:18:22,909 Speaker 1: manager of the Suns for two seasons at that point. 289 00:18:23,589 --> 00:18:26,829 Speaker 1: He traded for Shaquille O'Neil, acquiring him from Miami his 290 00:18:26,909 --> 00:18:30,389 Speaker 1: first season on the job. But Kerr had such faith 291 00:18:30,429 --> 00:18:33,589 Speaker 1: in Curry he was willing to trade Phoenix's leading scorer 292 00:18:33,629 --> 00:18:35,989 Speaker 1: at the time for a chance to draft the Sun 293 00:18:36,029 --> 00:18:39,749 Speaker 1: of Dell. He too saw step as a Steve nashclone 294 00:18:39,989 --> 00:18:41,829 Speaker 1: and wanted him in the Valley of the Sun. 295 00:18:42,149 --> 00:18:45,389 Speaker 10: I thought we had a deal, a draft, a deal 296 00:18:45,549 --> 00:18:49,989 Speaker 10: to end up, you know, getting him to Phoenix. But 297 00:18:50,589 --> 00:18:55,509 Speaker 10: it fell through, and it involved in Amars Stademar, because 298 00:18:56,109 --> 00:19:00,149 Speaker 10: I think Amari was you know, still playing at a 299 00:19:00,189 --> 00:19:04,189 Speaker 10: high level, and so the Warriors were very in him. 300 00:19:04,749 --> 00:19:08,309 Speaker 10: And I don't remember the exact details of the deal, 301 00:19:08,389 --> 00:19:11,669 Speaker 10: but we looked at Steph as the next Steve Dash 302 00:19:11,709 --> 00:19:15,469 Speaker 10: and you know, we had been watching Steve for all 303 00:19:15,509 --> 00:19:19,469 Speaker 10: those years and felt like Steph shared so many of 304 00:19:19,509 --> 00:19:23,029 Speaker 10: the same qualities and could be so captivating for our fans, 305 00:19:23,069 --> 00:19:27,908 Speaker 10: and just the skill level was just incredible. So I 306 00:19:27,909 --> 00:19:31,309 Speaker 10: think the small stature didn't really bother us since we 307 00:19:31,349 --> 00:19:34,188 Speaker 10: had watched Steve dominate the league, you know, from a 308 00:19:34,229 --> 00:19:37,709 Speaker 10: similar place. So yeah, we were really interested and we 309 00:19:38,109 --> 00:19:38,629 Speaker 10: tried hard. 310 00:19:39,629 --> 00:19:42,469 Speaker 1: Hang tight, Steve, You'll eventually get your chance to have 311 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:46,349 Speaker 1: Steph on your roster. There was one last hurdle of 312 00:19:46,349 --> 00:19:49,589 Speaker 1: sorts for the Warriors to clear before Larry Riley could 313 00:19:49,629 --> 00:19:53,429 Speaker 1: officially pull the trigger on drafting Steph. Del Curry's entire 314 00:19:53,509 --> 00:19:57,429 Speaker 1: existence playing in the NBA was within that Warrior's title draft, 315 00:19:57,909 --> 00:20:00,389 Speaker 1: and he didn't want his son and all his potential 316 00:20:00,749 --> 00:20:03,789 Speaker 1: to end up in that wasteland that was Base Area 317 00:20:03,829 --> 00:20:07,908 Speaker 1: Professional Hoops. Dell and STEP's agent at the time, Jeff Austin, 318 00:20:08,389 --> 00:20:12,349 Speaker 1: informed Riley he prefer the Warriors not to draft Steph. 319 00:20:12,829 --> 00:20:15,749 Speaker 1: Steph didn't weigh much, maybe one hundred and eighty pounds 320 00:20:15,869 --> 00:20:18,349 Speaker 1: entering the league, but he would attempt to throw that 321 00:20:18,389 --> 00:20:18,948 Speaker 1: way around. 322 00:20:19,589 --> 00:20:22,629 Speaker 8: They made it obvious that they did not want him 323 00:20:22,669 --> 00:20:25,789 Speaker 8: to come to Golden State. If I was a father, 324 00:20:27,229 --> 00:20:31,189 Speaker 8: I wouldn't wanted it either. This is a bad team. 325 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:34,388 Speaker 8: What are we doing here? 326 00:20:34,429 --> 00:20:34,708 Speaker 2: You know? 327 00:20:35,429 --> 00:20:39,709 Speaker 8: And so I never blamed. And in addition to that, 328 00:20:40,069 --> 00:20:46,029 Speaker 8: they did not allow Steph to visit the Golden State 329 00:20:46,109 --> 00:20:51,949 Speaker 8: Warriors pre draft, and I did tell Jeff Austin, if 330 00:20:51,989 --> 00:20:56,549 Speaker 8: Steph's available, we will pick in spite of that, and 331 00:20:56,669 --> 00:20:56,949 Speaker 8: we did. 332 00:20:57,229 --> 00:20:59,829 Speaker 7: With the seventh pick in the two thousand and nine 333 00:21:00,069 --> 00:21:05,549 Speaker 7: NBA Draft, the Golden State Warriors select Stephen Curry from 334 00:21:05,629 --> 00:21:09,749 Speaker 7: Davidson College. 335 00:21:11,149 --> 00:21:14,109 Speaker 1: That booing you heard was the sound of prescient Knicks 336 00:21:14,149 --> 00:21:17,229 Speaker 1: fans in the garden that night, already upset they wouldn't 337 00:21:17,269 --> 00:21:19,629 Speaker 1: get their chance to draft Curry with the next pick. 338 00:21:20,429 --> 00:21:25,669 Speaker 8: Once that happened, there were never any issues. The Curry family, 339 00:21:25,989 --> 00:21:32,349 Speaker 8: Nel Curry and Sonia came. When we introduced Steph, Jeff 340 00:21:32,389 --> 00:21:37,829 Speaker 8: Austin came, there was never any issue, and I remember 341 00:21:37,869 --> 00:21:41,669 Speaker 8: introducing him and he still looked hocking with fourteen year 342 00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:42,109 Speaker 8: old kid. 343 00:21:42,749 --> 00:21:45,949 Speaker 1: It took a full regular season not for Curry to 344 00:21:45,949 --> 00:21:48,829 Speaker 1: look any older. He was still the clean shaven, scrawny, 345 00:21:49,109 --> 00:21:51,269 Speaker 1: baby faced point guard by the time the regular season 346 00:21:51,309 --> 00:21:54,669 Speaker 1: reached its final game. It took a full regular season 347 00:21:54,709 --> 00:21:58,309 Speaker 1: for the man who drafted Steph to officially realize he'd 348 00:21:58,349 --> 00:21:59,469 Speaker 1: made the correct decision. 