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Speaker 2: Hard We backs off on Tom's hold and he exploded

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Speaker 3: It got the entire Warriors bench on its feet.

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Speaker 4: The hardaway, by the.

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Speaker 2: He had a new season high for Mitt Richmond.

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Speaker 2: He's opened from the perimeter down it.

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Speaker 7: It's tip cold and standing intercepts a mask and the

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Speaker 7: Warriors tip won game, the first Golden State playoff win

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Speaker 7: at the Forum since nineteen sixty nine. The series is

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Speaker 1: Those were some highlights from one of the more popular

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Speaker 1: Golden State Warrior teams that previously mentioned. Run TMC squad

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Speaker 1: led by Tim Hardway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris mok The

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Speaker 1: one that kickstarted my love for the NBA and a

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Speaker 1: the championship Warriors. Since I'm Israel Gutierrez and this is

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Speaker 1: dubb Dynasty. Those run TMC Warriors reached the second round

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Speaker 1: the innovative head coach Don Nelson was also a bit

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Speaker 1: So he traded Mitch Richmond for Owens and tinkered with

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Speaker 1: Was run TMC really just a decade's early preview of

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Speaker 1: the famous death lineup? You'll hear about several more times

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Speaker 1: in this series. Chris Mullin himself certainly credits Nelson for

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Speaker 8: Don Nelson was an innovator way ahead of his time.

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Speaker 8: As you said Israel, he had implemented that similar system

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Speaker 8: in Milwaukee. A great, great team in Milwaukee with Marcus

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Speaker 8: Johnson's City, Moncrief, Bob Lanier, Paul Pressey, Brian Winters. They

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Speaker 8: When he came to Golden State, Nelly went almost exclusively small.

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Speaker 8: You know you referenced that San Antonio series, you know,

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Speaker 8: that's that particular series. In the first round was five games.

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Speaker 8: We lost the first game, we got blown out, and

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Speaker 8: Nelly came in the locker room and said, we got him.

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Speaker 2: So what Kyle Like, what do you mean we got him?

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Speaker 9: He just blew us out.

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Speaker 8: So they had David Robinson, Terry Cummings, Sean Elliott. They

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Speaker 1: This was during Steph Curry's most injury shortened season, a

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Speaker 1: time when Golden State was still uncertain just how that

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Speaker 1: That sounds like a gamble, to say the least. It

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Speaker 1: former number one overall pick Andrew Bogan. David Lee had

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Speaker 3: Three years into my tenure there. It was all new executives,

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Speaker 3: the secretaries and the offices were different. The only people

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Speaker 1: Real well, the fans of the team weren't getting along

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Speaker 3: I'll never forget going out at halftime they said, oh,

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Speaker 1: What Lee didn't recall, That's how jarring the booze were

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Speaker 5: Other thing to do that Noway, he saved the rest

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Speaker 1: Let's bring up the owner of the Gold's dead Warriors.

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Speaker 1: Mister Joe Laiell, what.

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Speaker 10: Tonight? How we got that over with tonight is about

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Speaker 1: One Chris Mullen himself would try to come to Lake

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Speaker 3: Got it.

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Speaker 2: As the greatest fans in the NBA.

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Speaker 8: As everyone stated, sometimes change is inevitable and it's gonna

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Speaker 2: Just fine.

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Speaker 8: With your support and patience and use that passion and

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Speaker 3: This thing is going in the right way.

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Speaker 10: Since Joe Mark Jackson, everything will work out just fine,

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Speaker 1: Passion that's so cringe worthy you don't even need to

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Speaker 1: At halftime of that contest, a writer for the team website,

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Speaker 2: Just listen to the crowd.

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Speaker 9: a spy, like leaking the game intel or scouting to us.

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00:24:59,069 --> 00:25:01,629
Speaker 9: I didn't hear that once, So I didn't hear Mark

435
00:25:01,709 --> 00:25:05,029
Speaker 9: Jackson mention any of that to us. So yeah, I

436
00:25:05,149 --> 00:25:08,629
Speaker 9: mean it would have if I'd assume if he tom

437
00:25:08,669 --> 00:25:11,189
Speaker 9: Mark Jackson or someone on our staff and things, we'd

438
00:25:11,229 --> 00:25:14,029
Speaker 9: have it in our scating report. We never had any

439
00:25:14,069 --> 00:25:15,429
Speaker 9: of that. We didn't really need it, to be honest

440
00:25:15,469 --> 00:25:17,029
Speaker 9: with you. They are pretty predictable with what they were

441
00:25:17,069 --> 00:25:19,909
Speaker 9: going to do over the course of the series, so

442
00:25:20,069 --> 00:25:22,869
Speaker 9: we felt like we had a pretty pretty good spot.

