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Speaker 1: Dubbed Dynasty as a production of iHeartMedia and the NBA.

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Speaker 2: I mean, when you think of point guards growing up,

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Speaker 3: Things like that.

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Speaker 2: Steph was like the first guy to like obviously shoot

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Speaker 2: threes the way he does and make the game the

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Speaker 2: way we all need to shoot threes now. But I

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Speaker 2: mean there's a lot of shooting guards now that are

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Speaker 2: looked at point guards because they have the ball in

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Speaker 2: So now the game is for ever change. I feel

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Speaker 2: like every era has their own separate one, and Steph

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Speaker 2: is one of the kings of this era and that

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Speaker 2: will never be taken away from him.

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Speaker 4: One of the best players of all time, no question,

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Speaker 4: and then he'll be slotting away he slotted. I think

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Speaker 4: what sticks out to me, because I've watched his entire

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Speaker 4: career is the way he's done it with the incredible passion,

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Speaker 4: the love of the game, the dedication to work ethic.

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Speaker 4: You cannot maintain that type of condition. Shooting accuracy without

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Speaker 4: being incredibly dedicated with incredible work ethic. I respect to

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Speaker 1: So the way he's handled himself as a teammate.

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Speaker 4: Incorporating different players throughout his career and bringing him up

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Speaker 4: to championship level, making all the teammates around him better

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Speaker 4: because of the gravity he attracts from the defense, deferring

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Speaker 3: You know, a humble superstar.

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Speaker 1: Those were two of the greats discussing one of the greatest.

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Speaker 1: The first was three time All Star Trey Young, the

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Speaker 1: second Hall of Famer Chris Mullen. I'm Israel Gutierre and

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Speaker 1: this is dubb Dynasty. Young was regularly compared to Curry

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Speaker 1: prior to the twenty eighteen NBA draft, a comp that

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Speaker 1: that point. Mullen was a warrior great who watched Curry's

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Speaker 1: He's in the discussion for a greatest point guard of

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Speaker 1: Yet last We Left You, Curry looked like the only

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Speaker 1: surviving member on a sinking ship, and despite having three

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Speaker 1: in search of some decoration and validation. Curry still hadn't

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Speaker 1: won a Finals MVP to this point, and after winning

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Speaker 1: a pair of titles rather easily alongside Durant, there were

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Speaker 1: still some lingering questions about whether Curry had proven well

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Speaker 1: lead dog. Had the Warriors found a way to come

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Speaker 1: back against the Raptors in the twenty nineteen finals, Curry

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Speaker 1: likely would have won his first Finals MVP that season,

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Speaker 1: given that he averaged thirty points, six assists, and five

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Speaker 5: They have no business in this game. Shorthanded in every

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Speaker 1: Curry gets his side, what's up.

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Speaker 6: And Mike, they went back to demand the man on

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Speaker 1: Was able to finish instead. The twenty nineteen season ended

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Speaker 1: the following season with a torn acl Kevin Durant would

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Speaker 1: his free agency decision lingered. What seemed quite evident is

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Speaker 1: of The Boardroom, an online series looking at sports business

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Speaker 1: produced by Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman. Durant

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Speaker 7: I just evaluated my life up until this point, and

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Speaker 1: What ultimately made you decide that it was time to

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Speaker 7: Just how I felt what I wanted to do at

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Speaker 1: Okay, then the Warriors reset would be significant Besides the

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Speaker 1: It would feel like a season to test just how

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Speaker 3: He sold that left wrist.

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Speaker 9: They already saw Steph tweak his ankle.

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Speaker 10: That is the absolute last thing in the.

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Speaker 1: The diagnosis would be a broken left hand for Curry.

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Speaker 1: He'd played one more game all season in March, and

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Speaker 1: The Warriors season would be over after a fifteen to

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Speaker 1: in Orlando's Disney World. It was quite the contrast. For

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Speaker 1: the previous five seasons, the Warriors had been dominating the

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Speaker 1: Now the entire league was happening without them. Carith Burke

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Speaker 8: All the talk going in was like, okay, well, Steph

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Speaker 8: and the storylines just weren't there that year. The Warriors

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Speaker 8: just weren't a good team. They couldn't be competitive with

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Speaker 8: I remember it being sad, and then that word merciful

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Speaker 1: In theory that COVID shortened twenty nineteen twenty season should

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Speaker 1: tore his right achilles tendon during a pickup game and

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Speaker 3: It was very painful.

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Speaker 13: It feels like someone kicks you in the back of

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Speaker 13: was just an unfortunate series of events. Nothing I could

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Speaker 3: You got to go back to the drawing board.

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Speaker 13: I knew I did it right away, and it's uh,

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Speaker 1: But I'm getting I'm getting better every day. And while

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Speaker 1: took a chance on Gary Payton the Second the son

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Speaker 1: Without Thompson, the Warriors spent the season relying heavily on Curry,

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Speaker 1: who led the league in scoring with the career best

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Speaker 14: Laurant was a leading scorer, but players like Kyle Anderson,

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Speaker 14: Desmond Vane, Xavier Tillman making so many big plays and

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Speaker 14: that will do it. Memphis Grizzlies are in the playoffs,

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Speaker 14: they eliminate the Golden State Warriors. Now the Grizzlies will

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Speaker 14: now play the Jazz in the first round, starting on

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Speaker 14: Sunday afternoon at Salt Lake City.

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Speaker 1: When the twenty twenty one twenty two season began, Klay

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Speaker 1: on from Durant's departure. If this dynasty would be extended

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Speaker 1: past the Durant era, Curry and the Doves would have

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Speaker 1: to start showing it now Here's Burke I would.

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Speaker 8: Say it was a cleansing that happened because they had

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Speaker 8: as far as how they felt about themselves. I think

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Speaker 8: it's a little silly to say that a team that

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Speaker 8: Ah'll watch out. But for them, whatever they needed mentally

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Speaker 15: He comes in early. He doesn't look like an NBA player.

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Speaker 1: Even those who never played with Curry were feeling his

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Speaker 2: I was in college, a freshman in college and just

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Speaker 1: In the modern era, there have been very few players

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Speaker 17: I believe he might have the biggest impact on the

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Speaker 17: People doing okay, So if you put in the aspect

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Speaker 3: Dunks and blah blah.

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Speaker 17: Everybody came down and some people will never dunk in

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Speaker 17: And we had no idea that you could actually get

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Speaker 1: Back in this twenty one to twenty two season, Steph

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Speaker 4: They play down the lane.

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Speaker 18: We'll put it up.

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Speaker 10: See the hand time too.

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Speaker 1: I told you first shot, Why pin down?

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Speaker 11: Just turn the corner.

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Speaker 3: Lady's got Jared Allen on the switch.

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Speaker 1: He went to reach.

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Speaker 17: They played down the lane.

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Speaker 4: I think he's healthy. Yuh bow, Soony, come double another steel?

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Speaker 1: Play for three?

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Speaker 10: Here we go.

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Speaker 1: This wouldn't be the play a bowl. Who would expect

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Speaker 1: Curry wouldn't play another game in the regular season. The

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Speaker 11: Guys coming out and that play was coming back. So

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Speaker 1: Twenty six as he SOMs to.