349 00:21:59,869 --> 00:22:01,948 Speaker 8: I don't recall a lot of than said that. There 350 00:22:01,989 --> 00:22:05,429 Speaker 8: are things that people asked me about that I don't 351 00:22:05,509 --> 00:22:10,189 Speaker 8: remember that. But there was a point in his rookie 352 00:22:10,269 --> 00:22:17,349 Speaker 8: year we were playing in Portland Park and Steph just 353 00:22:17,549 --> 00:22:19,388 Speaker 8: put on a tournamendous shot. 354 00:22:19,589 --> 00:22:22,429 Speaker 3: You know, Curry's like Steve Nash high basketball IQ. 355 00:22:22,949 --> 00:22:25,629 Speaker 10: So he's going to be an all start for years 356 00:22:25,669 --> 00:22:25,989 Speaker 10: to come. 357 00:22:28,189 --> 00:22:31,029 Speaker 3: Curry step back of a pedagraph. 358 00:22:31,069 --> 00:22:35,428 Speaker 4: He's got another one three point lead again for the Lawyers, 359 00:22:35,469 --> 00:22:36,148 Speaker 4: and now we're down there. 360 00:22:36,149 --> 00:22:39,109 Speaker 3: We're a minute forty five left, new career high for 361 00:22:39,229 --> 00:22:40,629 Speaker 3: Steph Curry. 362 00:22:41,509 --> 00:22:44,189 Speaker 1: Steph finished his first season with a final game stat 363 00:22:44,189 --> 00:22:49,749 Speaker 1: line up forty two points, eight assists, nine rebounds, two steals, 364 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:52,829 Speaker 1: one block shot, and a win in what was a 365 00:22:52,869 --> 00:22:56,189 Speaker 1: meaningless game to the standings or playoff implications. 366 00:22:56,349 --> 00:22:59,989 Speaker 8: I recall setting in Portland watching him play that game, 367 00:23:00,669 --> 00:23:04,428 Speaker 8: and after that game say, okay, we have got our 368 00:23:04,509 --> 00:23:06,668 Speaker 8: point guard for the next sten years. 369 00:23:06,989 --> 00:23:10,749 Speaker 1: Riley underestimated just how long Curry would run the court 370 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:14,349 Speaker 1: in the Bay. We're currently at sixteen years and counting. 371 00:23:15,229 --> 00:23:18,109 Speaker 1: But before that incredible run could even start, there were 372 00:23:18,149 --> 00:23:21,229 Speaker 1: a couple of upgrades necessary to create the foundation of 373 00:23:21,229 --> 00:23:25,629 Speaker 1: this stable dynasty. One was the ownership group running the team. 374 00:23:25,989 --> 00:23:28,229 Speaker 1: The other was a right ankle Curry was running on 375 00:23:29,509 --> 00:23:34,549 Speaker 1: when Steph first joined the league. Neither was stable. Chris 376 00:23:34,589 --> 00:23:37,549 Speaker 1: Cohan was the Warrior's owner and was often the target 377 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:40,949 Speaker 1: of the ire of Golden State fans, even though most 378 00:23:40,949 --> 00:23:44,829 Speaker 1: of the decisions considered problematic under his watch weren't exactly 379 00:23:44,909 --> 00:23:47,429 Speaker 1: all his alone. I mean, can you really blame a 380 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:51,109 Speaker 1: team's owner for not drafting Kobe Bryant. But there was 381 00:23:51,309 --> 00:23:53,908 Speaker 1: enough failure in those sixteen years that Cohan faced the 382 00:23:53,909 --> 00:23:57,109 Speaker 1: brunt of the criticism. When Joe Lagub, a minority owner 383 00:23:57,149 --> 00:23:59,829 Speaker 1: of the Boston Celtics at the time, and Peter Gouber, 384 00:24:00,269 --> 00:24:03,189 Speaker 1: Mandalay Entertainment CEO, bought the team from Cohen and the 385 00:24:03,229 --> 00:24:06,629 Speaker 1: summ of twenty ten, they viewed the franchise not as 386 00:24:06,629 --> 00:24:10,189 Speaker 1: one experiencing a decades long championship drought, but one that 387 00:24:10,229 --> 00:24:13,029 Speaker 1: had limitless potential if treated properly. 388 00:24:13,429 --> 00:24:17,749 Speaker 9: An opening night out of our ownership, I was introduced. 389 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:21,069 Speaker 4: Lads shut off, head show, Lake up, and Peter. 390 00:24:21,189 --> 00:24:25,589 Speaker 9: Cuber getting ready to take the mic. Nineteen thousand people there. 391 00:24:25,749 --> 00:24:27,029 Speaker 9: I didn't really know what I was going to say 392 00:24:27,069 --> 00:24:29,949 Speaker 9: it didn't plant it in advance, and I saw the 393 00:24:29,949 --> 00:24:32,149 Speaker 9: banner up there and I just pointed, if you look 394 00:24:32,269 --> 00:24:36,589 Speaker 9: up there, that is a very lonely flat. 395 00:24:38,469 --> 00:24:40,069 Speaker 2: We want another one. 396 00:24:40,909 --> 00:24:42,829 Speaker 9: I told everybody what I thought was from a heart, 397 00:24:42,829 --> 00:24:44,269 Speaker 9: which is, these are the greatest fans in the world, 398 00:24:44,309 --> 00:24:45,149 Speaker 9: and you deserve more. 399 00:24:46,349 --> 00:24:49,429 Speaker 11: My new pairgrap color is blue and yellow, and my 400 00:24:49,669 --> 00:24:56,349 Speaker 11: favorite letter is W. Lots of w's go get Amorials. 