443
00:25:22,909 --> 00:25:25,149
Speaker 9: But that was It was an interesting series on a

444
00:25:25,229 --> 00:25:27,429
Speaker 9: number of fronts. You know, they were they were a

445
00:25:27,469 --> 00:25:32,109
Speaker 9: team that we struggled with years before I got there,

446
00:25:32,149 --> 00:25:34,229
Speaker 9: and a few other guys got there, and I think

447
00:25:34,389 --> 00:25:37,989
Speaker 9: bringing some physicality and some guys that weren't scared to

448
00:25:37,989 --> 00:25:40,389
Speaker 9: stand up to those you know, Kindeth th Reid and

449
00:25:40,469 --> 00:25:43,189
Speaker 9: those kind of guys, I think was really important. And

450
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,549
Speaker 9: you know, we just we just outplayed him for the

451
00:25:45,589 --> 00:25:47,949
Speaker 9: most part in that series. And you know, I think

452
00:25:47,989 --> 00:25:51,148
Speaker 9: that was you know, coming our party for a lot

453
00:25:51,189 --> 00:25:53,469
Speaker 9: of guys, but just shown that we had a versatile

454
00:25:53,549 --> 00:25:56,629
Speaker 9: group that could I mean, given night, anyone could have

455
00:25:56,749 --> 00:25:58,069
Speaker 9: fifteen twenty points.

456
00:26:02,269 --> 00:26:17,869
Speaker 4: Probably tracing the town, resetting, hand off, curry off this

457
00:26:18,029 --> 00:26:23,229
Speaker 4: foot boga, little game of trust, shot cock a truck,

458
00:26:24,869 --> 00:26:27,749
Speaker 4: what get the us up in the four inside up

459
00:26:27,789 --> 00:26:28,749
Speaker 4: pick in the town.

460
00:26:29,309 --> 00:26:32,189
Speaker 9: And we could put physical you, we could outshoot you.

461
00:26:32,469 --> 00:26:33,709
Speaker 9: And I think it really started to.

462
00:26:35,589 --> 00:26:35,869
Speaker 11: For us.

463
00:26:36,229 --> 00:26:38,029
Speaker 9: It changed narrative of us. Like I think a lot

464
00:26:38,069 --> 00:26:41,429
Speaker 9: of people, you know, even even in the championship years

465
00:26:41,429 --> 00:26:43,269
Speaker 9: and whatnot, it was always like we're a running gun

466
00:26:43,349 --> 00:26:45,949
Speaker 9: team and we're just shooting a bunch of threes. People

467
00:26:45,989 --> 00:26:47,509
Speaker 9: didn't realize that we were doing a lot of grunt

468
00:26:47,549 --> 00:26:49,509
Speaker 9: work at the other end, and it kind of went unnoticed,

469
00:26:49,509 --> 00:26:51,429
Speaker 9: which was good because everyone just thought we were this

470
00:26:52,589 --> 00:26:55,309
Speaker 9: you know, d' antonio type and Phoenix Suns team that

471
00:26:55,589 --> 00:26:58,109
Speaker 9: that that soft and just wants to shoot threes. But

472
00:26:58,229 --> 00:27:00,869
Speaker 9: we weren't, and I think teams got a shop when

473
00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:02,589
Speaker 9: they came into players because they thought it would be

474
00:27:02,669 --> 00:27:05,309
Speaker 9: that easy pace with them. But defensively we will really

475
00:27:05,349 --> 00:27:05,949
Speaker 9: solid as well.

476
00:27:07,469 --> 00:27:10,789
Speaker 1: The Warriors would actually get even more solid defensively as

477
00:27:10,869 --> 00:27:14,269
Speaker 1: that Denver series progressed. That's because an injury to David

478
00:27:14,349 --> 00:27:16,549
Speaker 1: Lee in Game one kept him out of the final

479
00:27:16,629 --> 00:27:19,629
Speaker 1: game of that series and opened the door for more

480
00:27:19,749 --> 00:27:23,869
Speaker 1: Draymond Green minutes. Green was in his rookie season, still

481
00:27:23,949 --> 00:27:26,269
Speaker 1: trying to find exactly where he'd fit in next to

482
00:27:26,349 --> 00:27:29,309
Speaker 1: a former All Star like Lee and future greats like

483
00:27:29,389 --> 00:27:32,989
Speaker 1: Stephen Clay. He was irregular in the rotation, but his

484
00:27:33,109 --> 00:27:36,749
Speaker 1: minutes would vary greatly even late in his rookie season.