435
00:24:11,189 --> 00:24:17,069
Speaker 20: The rack Denver Game three in twenty twenty two, Me

436
00:24:17,109 --> 00:24:20,589
Speaker 20: and Andre there was one possession right before I made

437
00:24:21,789 --> 00:24:24,669
Speaker 20: a layou down the stretch, like less than a minute left.

438
00:24:25,909 --> 00:24:28,349
Speaker 20: He was up on the sideline. He was barking at everybody,

439
00:24:28,349 --> 00:24:30,269
Speaker 20: and I was like, no, I got this, put him

440
00:24:30,309 --> 00:24:32,629
Speaker 20: asleep right now, And I said that to him. It

441
00:24:32,749 --> 00:24:34,909
Speaker 20: just mouthted. I didn't do the sign or other and

442
00:24:34,949 --> 00:24:36,429
Speaker 20: I made the layerup, but I did like a little

443
00:24:36,509 --> 00:24:39,269
Speaker 20: quick of the first quick Night Night and then it

444
00:24:39,389 --> 00:24:40,549
Speaker 20: kind of just evolved from there.

445
00:24:40,949 --> 00:24:44,509
Speaker 1: Later in these playoffs, that celebration would be Steph's version

446
00:24:44,549 --> 00:24:48,509
Speaker 1: of a championship dack. In the second round, the Warriors

447
00:24:48,509 --> 00:24:51,389
Speaker 1: faced the Young Bridglies team led by John Moran, Jaron

448
00:24:51,509 --> 00:24:55,429
Speaker 1: Jackson Junior, and Dylan Brooks. Curry and the Warriors were

449
00:24:55,429 --> 00:24:57,829
Speaker 1: the more poised team and won in six.

450
00:25:01,949 --> 00:25:02,269
Speaker 10: Helps.

451
00:25:02,349 --> 00:25:05,429
Speaker 1: His half to Curry Curry three.

452
00:25:05,509 --> 00:25:06,069
Speaker 20: He got.

453
00:25:08,629 --> 00:25:23,388
Speaker 21: Market time of cat hurry a little sawing the ways.

454
00:25:29,949 --> 00:25:33,029
Speaker 1: In the conference finals, they faced a surprise Dallas team

455
00:25:33,109 --> 00:25:36,789
Speaker 1: led by Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunston. Those Mavericks put

456
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:38,869
Speaker 1: up less of a fight in the Grizzlies as the

457
00:25:38,909 --> 00:25:40,509
Speaker 1: Doves advanced in five games.

458
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:43,589
Speaker 6: Britain current hole.

459
00:25:49,109 --> 00:25:52,949
Speaker 22: There's crowdies bat they're on their feet and their.

460
00:25:52,869 --> 00:25:58,229
Speaker 21: Warriors are going to the NBA finals of kame.

461
00:26:02,189 --> 00:26:02,749
Speaker 1: Here's Luke.

462
00:26:03,909 --> 00:26:07,309
Speaker 3: Uh just like you know, after being beating Denver.

463
00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:10,829
Speaker 11: Yeah, like, as each round was growing, we it seemed

464
00:26:10,829 --> 00:26:12,709
Speaker 11: like we had the most experience. You know, we got

465
00:26:13,029 --> 00:26:17,069
Speaker 11: both in Steph Tremont Clay, even myself.

466
00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:17,989
Speaker 3: You have been in a lot of big games.

467
00:26:17,989 --> 00:26:20,069
Speaker 11: And you know, as our far young guys that was

468
00:26:20,389 --> 00:26:25,349
Speaker 11: at the time was Moses JK JP Higgs keeping the

469
00:26:25,429 --> 00:26:27,349
Speaker 11: veteran We haven't played in the playoffs that many times.

470
00:26:27,429 --> 00:26:29,709
Speaker 3: So I think each round our confidence group and then

471
00:26:30,309 --> 00:26:30,829
Speaker 3: who else.

472
00:26:30,669 --> 00:26:32,869
Speaker 11: Who's going up against you know, that was young as well,

473
00:26:32,949 --> 00:26:35,989
Speaker 11: so that MiFi team that was pretty young, Dallas team

474
00:26:36,029 --> 00:26:36,589
Speaker 11: that was pretty young.

475
00:26:36,629 --> 00:26:38,589
Speaker 3: So we felt like man was supposed to win these games,

476
00:26:38,589 --> 00:26:40,029
Speaker 3: and uh know.

477
00:26:40,189 --> 00:26:42,349
Speaker 11: And whenever we did, Spider a little bit stuff putting

478
00:26:42,349 --> 00:26:45,029
Speaker 11: on the cap and carriers. So I think it all

479
00:26:45,069 --> 00:26:48,229
Speaker 11: worked out, and I think each series with that confidence,

480
00:26:48,549 --> 00:26:50,789
Speaker 11: and it all came together in perfect time and in

481
00:26:50,829 --> 00:26:53,149
Speaker 11: the final when we felt like the ultimate confidence for

482
00:26:53,149 --> 00:26:53,509
Speaker 11: our team.

483
00:26:53,989 --> 00:26:56,349
Speaker 1: Waiting for the Warriors in the finals this time was

484
00:26:56,389 --> 00:26:58,949
Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics, who had just taken out the top

485
00:26:59,029 --> 00:27:02,429
Speaker 1: seeded Miami Heat in seven games and appeared poised to

486
00:27:02,469 --> 00:27:06,229
Speaker 1: win a championship. The Warriors had the home court edge,

487
00:27:06,429 --> 00:27:10,029
Speaker 1: but lost Game one in San Francisco. Golden State ratcheted

488
00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:12,869
Speaker 1: up the defense for Game two, holding the Celtics to

489
00:27:12,949 --> 00:27:15,428
Speaker 1: thirty eight percent shooting to even the series at one

490
00:27:15,509 --> 00:27:16,109
Speaker 1: game apiece.

491
00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:22,069
Speaker 11: Colts of.

492
00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:28,829
Speaker 1: Game three would be a series changer. The Celtics would

493
00:27:28,829 --> 00:27:31,349
Speaker 1: win to take another lead in the series, but a

494
00:27:31,389 --> 00:27:36,149
Speaker 1: couple of late game occurrences seemed to trigger Kurry. First,

495
00:27:36,389 --> 00:27:39,349
Speaker 1: he injured his footing the same foot he injured against

496
00:27:39,349 --> 00:27:42,349
Speaker 1: the Celtics earlier in the season, and he also heard

497
00:27:42,389 --> 00:27:45,709
Speaker 1: the constant berating of Draymond Green by the Boston craft.

498
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:50,909
Speaker 23: You've heard over the years, fans getting on Draymond for

499
00:27:51,029 --> 00:27:54,629
Speaker 23: various things. What did you think of the chance tonight

500
00:27:55,149 --> 00:27:57,989
Speaker 23: and the frequency of the chance.