401 00:24:58,629 --> 00:25:01,429 Speaker 1: By the time the Warriors hired Rick Wells in twenty 402 00:25:01,469 --> 00:25:05,109 Speaker 1: eleven as their chief operating officer, the vision to improve 403 00:25:05,149 --> 00:25:08,629 Speaker 1: the franchise was well underway. Welts had been the president 404 00:25:08,629 --> 00:25:11,789 Speaker 1: of the Phoenix Suns. It says he shared the vision 405 00:25:11,829 --> 00:25:14,189 Speaker 1: of Lake Op and Goober when it came to Golden State. 406 00:25:14,469 --> 00:25:16,869 Speaker 12: I think everybody who was an observer of the Warriors 407 00:25:16,909 --> 00:25:19,269 Speaker 12: over the twenty years before I got there, you would 408 00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:21,709 Speaker 12: look at that team and just go, oh, my God, like, 409 00:25:21,789 --> 00:25:24,829 Speaker 12: if you could ever get this in the right ownership 410 00:25:24,869 --> 00:25:27,789 Speaker 12: and management hands, this shouldn't stand toe to toe with 411 00:25:27,869 --> 00:25:31,069 Speaker 12: any franchise in sports. I mean, the place in which 412 00:25:31,109 --> 00:25:34,909 Speaker 12: we lived was an amazing place to live. The corporate 413 00:25:34,989 --> 00:25:37,469 Speaker 12: base there or the companies that were changing the face 414 00:25:37,509 --> 00:25:38,148 Speaker 12: of the world. 415 00:25:38,229 --> 00:25:38,749 Speaker 10: You could be a. 416 00:25:38,709 --> 00:25:42,069 Speaker 12: Part of that fan support for a team that never 417 00:25:42,149 --> 00:25:45,829 Speaker 12: made the playoffs, and it was you know, we all 418 00:25:45,869 --> 00:25:47,589 Speaker 12: looked at it and just said, oh my gosh. And 419 00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:51,029 Speaker 12: then I remember I was president of the Phoenix Suns. 420 00:25:51,069 --> 00:25:53,309 Speaker 12: I remember when Joelka and Peter Guber bought the team. 421 00:25:53,989 --> 00:25:56,909 Speaker 12: And what really made an impression upon me was their 422 00:25:57,109 --> 00:26:02,509 Speaker 12: first real higher When I read the Jerry West, I've let, Okay, 423 00:26:02,629 --> 00:26:04,629 Speaker 12: maybe these guys are taking a look at it a 424 00:26:04,709 --> 00:26:08,989 Speaker 12: little differently than has historically been the case. But I 425 00:26:09,189 --> 00:26:11,549 Speaker 12: was like, you know where, after half an hour of 426 00:26:11,589 --> 00:26:13,189 Speaker 12: talking to him, it was like, where do I sign? 427 00:26:13,309 --> 00:26:16,388 Speaker 12: They had big aspirations. They had this crazy notion of 428 00:26:16,469 --> 00:26:19,469 Speaker 12: perhaps building an arena in San Francisco they talked to 429 00:26:19,549 --> 00:26:23,349 Speaker 12: me about then. So for me, it was like I 430 00:26:23,429 --> 00:26:25,909 Speaker 12: was so drawn to the opportunity just because I knew 431 00:26:25,909 --> 00:26:28,869 Speaker 12: it had success written all over it. I grew up 432 00:26:29,109 --> 00:26:32,949 Speaker 12: learning from Jerry Clangelo that the best way to have 433 00:26:33,909 --> 00:26:37,069 Speaker 12: NBA organization be successful is to have your business people 434 00:26:37,109 --> 00:26:39,908 Speaker 12: and your basketball people aligned on the goals and in 435 00:26:40,029 --> 00:26:43,189 Speaker 12: constant communication about how we're going to get there. And 436 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:46,509 Speaker 12: you know, for me, this came to light in Phoenix. Really, 437 00:26:46,869 --> 00:26:49,709 Speaker 12: Steve Kerr was our general manager and I would have 438 00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:52,349 Speaker 12: a weekly staff meeting on Wednesdays, and Steve came into 439 00:26:52,349 --> 00:26:53,789 Speaker 12: my office one day and said, can I come to 440 00:26:53,829 --> 00:26:55,469 Speaker 12: your weekly staff meetings? 441 00:26:56,469 --> 00:26:56,909 Speaker 8: Like what? 442 00:26:57,509 --> 00:26:59,189 Speaker 12: Like, Yeah, I think people would enjoy it if you 443 00:26:59,189 --> 00:27:00,949 Speaker 12: came to our weekly staff meetings. 444 00:27:01,189 --> 00:27:03,989 Speaker 13: But what was about was not about you know, tell 445 00:27:04,069 --> 00:27:09,389 Speaker 13: us how Steve Nash's risk is feeling. It was about, Hey, 446 00:27:09,429 --> 00:27:12,669 Speaker 13: we're thinking about next season and you know, we're thinking 447 00:27:12,669 --> 00:27:15,469 Speaker 13: of using these players in our campaign. And this is 448 00:27:15,549 --> 00:27:17,709 Speaker 13: kind of the theme like what are we missing? What 449 00:27:17,749 --> 00:27:19,789 Speaker 13: would the reaction from locker room be to that? What 450 00:27:19,829 --> 00:27:21,389 Speaker 13: would what would how would. 