485
00:27:38,069 --> 00:27:42,749
Speaker 13: Shooting thirty six percent from downtown Draymond Green what moved

486
00:27:43,349 --> 00:27:50,509
Speaker 13: fading in the lane greene with an offensive rebound Thompson

487
00:27:52,509 --> 00:27:56,149
Speaker 13: Lade Thompson stay tune was took Lady hardaway.

488
00:27:56,629 --> 00:27:57,109
Speaker 4: Jack.

489
00:27:58,429 --> 00:27:59,789
Speaker 2: Chap him by Green.

490
00:28:00,709 --> 00:28:04,188
Speaker 1: Even after Green was drafted by now with Bob Myers

491
00:28:04,269 --> 00:28:08,469
Speaker 1: promoted to general manager making final draft decisions, the Warriors

492
00:28:08,509 --> 00:28:11,829
Speaker 1: weren't exactly sure how Draymond would translate to the NBA.

493
00:28:13,029 --> 00:28:15,429
Speaker 1: Riley was still assisting Myers. At the time, the team

494
00:28:15,509 --> 00:28:18,589
Speaker 1: was scouting Draymond and he noticed a winner's approach.

495
00:28:19,829 --> 00:28:21,229
Speaker 14: I'm on board of Raymond.

496
00:28:21,309 --> 00:28:25,669
Speaker 11: And here's why I go to watch I don't know

497
00:28:26,189 --> 00:28:29,589
Speaker 11: two or three times at least. I go to Ohio

498
00:28:29,669 --> 00:28:34,509
Speaker 11: State University late in the year, snow, I like predictions

499
00:28:34,549 --> 00:28:39,549
Speaker 11: that snow blowing sideways and it's an afternoon game, great crowd,

500
00:28:39,869 --> 00:28:44,029
Speaker 11: and Graymond just works and works and works. He rebounds,

501
00:28:44,349 --> 00:28:48,029
Speaker 11: he fights people. He's a winner. And I came out

502
00:28:48,109 --> 00:28:53,989
Speaker 11: of that gym shot the Stein Arena thinking, okay, if

503
00:28:54,029 --> 00:28:55,789
Speaker 11: there's a way to get to this guy.

504
00:28:56,189 --> 00:28:59,149
Speaker 14: Not maybe too high, but he is a winner.

505
00:28:59,709 --> 00:29:04,269
Speaker 11: And then there's all the criticisms about it, listens being

506
00:29:04,869 --> 00:29:09,669
Speaker 11: too small, too short, won't be able to rebound in

507
00:29:09,749 --> 00:29:14,029
Speaker 11: the NBA like he has the college doesn't make shots

508
00:29:15,229 --> 00:29:21,189
Speaker 11: and all those kind of things. Some of the shot making, Okay,

509
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:25,989
Speaker 11: I gather it. But this guy's a winner. He plays hard,

510
00:29:26,069 --> 00:29:29,789
Speaker 11: he will defend, he will rebound. And I always felt rebounding.

511
00:29:30,149 --> 00:29:32,429
Speaker 11: If you can rebound in college and you are a

512
00:29:32,589 --> 00:29:36,669
Speaker 11: play it can't be a dud and just get some rebounds.

513
00:29:36,909 --> 00:29:38,909
Speaker 11: But if you can rebound in college and you are

514
00:29:38,949 --> 00:29:41,549
Speaker 11: a player that normally he's going to translate.

515
00:29:42,469 --> 00:29:46,509
Speaker 1: Green's game began to transform around his splashier brothers in

516
00:29:46,669 --> 00:29:50,389
Speaker 1: that Denver series. Once the second round series against the

517
00:29:50,469 --> 00:29:53,549
Speaker 1: Spurs started, Green was playing thirty eight minutes in a

518
00:29:53,629 --> 00:29:57,349
Speaker 1: double overtime game, still off the bench, effectively getting the

519
00:29:57,429 --> 00:30:00,669
Speaker 1: important minutes that token starter and fellow rookie festus A

520
00:30:00,789 --> 00:30:05,829
Speaker 1: Zili was not. Lee noticed Green's influence whether he was

521
00:30:05,949 --> 00:30:07,469
Speaker 1: on the floor with him or not.