501
00:28:01,509 --> 00:28:06,629
Speaker 20: Par for the course, every arena you kind of get

502
00:28:06,669 --> 00:28:08,829
Speaker 20: a little something. It's been like that the old playoffs

503
00:28:08,829 --> 00:28:13,509
Speaker 20: and every run we've made over the course that he

504
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:18,429
Speaker 20: expects it, so no different tonight.

505
00:28:20,069 --> 00:28:23,629
Speaker 1: The signs were evident early on in Game four. Curry

506
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:27,629
Speaker 1: wasn't just chasing shots. He was animated the entire time.

507
00:28:28,269 --> 00:28:30,908
Speaker 1: Whether it was a flex or a shout toward the crowd,

508
00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:35,069
Speaker 1: it was clear Steph was on a particular mission. Curry's

509
00:28:35,149 --> 00:28:37,349
Speaker 1: not a long distance shot. That's good, Steph.

510
00:28:37,469 --> 00:28:41,069
Speaker 22: Curry back to that long distance three and a five

511
00:28:41,149 --> 00:28:42,429
Speaker 22: point lead for the Warriors.

512
00:28:42,629 --> 00:28:43,189
Speaker 1: Here's Burke.

513
00:28:43,869 --> 00:28:48,069
Speaker 8: So Steph Curry got angry Game four of that one

514
00:28:48,109 --> 00:28:52,509
Speaker 8: where where he took the attention from Draymond because Draymond

515
00:28:52,509 --> 00:28:56,189
Speaker 8: admitted he was a little rattled with how much vitriol

516
00:28:56,349 --> 00:28:58,989
Speaker 8: the Boston fans were giving them and that his family

517
00:28:59,069 --> 00:29:04,309
Speaker 8: heard that and that bothered him. So yeah, it started.

518
00:29:04,829 --> 00:29:07,389
Speaker 8: Steph had to be that guy, and he loves being

519
00:29:07,429 --> 00:29:10,469
Speaker 8: that guy. But usually Draymond is the one who takes

520
00:29:10,469 --> 00:29:11,309
Speaker 8: that sort of attention.

521
00:29:11,989 --> 00:29:17,149
Speaker 1: Curry had everyone's attention. He put up nineteen first half

522
00:29:17,149 --> 00:29:19,469
Speaker 1: points and was vocal about it. Then he put up

523
00:29:19,469 --> 00:29:21,989
Speaker 1: twenty four in the second half, taking the heart out

524
00:29:22,029 --> 00:29:24,469
Speaker 1: of the Celtics and the vitriol out of their craft.

525
00:29:26,189 --> 00:29:26,949
Speaker 21: Back to Curry.

526
00:29:27,109 --> 00:29:32,189
Speaker 22: Step back, three pointer, Steph Curry, throw the prey. That's

527
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:34,029
Speaker 22: a six point Warriors way.

528
00:29:33,869 --> 00:29:34,909
Speaker 21: Tied off, lost him.

529
00:29:36,069 --> 00:29:39,469
Speaker 1: Mike Green called the game and was certainly not surprised

530
00:29:39,469 --> 00:29:40,909
Speaker 1: at Curry carrying his team.

531
00:29:41,429 --> 00:29:44,389
Speaker 15: There's that expression that we use a lot of time,

532
00:29:44,829 --> 00:29:47,469
Speaker 15: he will not let them lose. And that was Steph

533
00:29:47,549 --> 00:29:50,109
Speaker 15: Curry in those finals. He was not going to let

534
00:29:50,149 --> 00:29:53,989
Speaker 15: the Warriors fall short. Whatever he needed to be able

535
00:29:53,989 --> 00:29:56,469
Speaker 15: to do on any of those games, he was going

536
00:29:56,509 --> 00:29:59,309
Speaker 15: to get it done. That was one of those those

537
00:29:59,349 --> 00:30:02,909
Speaker 15: moments swear he plans himself and says, all right, we

538
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:04,229
Speaker 15: will not was this series.

539
00:30:05,589 --> 00:30:08,509
Speaker 1: Curry only needed sixteen points in Game five as the

540
00:30:08,509 --> 00:30:12,709
Speaker 1: Warriors won at home. He'd save his best for Boston's

541
00:30:12,709 --> 00:30:17,069
Speaker 1: floor once again, and in Game six, Curry capped off

542
00:30:17,069 --> 00:30:21,509
Speaker 1: the magical championship run with thirty four points, seven assists,

543
00:30:21,549 --> 00:30:25,629
Speaker 1: seven rebounds, and the season ending Night Night celebration that

544
00:30:25,789 --> 00:30:30,909
Speaker 1: signaled STEP's fourth championship. It would also be Curry's first

545
00:30:30,909 --> 00:30:34,629
Speaker 1: Finals MVP, completing the trophy collection with the one that

546
00:30:34,709 --> 00:30:35,949
Speaker 1: had been missing and.

547
00:30:35,989 --> 00:30:41,789
Speaker 14: More magic here. In Game six, Currie catch it fakes,

548
00:30:42,069 --> 00:30:48,229
Speaker 14: fires free pointer Steph Curry from downtown a fifteen point lead.

549
00:30:48,589 --> 00:30:52,269
Speaker 14: Another thirty point Finals game for Steph Curry.

550
00:30:52,509 --> 00:30:55,829
Speaker 5: Steph Curry gets opened wide open the side, out of

551
00:30:55,869 --> 00:31:00,149
Speaker 5: bounds out off a fly by sire rely in the

552
00:31:00,189 --> 00:31:04,469
Speaker 5: building realizing that Chef Curry with the shot has just

553
00:31:04,509 --> 00:31:05,389
Speaker 5: put you to sleep.

554
00:31:06,029 --> 00:31:09,389
Speaker 22: It's over the Golden State. Oria's returned to a familiar place.

555
00:31:09,389 --> 00:31:12,909
Speaker 22: They're on top of the NBA world, the fourth title

556
00:31:12,949 --> 00:31:19,229
Speaker 22: of eight years, but Dug's dynasty is still very much alive.

557
00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:29,629
Speaker 1: It was also Steve Kerrzforth title all with Steph. He

558
00:31:29,709 --> 00:31:32,829
Speaker 1: acknowledged that a lot of things fell their way that postseason,

559
00:31:33,429 --> 00:31:36,909
Speaker 1: but having Curry was the most important detail.

560
00:31:39,069 --> 00:31:39,309
Speaker 17: To me.

561
00:31:39,709 --> 00:31:43,509
Speaker 24: That championship was just karma. That was Steph. Karma with

562
00:31:43,709 --> 00:31:47,469
Speaker 24: that guy has brought to the game, to the NBA,

563
00:31:47,869 --> 00:31:52,389
Speaker 24: to the world. I think the basketball gods just decided,

564
00:31:52,549 --> 00:31:54,789
Speaker 24: you know what, We're going to give him his moment.

565
00:31:55,109 --> 00:31:57,909
Speaker 10: You know, he hasn't been Finals MVP. We no longer

566
00:31:57,989 --> 00:31:58,829
Speaker 10: had Kevin.

567
00:31:59,509 --> 00:32:02,189
Speaker 18: We were a good team, not a great team, but

568
00:32:02,749 --> 00:32:03,669
Speaker 18: we had great.