451 00:27:21,149 --> 00:27:23,349 Speaker 12: The players feel about that? And that's how Joe and 452 00:27:23,389 --> 00:27:26,789 Speaker 12: Peter wanted the organization to be. And there's you can 453 00:27:26,869 --> 00:27:28,989 Speaker 12: be successful and not do that. It's possible to do. 454 00:27:29,109 --> 00:27:31,029 Speaker 12: But I think to get the most out of the 455 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:33,589 Speaker 12: organization that's the single most important thing. 456 00:27:33,669 --> 00:27:36,668 Speaker 13: And that that to me, really resonated. I think it 457 00:27:36,709 --> 00:27:38,749 Speaker 13: was the most important part of our conversation. 458 00:27:42,189 --> 00:27:46,149 Speaker 1: The ownership transition included a coaching change after Don Nelson 459 00:27:46,309 --> 00:27:48,669 Speaker 1: ended his second stint with the Warriors in twenty ten. 460 00:27:49,309 --> 00:27:52,709 Speaker 1: That meant promoting Keith Smart, who lasted just one season 461 00:27:52,749 --> 00:27:56,349 Speaker 1: as head coach, and then hiring former point guard Mark Jackson, 462 00:27:56,709 --> 00:28:00,388 Speaker 1: who played over one four hundred games, including the playoffs, 463 00:28:00,829 --> 00:28:04,148 Speaker 1: but had never coached a single game. It included a 464 00:28:04,149 --> 00:28:07,629 Speaker 1: lot of turnover at all levels of the organization, but 465 00:28:07,669 --> 00:28:12,109 Speaker 1: the most problematic turnover was happening on the court, as 466 00:28:12,149 --> 00:28:16,989 Speaker 1: in Curry turning his ankle over and over and over again. 467 00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:18,989 Speaker 1: Did Verry Neil dribble it off his legs? 468 00:28:19,109 --> 00:28:24,669 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, Steph Curry ankle coming out of the pack. 469 00:28:25,589 --> 00:28:30,309 Speaker 1: Oh this is It's just heartbreaking, is all I can say. 470 00:28:32,549 --> 00:28:35,949 Speaker 1: Curry would suffer multiple ankle injuries within his first few seasons, 471 00:28:36,509 --> 00:28:39,829 Speaker 1: some of them so confounding even his teammates wondered how 472 00:28:39,869 --> 00:28:42,109 Speaker 1: long he'd be effective in the league if his right 473 00:28:42,149 --> 00:28:45,069 Speaker 1: ankle kept proving to be his actual achilles heel. 474 00:28:46,749 --> 00:28:47,469 Speaker 8: Steph is hurt. 475 00:28:48,229 --> 00:28:52,269 Speaker 9: Steph Curry is hurt, saying I will he went straight 476 00:28:52,389 --> 00:28:53,629 Speaker 9: down and never moved. 477 00:28:53,909 --> 00:28:57,029 Speaker 3: Oh man, he's in a lot of pain. 478 00:28:57,589 --> 00:28:59,949 Speaker 6: Let's see if he steps on someone's foot, Yep, there 479 00:28:59,949 --> 00:29:02,629 Speaker 6: it is same foot, yep, Griffin, and he turned that 480 00:29:02,669 --> 00:29:05,669 Speaker 6: ankle to same He turned it in San Diego. 481 00:29:05,269 --> 00:29:08,949 Speaker 1: Against the David Lee, a teammate of Curry's for five seasons, 482 00:29:09,309 --> 00:29:11,069 Speaker 1: saw the frustration's first hand. 483 00:29:11,909 --> 00:29:14,429 Speaker 6: I think the most interesting part about that is whether 484 00:29:14,469 --> 00:29:17,909 Speaker 6: it's his jump shot or it's his ankle. Steph never 485 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:20,749 Speaker 6: seemed to waiver on his confidence about his ankle and 486 00:29:21,069 --> 00:29:21,709 Speaker 6: his injuries. 487 00:29:21,749 --> 00:29:23,669 Speaker 8: And yeah, he had that one ankle he. 488 00:29:23,709 --> 00:29:25,709 Speaker 6: Kept rolling over and over and you're like, Okay, I 489 00:29:25,789 --> 00:29:27,549 Speaker 6: tried something new, and I think I'm good this time. 490 00:29:27,669 --> 00:29:29,469 Speaker 6: We'd be in a preseason game. I remember against the 491 00:29:29,549 --> 00:29:31,909 Speaker 6: Lakers one time, and it's in the fourth quarter and 492 00:29:32,029 --> 00:29:35,309 Speaker 6: it was an absolute you know, not stepping on somebody, 493 00:29:35,349 --> 00:29:37,749 Speaker 6: just a simple movement and a completely side of his 494 00:29:37,789 --> 00:29:40,149 Speaker 6: ankle touched the ground and you can see the frustration, 495 00:29:40,269 --> 00:29:42,829 Speaker 6: but at the same time he just he's like, no, no, 496 00:29:42,909 --> 00:29:44,429 Speaker 6: I'm going to get this figured out, and I have 497 00:29:44,509 --> 00:29:46,189 Speaker 6: faith that this is going to work out. And I 498 00:29:46,189 --> 00:29:48,669 Speaker 6: think he tried like six hundred different kinds of ankle 499 00:29:48,709 --> 00:29:52,269 Speaker 6: braces and taping techniques and every which way, and finally 500 00:29:52,309 --> 00:29:54,749 Speaker 6: he found something that worked and the rest is history. 