569
00:32:03,509 --> 00:32:07,949
Speaker 24: Chemistry all year, great energy in the locker room, and

570
00:32:08,029 --> 00:32:11,749
Speaker 24: we had continuity. We had no how so once we

571
00:32:11,789 --> 00:32:14,109
Speaker 24: got to the playoffs, we felt like, hey, we got

572
00:32:14,109 --> 00:32:14,589
Speaker 24: a shot.

573
00:32:14,629 --> 00:32:16,109
Speaker 10: And then I think everything.

574
00:32:16,349 --> 00:32:19,589
Speaker 24: Really fell our way. Matchups fell our way. We had

575
00:32:19,589 --> 00:32:22,309
Speaker 24: to get by Memphis, which was a hard one. They've

576
00:32:22,309 --> 00:32:25,309
Speaker 24: always been a difficult matchup for us. Once we got

577
00:32:25,709 --> 00:32:29,749
Speaker 24: past them in the second round, our guys knew like

578
00:32:29,989 --> 00:32:35,189
Speaker 24: we got a real shot here. And Dallas upsets Phoenix

579
00:32:35,269 --> 00:32:37,269
Speaker 24: at it that was a better matchup for us.

580
00:32:38,309 --> 00:32:42,909
Speaker 18: And then I think with the Celtics, you know, they maybe.

581
00:32:42,709 --> 00:32:48,429
Speaker 24: Weren't quite ready just from an experience standpoint, and I

582
00:32:48,469 --> 00:32:50,589
Speaker 24: thought our playoff experience was a.

583
00:32:50,589 --> 00:32:52,269
Speaker 10: Huge factor in that series.

584
00:32:52,309 --> 00:32:55,389
Speaker 24: But in the end, I just remember sitting there watching

585
00:32:55,589 --> 00:32:59,749
Speaker 24: the Staph get his Finals MVP and win his four championship,

586
00:32:59,789 --> 00:33:04,229
Speaker 24: and I'm thinking, this is the most fit thing I've

587
00:33:04,269 --> 00:33:07,909
Speaker 24: ever seen in basketball, because nobody, nobody on Earth deserves us.

588
00:33:07,789 --> 00:33:10,829
Speaker 10: More than Steph Curry for what he's brought to the world.

589
00:33:11,349 --> 00:33:18,829
Speaker 24: It goes so far beyond the.

590
00:33:14,629 --> 00:33:17,949
Speaker 10: The the joy of watching him play.

591
00:33:18,389 --> 00:33:23,949
Speaker 24: You know, he's so mesmerizing, and but when I watch him,

592
00:33:23,989 --> 00:33:27,229
Speaker 24: I just I just I feel like he's one of

593
00:33:27,229 --> 00:33:33,589
Speaker 24: the few people in sports who really transformed culture and community.

594
00:33:33,829 --> 00:33:35,829
Speaker 24: It's the way he goes about his business.

595
00:33:35,909 --> 00:33:36,389
Speaker 10: It's the.

596
00:33:38,149 --> 00:33:42,269
Speaker 24: How comfortable he is in his own skin without any pretense,

597
00:33:42,789 --> 00:33:46,469
Speaker 24: with an authentic perspective.

598
00:33:45,909 --> 00:33:50,429
Speaker 18: On the world, and how lucky he is. There's this

599
00:33:50,509 --> 00:33:56,069
Speaker 18: wonderful sort of combination and his personality of the arrogance

600
00:33:56,109 --> 00:33:59,189
Speaker 18: that comes with making these shots that he makes, even

601
00:33:59,229 --> 00:34:03,709
Speaker 18: taking them alone, is so much audacity to that, and

602
00:34:03,789 --> 00:34:07,989
Speaker 18: the night night celebrations and the shimmys, and then the

603
00:34:08,389 --> 00:34:12,309
Speaker 18: genuine humility. It's an incredible combination. It doesn't really exist,

604
00:34:12,349 --> 00:34:15,788
Speaker 18: and I think people are mesmerized by that. And then

605
00:34:15,989 --> 00:34:19,909
Speaker 18: when you think about how many people he has impacted

606
00:34:20,309 --> 00:34:23,589
Speaker 18: across the country, across the world, and not only with

607
00:34:23,629 --> 00:34:27,869
Speaker 18: his play and his personality, but literally in his charitable

608
00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:31,709
Speaker 18: work and some of the programs he has started.

609
00:34:31,229 --> 00:34:33,709
Speaker 10: And some of the unique ways he.

610
00:34:33,629 --> 00:34:37,509
Speaker 24: Has impacted people in his life, it's just stunning.

611
00:34:38,069 --> 00:34:40,709
Speaker 25: When you reach amounts out of I mean, you get injuries,

612
00:34:41,389 --> 00:34:46,469
Speaker 25: very breaks, all that stuff. The goal is see so

613
00:34:46,629 --> 00:34:50,629
Speaker 25: far away when you just focus on the present work,

614
00:34:51,029 --> 00:34:53,829
Speaker 25: get around the right eyes still keep that paid.

615
00:34:54,789 --> 00:34:58,189
Speaker 9: Three years later, almost of the week.

616
00:34:59,309 --> 00:35:02,069
Speaker 25: Seven years ago to the day he got a first.

617
00:35:01,829 --> 00:35:08,789
Speaker 1: One, not Yes, what that surprising twenty twenty two title

618
00:35:08,869 --> 00:35:13,189
Speaker 1: did was elevate Curry to an even higher stratosphere. No

619
00:35:13,309 --> 00:35:16,589
Speaker 1: longer were there questions about his ability to carry a team.

620
00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:20,589
Speaker 1: Now the conversations were more about his place in history.

621
00:35:20,749 --> 00:35:23,109
Speaker 1: Is he a top five player of all time? Is

622
00:35:23,149 --> 00:35:25,429
Speaker 1: he the best point guard of all time? Is he

623
00:35:25,469 --> 00:35:29,069
Speaker 1: even a point guard? Because of his scoring prowess? Kevin

624
00:35:29,109 --> 00:35:33,069
Speaker 1: Love faced Steph in multiple finals. He says he can't

625
00:35:33,069 --> 00:35:36,788
Speaker 1: compare Steph with Magic Johnson personally because he's never seen

626
00:35:36,829 --> 00:35:40,189
Speaker 1: Magic play in person. But he's not afraid to place

627
00:35:40,349 --> 00:35:42,629
Speaker 1: Curry in very elite company.

628
00:35:42,669 --> 00:35:46,189
Speaker 19: In our generation. He is certainly the greatest point guard,

629
00:35:46,269 --> 00:35:49,469
Speaker 19: greatest shooter. But I think there's no doubt he's a

630
00:35:49,549 --> 00:35:51,829
Speaker 19: top ten player. Is he the best point guard of

631
00:35:51,829 --> 00:35:55,149
Speaker 19: all time? You have to ask that question, You absolutely

632
00:35:55,149 --> 00:35:58,549
Speaker 19: have to. I grew up watching all the VHS tapes. Yes,

633
00:35:58,589 --> 00:36:01,389
Speaker 19: I'm dating myself as an eighty eight baby. But I

634
00:36:01,509 --> 00:36:05,709
Speaker 19: watched Magic, but I never got to see him live,

635
00:36:05,829 --> 00:36:09,349
Speaker 19: so I can't compare the two. Like obviously, Lebron is

636
00:36:09,989 --> 00:36:13,029
Speaker 19: more of that comparison in terms of style of play.