501 00:29:55,269 --> 00:29:58,029 Speaker 1: It wasn't just the correct brace or the proper taping 502 00:29:58,109 --> 00:30:01,349 Speaker 1: technique that allowed for history to be written It included 503 00:30:01,389 --> 00:30:04,309 Speaker 1: a lot of tension because Curry being advised that he 504 00:30:04,309 --> 00:30:07,549 Speaker 1: would need an ankle surgery that could include using a 505 00:30:07,669 --> 00:30:11,829 Speaker 1: tendon from a cadaver. A doctor Richard Ferkel would be 506 00:30:11,869 --> 00:30:15,509 Speaker 1: in charge of repairing Curry's ankle, but not for a 507 00:30:15,549 --> 00:30:19,429 Speaker 1: lot of fretting from Steph's father. Dell was no longer 508 00:30:19,469 --> 00:30:23,709 Speaker 1: advising an unknown Riley not to draft Curry. He was 509 00:30:23,749 --> 00:30:28,389 Speaker 1: now trusting Riley, a known team confidant, to offer advice 510 00:30:28,509 --> 00:30:29,629 Speaker 1: about his son's ankle. 511 00:30:29,949 --> 00:30:32,829 Speaker 8: Dell Curry called me. He said, Larry, do you think 512 00:30:32,869 --> 00:30:36,149 Speaker 8: he needs surgery though? And I said, yes, he does, 513 00:30:36,349 --> 00:30:39,349 Speaker 8: because he's worked, he said on everything. I took him 514 00:30:39,389 --> 00:30:44,749 Speaker 8: to Portland to the Niking factory to where we thought 515 00:30:44,789 --> 00:30:47,149 Speaker 8: they might be able to build a shoe that would 516 00:30:47,189 --> 00:30:52,789 Speaker 8: help statelevise the ankle. On great effort, but it still 517 00:30:52,869 --> 00:30:57,509 Speaker 8: wasn't right. I never saw him get down to the 518 00:30:57,549 --> 00:31:02,389 Speaker 8: point where he was chattered or thinking it's own. It 519 00:31:02,509 --> 00:31:05,749 Speaker 8: may have happened, but never saw it, and I member 520 00:31:05,909 --> 00:31:10,429 Speaker 8: since that I felt like I was more worried about it. 521 00:31:10,789 --> 00:31:15,669 Speaker 8: Maybe he was at times, but his dad since state urgency. 522 00:31:15,229 --> 00:31:18,789 Speaker 1: But Riley joined the Curry family, including Steph's new wife, 523 00:31:18,829 --> 00:31:21,909 Speaker 1: Aisha in the surgical center while Steph was going under 524 00:31:21,909 --> 00:31:25,229 Speaker 1: the knife. What doctor Furkle found when he began the 525 00:31:25,309 --> 00:31:29,469 Speaker 1: procedure was that there would be no cadaver ligament necessary. 526 00:31:29,549 --> 00:31:33,589 Speaker 1: What he discovered was effectively all Steph needed was a 527 00:31:33,589 --> 00:31:37,069 Speaker 1: good cleaning out of the oft injured ankle. From Pablo 528 00:31:37,149 --> 00:31:41,589 Speaker 1: Torri's twenty thirteen feature in ESPN, the magazine on this subject, 529 00:31:43,469 --> 00:31:46,949 Speaker 1: a one ounce HD camera snaked into Curry's subterler and 530 00:31:47,069 --> 00:31:51,109 Speaker 1: ankle joints produced images of thick, sticky bands of scar 531 00:31:51,269 --> 00:31:54,869 Speaker 1: tissue like crab meat, Furkle says, as well as in 532 00:31:54,949 --> 00:32:00,349 Speaker 1: flame tissue, bone spurs, and chips of cartilage. To anyone else, 533 00:32:00,789 --> 00:32:05,589 Speaker 1: orthopedic seafood might be revolting. To Curry, it was good news. 534 00:32:06,149 --> 00:32:10,389 Speaker 1: Tory's story explained why it was good news. A motorized 535 00:32:10,389 --> 00:32:13,589 Speaker 1: device could remove all of that from Curry's ankle in 536 00:32:13,669 --> 00:32:16,869 Speaker 1: less than two hours, and it would shorten his expected 537 00:32:16,909 --> 00:32:21,669 Speaker 1: recovery time significantly, and by July twenty twelve, after a 538 00:32:21,669 --> 00:32:24,709 Speaker 1: season in which he played only twenty six games, Curry 539 00:32:24,789 --> 00:32:27,749 Speaker 1: was once again rehabbing his ankle, but this time with 540 00:32:27,869 --> 00:32:31,149 Speaker 1: much more faith that the flukiness had also been removed 541 00:32:31,629 --> 00:32:34,589 Speaker 1: the season following his ankle procedure was something of a 542 00:32:34,629 --> 00:32:38,429 Speaker 1: reintroduction for Curry. While Lebron James and the Miami Heat 543 00:32:38,469 --> 00:32:41,869 Speaker 1: were stealing the oxygen from everyone in the league, Steph 544 00:32:42,029 --> 00:32:45,309 Speaker 1: was quite literally finding his legs again. He missed only 545 00:32:45,309 --> 00:32:48,629 Speaker 1: four regular season games. He damn near doubled his three 546 00:32:48,629 --> 00:32:51,869 Speaker 1: point attempts per game while maintaining a forty five percent 547 00:32:51,869 --> 00:32:56,149 Speaker 1: shooting clip. Andy had one particular game that, even though 548 00:32:56,149 --> 00:32:59,749 Speaker 1: it came in his sports season, was his unofficial coming 549 00:32:59,749 --> 00:33:03,909 Speaker 1: out performance. It was February twenty seven, twenty thirteen, in 550 00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:07,589 Speaker 1: New York City's Madison Square Guarden, a building Mike Breen 551 00:33:07,749 --> 00:33:10,829 Speaker 1: knows so well because he grew up in it and 552 00:33:10,909 --> 00:33:14,309 Speaker 1: has called Knicks games inside and out of MSG since 553 00:33:14,429 --> 00:33:17,669 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one as a radio announcer and since nineteen 554 00:33:17,749 --> 00:33:21,269 