637
00:36:13,109 --> 00:36:15,709
Speaker 19: And then you have to compare Lebron and Jordan with

638
00:36:15,749 --> 00:36:19,069
Speaker 19: greatest player ever. But again for what Steph has done

639
00:36:19,109 --> 00:36:22,308
Speaker 19: for the game, you know, and revolutionize the game, He's

640
00:36:22,309 --> 00:36:24,469
Speaker 19: certainly on that like Mount Rushmore for guys that.

641
00:36:24,429 --> 00:36:30,269
Speaker 26: Have changed it. Four championships, unanimous MVP couple MVPs, greatest

642
00:36:30,429 --> 00:36:34,269
Speaker 26: shooter of all time, and a record that'll never be broken,

643
00:36:37,749 --> 00:36:39,669
Speaker 26: consistent and consummate winner.

644
00:36:40,309 --> 00:36:43,829
Speaker 10: I mean, he's very very high on my list.

645
00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:47,549
Speaker 19: And it's another guy that, like again I just talk about,

646
00:36:47,549 --> 00:36:52,869
Speaker 19: like you know, complimenting and giving people their flowers. I

647
00:36:52,869 --> 00:36:55,469
Speaker 19: can't say enough good things about him. And also with

648
00:36:55,509 --> 00:36:58,869
Speaker 19: how he's done it too. He's it's just been amazing

649
00:36:59,229 --> 00:37:01,829
Speaker 19: year after year to watch him. And obviously it was

650
00:37:01,869 --> 00:37:04,509
Speaker 19: on the wrong side of a lot of what I

651
00:37:04,589 --> 00:37:08,669
Speaker 19: just mentioned, but again, that respect level is, you know,

652
00:37:08,709 --> 00:37:10,749
Speaker 19: there's no ceiling for that when it comes to stuff.

653
00:37:11,189 --> 00:37:14,669
Speaker 1: To David Lee, a teammate of Curry's, for the first championship,

654
00:37:15,189 --> 00:37:18,709
Speaker 1: the league today is effectively a reflection of that twenty

655
00:37:18,829 --> 00:37:23,229
Speaker 1: fifteen Warriors team, and that in itself shows how much

656
00:37:23,229 --> 00:37:24,629
Speaker 1: of an impact Curry has had.

657
00:37:25,469 --> 00:37:27,869
Speaker 9: I think that the NBA is really a copycat league,

658
00:37:27,909 --> 00:37:31,109
Speaker 9: and I think that Golden State twenty fourteen twenty fifteen

659
00:37:31,309 --> 00:37:33,829
Speaker 9: was the first one of the first teams to play

660
00:37:33,869 --> 00:37:37,109
Speaker 9: that small ball, but to really optimize. Shooting a ton

661
00:37:37,149 --> 00:37:39,829
Speaker 9: of threes was small ball, and you had groups that

662
00:37:39,869 --> 00:37:42,669
Speaker 9: tried it in the past. The problem with the copycat

663
00:37:42,749 --> 00:37:46,109
Speaker 9: league is you need guys like Step that don't miss shots.

664
00:37:46,509 --> 00:37:48,709
Speaker 9: Otherwise you just have a bunch of guys bricking threes

665
00:37:48,749 --> 00:37:52,269
Speaker 9: and it doesn't work. But I think it really introduced

666
00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:54,549
Speaker 9: a new style of play. I think maybe right now

667
00:37:54,589 --> 00:37:57,469
Speaker 9: it might be headed a little bit overboard with everybody

668
00:37:57,469 --> 00:38:00,669
Speaker 9: shooting so many threes, But I mean it's lasted in

669
00:38:00,789 --> 00:38:02,909
Speaker 9: Golden State for a long time. It's been a decade

670
00:38:03,629 --> 00:38:07,509
Speaker 9: still making threes and they're still winning games. So it's

671
00:38:07,509 --> 00:38:09,389
Speaker 9: been really special to see.

672
00:38:09,629 --> 00:38:11,269
Speaker 3: That change in the game.

673
00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:15,189
Speaker 9: And there's very few players or teams that can say

674
00:38:15,229 --> 00:38:18,149
Speaker 9: that they kind of shifted the way a sport has played.

675
00:38:18,349 --> 00:38:21,229
Speaker 9: And I think that the team ten years ago that

676
00:38:21,389 --> 00:38:24,349
Speaker 9: won the first championship for the Warriors in the modern

677
00:38:24,349 --> 00:38:37,709
Speaker 9: era can make that claim.

678
00:38:37,749 --> 00:38:41,709
Speaker 1: Since that twenty fifteen championship, the Warriors have effectively won

679
00:38:41,789 --> 00:38:45,629
Speaker 1: titles with three different iterations of their team. The initial

680
00:38:45,669 --> 00:38:49,109
Speaker 1: championship that Lee claims really changed the game behind movement,

681
00:38:49,349 --> 00:38:53,189
Speaker 1: shooting and the tricky part, a stellar defense.

682
00:38:53,109 --> 00:38:53,788
Speaker 3: And it's over.

683
00:38:54,469 --> 00:38:57,709
Speaker 6: The championship is back in the Bay for the first

684
00:38:57,789 --> 00:38:59,789
Speaker 6: time in forty years.

685
00:39:00,909 --> 00:39:04,268
Speaker 1: Then there were the Durant era championships. They added an

686
00:39:04,429 --> 00:39:08,309
Speaker 1: unstoppable offensive force to an equation that had already worked.

687
00:39:09,269 --> 00:39:11,868
Speaker 1: Then there was the twenty twenty two title, which will

688
00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:15,189
Speaker 1: likely go down as one of the greatest anomaly championships

689
00:39:15,189 --> 00:39:17,389
Speaker 1: in the history of the sport. And they won that

690
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:20,869
Speaker 1: behind the power of Steph Curry and a collective winning

691
00:39:20,949 --> 00:39:23,149
Speaker 1: experience that no other team could match.

692
00:39:23,789 --> 00:39:27,349
Speaker 6: With four titles of the last eight years, the run

693
00:39:27,549 --> 00:39:31,989
Speaker 6: is not done. The Golden State Warriors once again are

694
00:39:32,229 --> 00:39:34,629
Speaker 6: NBA champions.

695
00:39:35,829 --> 00:39:39,189
Speaker 1: The real question following the twenty twenty two title was

696
00:39:39,229 --> 00:39:42,828
Speaker 1: similar to the end of the twenty nineteen season. Will

697
00:39:42,869 --> 00:39:45,709
Speaker 1: this franchise be able to extend this run atop the

698
00:39:45,789 --> 00:39:49,949
Speaker 1: league or have we seen the last of Curry's championship celebrations.

699
00:39:52,749 --> 00:39:55,829
Speaker 1: Is there a Michael Jordan like last dance for Curry,

700
00:39:56,109 --> 00:40:00,869
Speaker 1: Green Cerr and those core Warriors. Hey Kerr was on

701
00:40:00,909 --> 00:40:05,189
Speaker 1: those final Bulls Championship teams. He can effectively recreate the

702
00:40:05,229 --> 00:40:08,629
Speaker 1: mood if he wanted to. The two seasons following Golden

703
00:40:08,629 --> 00:40:12,348
Speaker 1: State's fourth title in eight years, however, didn't have much

704
00:40:12,389 --> 00:40:16,788
Speaker 1: sign of hope. The championship vibes didn't last very long.

705
00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:20,989
Speaker 1: During training camp, video leaked of a Warrior's practice in

706
00:40:21,029 --> 00:40:25,949
Speaker 1: which Draymond Green punched teammate Jordan Poole. The video shows

707
00:40:26,029 --> 00:40:28,589
Speaker 1: Green and Pool jawing at each other during a portion

708
00:40:28,669 --> 00:40:32,789
Speaker 1: of practice they weren't involved in. After Green approached Pool

709
00:40:32,829 --> 00:40:36,029
Speaker 1: and got in his face, Poole pushed Green, to which

710
00:40:36,029 --> 00:40:40,828
Speaker 1: Green responded with a lunging punch. Draymond was fined and

711
00:40:40,869 --> 00:40:44,189
Speaker 1: spent some time away from the team, but was not suspended.

712
00:40:44,949 --> 00:40:49,189
Speaker 1: The regular season was uneven and frustrating, as the Warriors

713
00:40:49,229 --> 00:40:52,389
Speaker 1: couldn't figure out how to win on the road. They

714
00:40:52,509 --> 00:40:55,349
Speaker 1: easily had the worst road record among the playoff teams,

715
00:40:55,869 --> 00:40:58,389
Speaker 1: but still managed to upset the Kings in the first

716
00:40:58,469 --> 00:41:02,149
Speaker 1: round with a Game seven win on the road that

717
00:41:02,269 --> 00:41:06,069
Speaker 1: included a fifth point outburst from Curry that had folks

718
00:41:06,109 --> 00:41:09,349
Speaker 1: believing another title run was very possible.

719
00:41:10,789 --> 00:41:12,909
Speaker 14: Just how ironic one of the worst road teams in

720
00:41:12,909 --> 00:41:15,269
Speaker 14: the NBA during the regular season, we'll have the biggest

721
00:41:15,309 --> 00:41:18,029
Speaker 14: road win of the playoffs as Curry lays it up

722
00:41:18,069 --> 00:41:21,669
Speaker 14: on a fifty point Game seven for Steph Curry.

723
00:41:21,389 --> 00:41:24,229
Speaker 27: And focus on the details of how you're trying to execute.

724
00:41:24,309 --> 00:41:26,789
Speaker 27: We trust each other, everybody that's out there on the floor.

725
00:41:26,909 --> 00:41:29,909
Speaker 27: We had great energy off our bench. You know, everybody

726
00:41:29,949 --> 00:41:33,109
Speaker 27: who played came in with the right intentions. There's a

727
00:41:33,109 --> 00:41:36,469
Speaker 27: lot of conversation and communication and togetherness on the bench,

728
00:41:36,789 --> 00:41:39,709
Speaker 27: which is huge for us. And everything was connected. So

729
00:41:40,949 --> 00:41:42,949
Speaker 27: when that happens and then you're on the court and

730
00:41:42,949 --> 00:41:44,589
Speaker 27: you have clarity of a well, what you're trying to do,

731
00:41:45,589 --> 00:41:45,828
Speaker 27: you know.

732
00:41:45,829 --> 00:41:46,909
Speaker 3: Good things usually happen.

733
00:41:46,949 --> 00:41:49,629
Speaker 27: And it was a great time to kind of put

734
00:41:49,629 --> 00:41:51,629
Speaker 27: it all together on the road in Game seven.

735
00:41:54,109 --> 00:41:56,229
Speaker 1: But the Warriors would lose to the Lakers in the

736
00:41:56,269 --> 00:41:59,469
Speaker 1: second round in six games, ending hope of a second

737
00:41:59,549 --> 00:42:04,788
Speaker 1: back to back run for Steph and the Warriors. The

738
00:42:04,829 --> 00:42:08,749
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three to twenty four season wouldn't get any better.

739
00:42:09,309 --> 00:42:12,709
Speaker 1: The Warriors traded Pool to Washington in exchange for former

740
00:42:12,829 --> 00:42:17,389
Speaker 1: rival Chris Paul Draymond Green spent the season crossing lines.

741
00:42:18,229 --> 00:42:21,189
Speaker 1: He was suspended for five games after putting Rudy Gobert

742
00:42:21,229 --> 00:42:24,909
Speaker 1: in a headlock during a November fourteenth game against the Timberwolves,

743
00:42:24,949 --> 00:42:28,109
Speaker 1: and on December twelfth, he struck use of Nurkic in

744
00:42:28,149 --> 00:42:32,149
Speaker 1: the face, which got him suspended indefinitely, a suspension that

745
00:42:32,229 --> 00:42:36,308
Speaker 1: lasted sixteen games, and during it Green said he even

746
00:42:36,389 --> 00:42:40,069
Speaker 1: considered retirement. The Warriors would lose in the play into

747
00:42:40,109 --> 00:42:43,709
Speaker 1: the Kings as a temp see and never see the actual.

748
00:42:43,309 --> 00:42:47,629
Speaker 22: Playoffs, and they can't like the beam here in Sacramento,

749
00:42:48,909 --> 00:42:56,908
Speaker 22: and they're gonna do just that. Two great friends Mike

750
00:42:56,989 --> 00:42:59,989
Speaker 22: Brown and Steve hurr Ill embrace.

751
00:43:01,429 --> 00:43:04,469
Speaker 1: That meant the Warriors would face a very difficult decision

752
00:43:04,509 --> 00:43:09,189
Speaker 1: that offseason. Would Clay Thompson, the franchise fixture and four

753
00:43:09,229 --> 00:43:13,909
Speaker 1: time champion, be re signed as he entered unrestricted free agency.

754
00:43:13,949 --> 00:43:17,749
Speaker 1: With the Warriors in a difficult financial situation and believing

755
00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:21,509
Speaker 1: Clay's best days were well behind him following two devastating

756
00:43:21,589 --> 00:43:24,669
Speaker 1: leg injuries, it appeared the writing was on the wall

757
00:43:24,749 --> 00:43:27,869
Speaker 1: for a Thompson departure. He spoke about the idea of

758
00:43:27,949 --> 00:43:30,669
Speaker 1: leading the Warriors following the twenty four season.

759
00:43:30,909 --> 00:43:33,829
Speaker 13: Oh Man on twenty nineteen, Well, could you imagine if

760
00:43:33,829 --> 00:43:35,308
Speaker 13: they didn't pay me after I got hurt?

761
00:43:35,309 --> 00:43:36,348
Speaker 3: That would have been really bad?