Speaker 1: ninety seven as a television play by play announcer for Wfan. 555 00:33:22,069 --> 00:33:27,029 Speaker 1: Who better to describe the magic of MSG than break Well. 556 00:33:27,229 --> 00:33:29,629 Speaker 14: I don't think I'm the most objective person because I 557 00:33:29,669 --> 00:33:31,949 Speaker 14: grew up in New York and Madison Square Garden was 558 00:33:31,949 --> 00:33:34,709 Speaker 14: the building I went to as a kid, and I 559 00:33:34,789 --> 00:33:37,829 Speaker 14: always felt it just had a special aura, but it 560 00:33:38,069 --> 00:33:42,069 Speaker 14: just there's a certain sound with that ceiling that they 561 00:33:42,109 --> 00:33:46,629 Speaker 14: have there and the stage lighting where it's just like 562 00:33:46,749 --> 00:33:50,749 Speaker 14: there's these performers that are on stage and you know, 563 00:33:51,229 --> 00:33:53,949 Speaker 14: not a rough and tumble crowd, but a crowd that 564 00:33:54,109 --> 00:33:58,189 Speaker 14: doesn't suffer fools. It was just the perfect atmosphere for 565 00:33:58,269 --> 00:33:59,269 Speaker 14: a big event. 566 00:34:05,229 --> 00:34:08,629 Speaker 1: On this evening, Curry would have nearly the perfect night 567 00:34:09,189 --> 00:34:12,629 Speaker 1: in that perfect atmosphere. Mark Jones and Doris Burke were 568 00:34:12,629 --> 00:34:15,389 Speaker 1: there to witness it, calling the game for ESPN. 569 00:34:15,989 --> 00:34:17,629 Speaker 10: Curry with a floater, got it to go. 570 00:34:17,869 --> 00:34:19,469 Speaker 3: Tell you what, For a guy who a lot of 571 00:34:19,469 --> 00:34:21,788 Speaker 3: people questioned that six three, one hundred and eighty five 572 00:34:21,829 --> 00:34:23,469 Speaker 3: pounds could he be effective. 573 00:34:23,029 --> 00:34:26,709 Speaker 14: In the league, he has put those concerns to rest. 574 00:34:27,749 --> 00:34:27,909 Speaker 8: Well. 575 00:34:27,989 --> 00:34:31,709 Speaker 5: Andreant to double Coury with a quick trigger. 576 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:32,348 Speaker 2: Cat the three ball. 577 00:34:32,989 --> 00:34:36,069 Speaker 5: You know he does shoot forty five from downtown on 578 00:34:36,149 --> 00:34:43,828 Speaker 5: the season. Curry with another jumper and it's a one 579 00:34:43,869 --> 00:34:44,388 Speaker 5: point game. 580 00:34:44,789 --> 00:34:46,989 Speaker 3: Just you know, he plays with a pace of a 581 00:34:47,029 --> 00:34:48,909 Speaker 3: guy who's an old man in the league. 582 00:34:48,949 --> 00:34:50,189 Speaker 1: Right, he's still pretty young. 583 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,869 Speaker 8: You don't meet Stephen Curry. 584 00:34:52,549 --> 00:34:53,949 Speaker 4: Out He's gonna go with his pace. 585 00:34:54,789 --> 00:34:56,748 Speaker 5: Still the second best shooter in his family, though, I 586 00:34:56,789 --> 00:34:57,669 Speaker 5: say yeah. 587 00:34:57,429 --> 00:34:59,709 Speaker 3: But I make a better I agreed. 588 00:34:59,549 --> 00:35:01,229 Speaker 5: Del I'm talking about his brother Secan. 589 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:04,229 Speaker 3: No, Dell probably will go down as the best families. 590 00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:09,629 Speaker 5: What Dell couldn't do what Stephan does. Curry for the lead, 591 00:35:10,189 --> 00:35:15,309 Speaker 5: got it? Steph Curry smooth. He scored the last fifteen 592 00:35:15,389 --> 00:35:17,109 Speaker 5: in a row for Golden Set. 593 00:35:17,629 --> 00:35:21,269 Speaker 1: After the break, Steph Curry makes his first major splash 594 00:35:21,469 --> 00:35:27,149 Speaker 1: in the NBA. 595 00:35:31,149 --> 00:35:34,509 Speaker 14: I always found in extraordinary when a team comes to 596 00:35:34,629 --> 00:35:37,829 Speaker 14: a road arena and a player on that road team 597 00:35:38,109 --> 00:35:40,949 Speaker 14: has the ability to kind of capture the hearts of 598 00:35:41,029 --> 00:35:43,189 Speaker 14: the fans that are rooting against him and his team. 599 00:35:43,429 --> 00:35:46,229 Speaker 14: But it happens when certain arenas a player goes into 600 00:35:46,389 --> 00:35:49,429 Speaker 14: and fans just can see greatness or potential for greatness. 601 00:35:49,949 --> 00:35:51,589 Speaker 8: And that night, that's what they saw. 602 00:35:51,989 --> 00:35:54,429 Speaker 14: We all knew that he was he had a chance 603 00:35:54,469 --> 00:35:58,268 Speaker 14: to be special, and for him to have that type 604 00:35:58,309 --> 00:36:00,989 Speaker 14: of a game that it was so close and they 605 00:36:01,029 --> 00:36:03,909 Speaker 14: wind up losing, it made for like the perfect deepening 606 00:36:04,309 --> 00:36:06,709 Speaker 14: for the big fans of the Garden because they saw 607 00:36:06,789 --> 00:36:10,629 Speaker 14: this maybe the first instance of the greatness of Steph Curry. 608 00:36:11,069 --> 00:36:14,349 Speaker 1: In the second half, Curry, who had an abbreviated version 609 00:36:14,389 --> 00:36:17,829 Speaker 1: of the Bible, First Philippians four thirteen, written on his sneakers, 610 00:36:17,869 --> 00:36:21,828 Speaker 1: reading I can do all things. Was doing one thing 611 00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:29,589 Speaker 1: particularly well. He was scoring with regularity, despite constant double 612 00:36:29,629 --> 00:36:31,869 Speaker 1: teams and adding attention from the mixed defense. 