762
00:43:37,789 --> 00:43:40,509
Speaker 13: Oh With the five straight finals.

763
00:43:40,549 --> 00:43:41,429
Speaker 3: You blew your knee out.

764
00:43:41,509 --> 00:43:43,229
Speaker 10: Yeah, sorry, So.

765
00:43:44,949 --> 00:43:46,709
Speaker 13: No, I mean that was very nice in them.

766
00:43:48,109 --> 00:43:51,509
Speaker 3: I mean I try.

767
00:43:51,549 --> 00:43:54,948
Speaker 13: I mean every year I give my best effort, and

768
00:43:57,229 --> 00:44:01,389
Speaker 13: ownership group has been great. I have nothing but positive

769
00:44:01,389 --> 00:44:06,469
Speaker 13: things to say about them. They treat us like I

770
00:44:06,589 --> 00:44:10,069
Speaker 13: treat us with great respect and do all the little

771
00:44:10,069 --> 00:44:12,989
Speaker 13: things for us to do our jobs at the highest level.

772
00:44:13,109 --> 00:44:17,989
Speaker 13: So it's been I mean, I don't really know how

773
00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:18,509
Speaker 13: to answer that.

774
00:44:18,589 --> 00:44:20,949
Speaker 3: I mean, it's up to them.

775
00:44:20,989 --> 00:44:25,109
Speaker 13: But at the end of the day, whatever happens' small gravy,

776
00:44:25,149 --> 00:44:27,189
Speaker 13: it's been such a freaking special run.

777
00:44:29,749 --> 00:44:33,829
Speaker 1: On July sixth, twenty twenty four, Thompson officially joined the

778
00:44:33,909 --> 00:44:36,229
Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks as a part of a sign in trade.

779
00:44:37,109 --> 00:44:39,709
Speaker 1: The Warriors got back Kyle Anderson and Buddy Healed in

780
00:44:39,749 --> 00:44:43,549
Speaker 1: the move, looking to create a winner post Clay, but

781
00:44:43,629 --> 00:44:47,029
Speaker 1: it wasn't until another in season trade was made that

782
00:44:47,189 --> 00:44:52,669
Speaker 1: dynasty rejuvenation talk started. The Warriors traded Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson,

783
00:44:52,829 --> 00:44:55,069
Speaker 1: and a first round pick to the Miami Heat for

784
00:44:55,149 --> 00:44:57,788
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler as part of a five team trade. The

785
00:44:57,829 --> 00:45:01,428
Speaker 1: addition reminded Draymond Green of what a championship Warriors team

786
00:45:01,509 --> 00:45:05,748
Speaker 1: felt like to the point where Green guaranteed a championship

787
00:45:05,789 --> 00:45:08,709
Speaker 1: while appearing on T n T during the All Star weekend.

788
00:45:09,389 --> 00:45:12,709
Speaker 12: Jimmy Butler, Okay, how has it been so far? It's

789
00:45:12,749 --> 00:45:17,189
Speaker 12: been incredible. He's bought a purpose back to this this organization.

790
00:45:17,429 --> 00:45:19,748
Speaker 12: I think, you know, we were kind of headed in

791
00:45:19,789 --> 00:45:22,069
Speaker 12: the wrong direction thinking we're figuring it out and never

792
00:45:22,109 --> 00:45:24,869
Speaker 12: figuring it out this year. Throughout the course of this

793
00:45:24,949 --> 00:45:27,509
Speaker 12: year and since he's been here, we walked into every

794
00:45:27,909 --> 00:45:31,388
Speaker 12: game thinking and believing that we're going to win that game,

795
00:45:31,469 --> 00:45:33,469
Speaker 12: and that goes a long way in this league. But

796
00:45:33,589 --> 00:45:36,229
Speaker 12: you walk in the game like, ah, man, we're probably.

797
00:45:35,829 --> 00:45:36,788
Speaker 3: Going to lose this game.

798
00:45:37,309 --> 00:45:40,029
Speaker 12: It's not good. And so he's brought back that belief

799
00:45:40,469 --> 00:45:43,909
Speaker 12: and I think we're going to win the championship.

800
00:45:44,429 --> 00:45:46,748
Speaker 1: Say that one more time so than everybody here say that.

801
00:45:47,629 --> 00:45:49,828
Speaker 22: I didn't hear you my ear piece because they added

802
00:45:49,909 --> 00:45:51,189
Speaker 22: Jimmy Butler the third.

803
00:45:51,029 --> 00:45:53,229
Speaker 3: So I'm sorry.

804
00:45:53,709 --> 00:45:55,509
Speaker 12: I said, I think we're going to win a championship,

805
00:45:55,509 --> 00:45:58,549
Speaker 12: but I lie, we are going to win the champions

806
00:45:58,669 --> 00:46:04,388
Speaker 12: wing tray.

807
00:46:06,309 --> 00:46:10,109
Speaker 1: Even former Golden State great Chris Mullen was believing the

808
00:46:10,149 --> 00:46:13,149
Speaker 1: Warriors could make a run after he watched Butler's addition

809
00:46:13,789 --> 00:46:17,469
Speaker 1: enhance the team's defense and their ability to control the

810
00:46:17,509 --> 00:46:19,109
Speaker 1: game from the free throw line.

811
00:46:19,629 --> 00:46:20,709
Speaker 3: I mentioned little earlier.

812
00:46:21,189 --> 00:46:23,709
Speaker 4: You know, we talked about, you know, analytics, the free throw,

813
00:46:23,789 --> 00:46:28,909
Speaker 4: how important free throws are too, offensive basketball and defensive basketball.

814
00:46:29,469 --> 00:46:33,429
Speaker 4: Back when I was a kid, we were always taught

815
00:46:33,469 --> 00:46:35,429
Speaker 4: the biggest weapon was drawing fouls.

816
00:46:35,509 --> 00:46:39,549
Speaker 1: Yep, you get so much positive things.

817
00:46:39,269 --> 00:46:42,869
Speaker 4: From a foul. Obviously, you get points, you get to

818
00:46:42,869 --> 00:46:45,949
Speaker 4: set your defense, you get to rest, you get to

819
00:46:45,989 --> 00:46:49,509
Speaker 4: communicate with your teammates, all for drawing a foul. And

820
00:46:49,589 --> 00:46:51,949
Speaker 4: during his time of analytics, where you said, you know,

821
00:46:52,629 --> 00:46:55,709
Speaker 4: open two point shots should be layups, the free throw

822
00:46:55,829 --> 00:46:58,629
Speaker 4: is kind of taking a back seat to the three

823
00:46:58,669 --> 00:47:02,229
Speaker 4: point shot. Now, nothing wrong with wide open threes, I

824
00:47:02,309 --> 00:47:07,189
Speaker 4: love them. But when you have a balanced attack of freeze,

825
00:47:07,789 --> 00:47:13,509
Speaker 4: fast break points, points off turnovers, nice layups pull up

826
00:47:13,629 --> 00:47:17,229
Speaker 4: all of a sudden. The ultimate offensive weapon as a

827
00:47:17,269 --> 00:47:19,749
Speaker 4: team and as a player is the element of surprise

828
00:47:20,829 --> 00:47:24,029
Speaker 4: and the balance of attack, and that's what the free

829
00:47:24,029 --> 00:47:26,509
Speaker 4: throw does. So with Jimmy Butler, like I said that

830
00:47:26,629 --> 00:47:30,749
Speaker 4: this team in four games has gone from thirtieth to second.

831
00:47:31,189 --> 00:47:34,989
Speaker 1: That's drastic Golden State managed to nab the seventh seed

832
00:47:35,429 --> 00:47:39,749
Speaker 1: and upset the second seeded Rockets, but a hamstring injury

833
00:47:39,789 --> 00:47:43,268
Speaker 1: to Curry derailed the second round against Minnesota and the

834
00:47:43,309 --> 00:47:46,189
Speaker 1: Warriors were knocked out in five games. But it was

835
00:47:46,269 --> 00:47:49,509
Speaker 1: Curry's performance late in the regular seat and throughout that

836
00:47:49,589 --> 00:47:53,589
Speaker 1: series against Houston that has the Warriors still believing their

837
00:47:53,669 --> 00:47:57,189
Speaker 1: dynasty isn't over just yet. For those who've been around Curry,

838
00:47:57,229 --> 00:48:00,748
Speaker 1: as long as Mullen has, his presence alone gives the

839
00:48:00,749 --> 00:48:03,669
Speaker 1: Warriors real hope. Here's Mulley.

840
00:48:05,509 --> 00:48:08,589
Speaker 4: To me, the way he's handled himself off the floor

841
00:48:09,309 --> 00:48:12,629
Speaker 4: is as extraordinary as the way he's performed, and that's

842
00:48:12,669 --> 00:48:17,709
Speaker 4: an incredible dynamic. And so for me, you know, I

843
00:48:18,149 --> 00:48:21,189
Speaker 4: obviously get to cover their games. I love watching him play,

844
00:48:21,749 --> 00:48:25,149
Speaker 4: but I'm always as impressed how he treats his teammates,

845
00:48:25,709 --> 00:48:30,189
Speaker 4: how he treats the fans. Just very aware of what's

846
00:48:30,229 --> 00:48:33,748
Speaker 4: going on around him, and he cares so for that,

847
00:48:34,509 --> 00:48:38,469
Speaker 4: I mean, I've got the utmost respect namiration for Steph

848
00:48:38,509 --> 00:48:42,909
Speaker 4: as a player and the way he has himself tremendous

849
00:48:42,949 --> 00:48:44,389
Speaker 4: mentor and a role model.

850
00:48:44,909 --> 00:48:49,429
Speaker 1: Curry's global impact is difficult to measure. His influence goes

851
00:48:49,469 --> 00:48:54,869
Speaker 1: beyond basketball, whether it's through his philanthropic efforts or entrepreneurial ventures,

852
00:48:55,509 --> 00:48:58,389
Speaker 1: but it's on the basketball court where his magnetism is

853
00:48:58,389 --> 00:49:01,189
Speaker 1: at its strongest. He showed as much to the world

854
00:49:01,269 --> 00:49:04,109
Speaker 1: during the twenty twenty fourth Summer Olympics when he closed

855
00:49:04,149 --> 00:49:08,709
Speaker 1: out both Serbia and France with ridiculous shooting efforts, then

856
00:49:08,789 --> 00:49:12,629
Speaker 1: celebrating with his signature night Night celebration that everyone was

857
00:49:12,669 --> 00:49:17,629
Speaker 1: waiting for. Warrior's assistant coach Bruce Frasier considers even Curry's

858
00:49:17,669 --> 00:49:21,469
Speaker 1: celebrations a part of what makes him so easy to embrace.

859
00:49:22,989 --> 00:49:24,828
Speaker 2: That's some beauty of stuff, as he's got a lot

860
00:49:24,829 --> 00:49:27,549
Speaker 2: of little kid in him and there's nothing that's like

861
00:49:28,029 --> 00:49:30,348
Speaker 2: calculated or unauthentic about him.

862
00:49:31,069 --> 00:49:35,189
Speaker 20: So the celebrations comes from deep within and they just

863
00:49:35,269 --> 00:49:36,549
Speaker 20: kind of show up.

864
00:49:36,909 --> 00:49:39,549
Speaker 1: I think sometimes he almost.

865
00:49:39,509 --> 00:49:41,788
Speaker 5: Looks bad and giggles out him and says, I wish

866
00:49:41,829 --> 00:49:42,669
Speaker 5: I wouldn't have done that.

867
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Speaker 15: Maybe you know that I'm guessing, but he's pretty humble

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Speaker 15: at times, but it comes out the.

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Speaker 1: Spirit comes out on the floor.

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Speaker 2: So you know, those are all authentic celebrations of many

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Speaker 2: of them, Many of them stuck.

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Speaker 1: Will also stick around forever are the stories of just

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Speaker 1: how great a human Curry has been. Out this entire experience,

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Speaker 1: you've heard several folks discuss how step has changed the

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Speaker 1: game while lifting a once down trodden Warriors franchise to

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Speaker 1: the height of sports success for more than a decade.

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Speaker 1: But if you keep digging, there are even more stories

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Speaker 1: along the way that displayed just how that humble superstar

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Speaker 1: brought joy to others around him just because he could.

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Speaker 1: Among them comes one from former Warriors general manager Larry Ryan,

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Speaker 1: the man most responsible for the Warriors drafting Curry. Do

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Speaker 1: you remember that adorable daughter Curry would bring up to

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Speaker 1: the podium many years ago during those first few finals

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Speaker 1: runs from stand.

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Speaker 3: Entertaining basketball?

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Speaker 20: But it's we're both supposed to do.

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Speaker 18: Down.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to say quiet.

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Speaker 1: That was Ryan Curry. She's twelve now, and I might

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Speaker 1: have guessed if I now, but she was named after

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Speaker 1: Larry Riley himself. But first, of course, Steph had to

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Speaker 1: ask for permission. Here's Larry Riley.

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Speaker 28: I was really surprised Steph had no problems to speak of.

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Speaker 3: And he came to my office and came in and

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Speaker 3: sat down and.

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Speaker 28: Talked to me and he said, we're going to have

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Speaker 28: our first child and we're thinking about naming a Riley.

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Speaker 28: What would you think about Well, I just that moved

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Speaker 28: me away, and Steph and I had a good relationship

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Speaker 28: and probably a little closer than with most.

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Speaker 10: Corecourse that I was around.

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Speaker 28: I enjoyed his dad and his parents were His parents

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Speaker 28: were really really solid in the upbringing of their children, and.

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Speaker 1: I just I had a lot of respect for him.

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Speaker 28: And when he came in and mentioned that, it did

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Speaker 28: blue me what.

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Speaker 1: I was honored with that question whether or not this

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Speaker 1: Dub Dynasty continues with any more championships, Curry's legacy as

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Speaker 1: the centerpiece of a run that may never be duplicated

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Speaker 1: has long been cemented, partially because of gestures just like

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Speaker 1: that one. Thanks for listening to Dub Dynasty. Dub Dynasty

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