613 00:36:34,269 --> 00:36:35,669 Speaker 4: What's the pick and roll of it? 614 00:36:36,349 --> 00:36:37,709 Speaker 8: Take it out of Curry's hands? 615 00:36:38,349 --> 00:36:41,709 Speaker 5: Football, take and the same result we've seen for the 616 00:36:41,709 --> 00:36:43,989 Speaker 5: first two periods. You see what I mean? So now 617 00:36:44,029 --> 00:36:44,989 Speaker 5: you make the adjustment. 618 00:36:45,029 --> 00:36:47,029 Speaker 3: You're trying to trap and make somebody else beat him. 619 00:36:47,029 --> 00:36:49,629 Speaker 4: But Stephan relok kates after getting out of the trap, 620 00:36:50,269 --> 00:36:52,509 Speaker 4: and again like, doesn't you play like an old guy? 621 00:36:52,869 --> 00:36:53,949 Speaker 3: Like the pacing and. 622 00:36:53,909 --> 00:36:54,909 Speaker 8: Not getting rattled. 623 00:36:57,389 --> 00:37:00,069 Speaker 1: By the first few minutes of the second half, it 624 00:37:00,149 --> 00:37:03,429 Speaker 1: was apparent you were watching one of those memorable performances 625 00:37:03,789 --> 00:37:06,869 Speaker 1: you get just a handful of times in an NBA season. 626 00:37:07,869 --> 00:37:09,828 Speaker 1: You could hear it in the voices of Jones and Burn, 627 00:37:10,669 --> 00:37:13,348 Speaker 1: but if you listen close to enoughs, you also hear 628 00:37:13,389 --> 00:37:17,069 Speaker 1: it in the reaction of the fans, the groans and 629 00:37:17,149 --> 00:37:20,509 Speaker 1: even a few cheers. As Mike Green predicted, We're getting 630 00:37:20,589 --> 00:37:22,789 Speaker 1: louder with every maid Curry bucket. 631 00:37:23,629 --> 00:37:26,589 Speaker 5: The Warriors are connected on fourteen of their AD sixteen. 632 00:37:26,669 --> 00:37:28,709 Speaker 5: Make that fifteen of seventeen. 633 00:37:29,509 --> 00:37:31,229 Speaker 2: He's cooking with some hot grease. 634 00:37:31,309 --> 00:37:37,428 Speaker 5: Right now, Steph Curry has thirty three put against belc 635 00:37:40,189 --> 00:37:41,189 Speaker 5: for three? 636 00:37:41,389 --> 00:37:41,868 Speaker 8: Got it? 637 00:37:42,589 --> 00:37:44,749 Speaker 5: What a night for Steph Curry? 638 00:37:45,909 --> 00:37:50,109 Speaker 1: Did you hear them? We've seen that movie before. 639 00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:54,429 Speaker 5: Steph Curry with another three? If he walks back said 640 00:37:54,509 --> 00:37:57,149 Speaker 5: to say, I am a bad man, but you got 641 00:37:57,229 --> 00:37:58,269 Speaker 5: nothing for me tonight? 642 00:37:58,349 --> 00:37:59,989 Speaker 8: Looking how upset my fortune is? 643 00:38:00,909 --> 00:38:03,069 Speaker 1: How about now Curry for three? 644 00:38:03,149 --> 00:38:05,629 Speaker 8: Who unbelievable? 645 00:38:06,109 --> 00:38:09,389 Speaker 5: Making it rain in New York forty six? 646 00:38:10,389 --> 00:38:11,869 Speaker 4: Back in the way, Curry? 647 00:38:11,869 --> 00:38:12,949 Speaker 7: Why not for three? 648 00:38:13,829 --> 00:38:19,589 Speaker 4: Big go? And the next crowd is stunned. 649 00:38:20,189 --> 00:38:24,669 Speaker 5: He is in a soon right now, all by hisself. 650 00:38:25,749 --> 00:38:26,509 Speaker 4: I gotta go quick. 651 00:38:27,269 --> 00:38:31,629 Speaker 5: Curry off the screen, got in up room again. Butter 652 00:38:32,309 --> 00:38:35,868 Speaker 5: Steph Curry, it's eleven three of the night. 653 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:42,709 Speaker 1: Curry was a perfect seven of seven from three in 654 00:38:42,749 --> 00:38:45,629 Speaker 1: the second half of this game. His running mates were 655 00:38:45,709 --> 00:38:49,589 Speaker 1: still finding themselves. Rookie Draymond Green and second year backcourt 656 00:38:49,629 --> 00:38:52,469 Speaker 1: made Klay Thompson combined for ten points in this game, 657 00:38:52,789 --> 00:38:56,669 Speaker 1: with Clay missing all six of his three. His time 658 00:38:56,669 --> 00:38:58,828 Speaker 1: to shine as a splash brother was still to come. 659 00:38:59,189 --> 00:39:02,149 Speaker 1: But on this night in New York, Curry couldn't have 660 00:39:02,189 --> 00:39:05,109 Speaker 1: found a better place to let the world know he 661 00:39:05,229 --> 00:39:10,869 Speaker 1: requires everyone's attention. The following season, Mark Jackson would already 662 00:39:10,909 --> 00:39:14,589 Speaker 1: declare Steph and Clay the best shooting backboard in the 663 00:39:14,629 --> 00:39:15,669 Speaker 1: history of the league. 664 00:39:16,229 --> 00:39:18,308 Speaker 10: But we got guys that can knock down shots. When 665 00:39:18,349 --> 00:39:21,509 Speaker 10: you talk about you know, Klay Thompson and Steph Curry, 666 00:39:22,109 --> 00:39:24,669 Speaker 10: in my opinion, that the greatest shooting backcourt in the. 667 00:39:24,589 --> 00:39:28,269 Speaker 1: History of the game, a statement that seems perfectly obvious today, 668 00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:33,309 Speaker 1: was looked at as premature braggadocio from a relatively noviist 669 00:39:33,309 --> 00:39:36,629 Speaker 1: head coach at the time. That didn't stop Jackson, a 670 00:39:36,669 --> 00:39:39,309 Speaker 1: friend and eventual partner of Breens in the television booth, 671 00:39:39,789 --> 00:39:43,629 Speaker 1: from regularly letting folks know just how much potential this 672 00:39:43,749 --> 00:39:44,348 Speaker 1: pairing had. 673 00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:46,509 Speaker 8: Mark made sure it was on your radar. 674 00:39:46,829 --> 00:39:50,549 Speaker 14: One of Mark's strengths is his ability to instill confidence 675 00:39:50,789 --> 00:39:54,149 Speaker 14: in whoever's around them, whether he's a teammate, whether he's 676 00:39:54,189 --> 00:39:57,868 Speaker 14: a coach, whether he's a fellow broadcaster. And the way 677 00:39:57,949 --> 00:40:01,388 Speaker 14: he talked about this team and their potential and how 678 00:40:01,429 --> 00:40:04,429 Speaker 14: good they could be. You know where we thought he was, 679 00:40:05,509 --> 00:40:07,229 Speaker 14: all right, you're going a little over the top of here, 680 00:40:07,269 --> 00:40:09,069 Speaker 14: these guys are going to be good, but let's take 681 00:40:09,109 --> 00:40:12,029 Speaker 14: it easy. But right from the start, he saw what 682 00:40:12,389 --> 00:40:16,509 Speaker 14: the potential was in that team and those players. So 683 00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:19,509 Speaker 14: you had to listen to him and believe him because 684 00:40:19,829 --> 00:40:21,549 Speaker 14: obviously he knew what he was talking about. 685 00:40:22,789 --> 00:40:26,949 Speaker 1: The organic, esthetically pleasing Warriors. Assent seemed to be on 686 00:40:27,029 --> 00:40:30,589 Speaker 1: a solid path, but the Golden State front office made 687 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:34,149 Speaker 1: one more decision they felt could accelerate the timeline to 688 00:40:34,229 --> 00:40:37,869 Speaker 1: a championship. It would mean leaving a key figure behind. 689 00:40:38,709 --> 00:40:41,069 Speaker 1: It was one of those gambles that had to work out, 690 00:40:41,869 --> 00:40:43,268 Speaker 1: but no one was certain. 691 00:40:42,949 --> 00:40:43,509 Speaker 8: It would. 692 00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:54,589 Speaker 15: Look. I was shocked at they made that decision because 693 00:40:54,589 --> 00:40:57,029 Speaker 15: it was a tough decision. I think as far as 694 00:40:57,029 --> 00:40:59,748 Speaker 15: the organization goes, you know, we just Warriors that I 695 00:40:59,789 --> 00:41:01,549 Speaker 15: mean the playoffs for so long, there's a little media 696 00:41:01,589 --> 00:41:03,429 Speaker 15: noise around that finally made the playoffs. 697 00:41:04,189 --> 00:41:07,189 Speaker 1: Coming up on this podcast series that relives the incredible 698 00:41:07,189 --> 00:41:09,748 Speaker 1: Golden State run, we look back at the rise of 699 00:41:09,749 --> 00:41:12,989 Speaker 1: the Warriors, their massive impact on the game, and how 700 00:41:13,029 --> 00:41:16,109 Speaker 1: they plan to continue to succeed into the future. You 701 00:41:16,229 --> 00:41:18,869 Speaker 1: take me through the highs and lows, the championships and 702 00:41:18,949 --> 00:41:21,589 Speaker 1: challenges that forged the dub dynastas. 703 00:41:21,949 --> 00:41:24,989 Speaker 6: Those are like the times in your career where you're like, wow, 704 00:41:25,029 --> 00:41:27,229 Speaker 6: I was just a part of something special. It was 705 00:41:27,309 --> 00:41:28,589 Speaker 6: definitely something to celebrate. 706 00:41:28,789 --> 00:41:31,389 Speaker 15: Well, first off, dramon Nivat to develop into a voice. 707 00:41:32,109 --> 00:41:35,589 Speaker 15: He's always been a cloud, tell you what a king's buy. 708 00:41:35,709 --> 00:41:37,709 Speaker 15: And I think that's what makes him so great. Do 709 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:42,189 Speaker 15: I think that constant negative attention on him compared to 710 00:41:42,229 --> 00:41:45,509 Speaker 15: the constant positive attention on Steph was a faculty? 711 00:41:45,949 --> 00:41:46,269 Speaker 10: Sure. 712 00:41:46,589 --> 00:41:49,189 Speaker 8: I mean he revolutionized the game and there's no doubt 713 00:41:49,229 --> 00:41:49,709 Speaker 8: about that. 714 00:41:50,069 --> 00:41:52,629 Speaker 10: At one end of the steps going through his routine. At 715 00:41:52,629 --> 00:41:55,229 Speaker 10: the other end was Kevin's going through his routine, and 716 00:41:55,869 --> 00:41:59,308 Speaker 10: you know it's like we're watching Mozart and Box at the. 717 00:41:59,309 --> 00:42:01,189 Speaker 8: Exact same time, composed music. 718 00:42:01,269 --> 00:42:02,429 Speaker 10: It was stunning. 719 00:42:06,669 --> 00:42:09,709 Speaker 1: Dub Dynasty is a production of iHeartMedia and the NBA. 720 00:42:10,229 --> 00:42:14,989 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 721 00:42:15,189 --> 00:42:16,669 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.