522
00:30:08,189 --> 00:30:10,989
Speaker 3: He always had the attitude, always had the work ethic,

523
00:30:11,229 --> 00:30:14,789
Speaker 3: always had the grit, and the knowledge of the game.

524
00:30:14,909 --> 00:30:17,469
Speaker 3: Is a very smart player. But I'm not sure anybody

525
00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:20,029
Speaker 3: expected a second round pick to come in and ever

526
00:30:20,109 --> 00:30:23,909
Speaker 3: be a starter. And when given more opportunity, he played

527
00:30:23,949 --> 00:30:27,069
Speaker 3: even better. And I think it became very clear that

528
00:30:27,549 --> 00:30:31,669
Speaker 3: his relationship with Steph and his ability to find stuff

529
00:30:31,709 --> 00:30:35,149
Speaker 3: and put Steph in positions to be as productive as possible,

530
00:30:35,149 --> 00:30:38,509
Speaker 3: which with the player that Steff was becoming, that's what

531
00:30:38,629 --> 00:30:40,509
Speaker 3: we needed was a bunch of guys around that could

532
00:30:40,509 --> 00:30:42,949
Speaker 3: support Steph and make him better, and Draymond was the

533
00:30:42,989 --> 00:30:44,909
Speaker 3: perfect guy to do that. Set a lot of great

534
00:30:44,949 --> 00:30:48,229
Speaker 3: screens do all the dirty work. Steph defensively has gotten

535
00:30:48,269 --> 00:30:50,709
Speaker 3: better at the time wasn't great, and Draymond was kind

536
00:30:50,709 --> 00:30:53,109
Speaker 3: of that guy that was like, hey, when you get beat,

537
00:30:53,189 --> 00:30:55,069
Speaker 3: I'm there and then I'm back to my man. So

538
00:30:55,149 --> 00:30:57,829
Speaker 3: he did a lot of things that some people would notice,

539
00:30:58,029 --> 00:31:00,989
Speaker 3: and you know, the casual fan would notice some of it,

540
00:31:01,509 --> 00:31:04,229
Speaker 3: but when you really dove into the numbers, him with

541
00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:06,989
Speaker 3: Steph was a great combo. And I mean you've seen

542
00:31:07,069 --> 00:31:09,829
Speaker 3: that now many years since then it's proven to be

543
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:10,229
Speaker 3: the truth.

544
00:31:11,469 --> 00:31:14,549
Speaker 1: The Warriors lost that series opener by two points after

545
00:31:14,669 --> 00:31:18,669
Speaker 1: two extra sessions. They eventually fell in six games to

546
00:31:18,789 --> 00:31:22,309
Speaker 1: a Spurs team that went onto the NBA Finals and

547
00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:25,309
Speaker 1: was a defensive rebound away in Game six of those

548
00:31:25,349 --> 00:31:28,189
Speaker 1: finals from winning it all. Who can forget that ray

549
00:31:28,229 --> 00:31:31,709
Speaker 1: Allen three pointer that changed the course of NBA history.

550
00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:37,029
Speaker 2: James Catchers clutch up with three. We'll go five sack

551
00:31:37,109 --> 00:31:42,189
Speaker 2: count Adam his three second.

552
00:31:44,829 --> 00:31:47,629
Speaker 1: Yet it was a series the Warriors felt they could

553
00:31:47,629 --> 00:31:51,109
Speaker 1: have won if that opening game had just ended differently.

554
00:31:54,829 --> 00:32:15,909
Speaker 2: Here's anoble but three time, I don't state dispersely. Is

555
00:32:15,989 --> 00:32:17,429
Speaker 2: it upset with general things?

556
00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:18,349
Speaker 4: Three point ten?

557
00:32:18,509 --> 00:32:19,069
Speaker 9: There is?

558
00:32:19,149 --> 00:32:21,469
Speaker 2: He's not upset on that three point a time of

559
00:32:21,549 --> 00:32:22,629
Speaker 2: Mark Jackson made.

560
00:32:22,429 --> 00:32:25,309
Speaker 8: Me upset with this defense because they did not communicate

561
00:32:25,349 --> 00:32:27,869
Speaker 8: and they left the man wide open.

562
00:32:29,589 --> 00:32:31,509
Speaker 1: Who knows what would have happened if the Warriors win

563
00:32:31,629 --> 00:32:35,189
Speaker 1: that game that series, maybe go on to meet Lebron

564
00:32:35,309 --> 00:32:39,629
Speaker 1: James in the NBA Finals a little earlier than scheduled. Still,

565
00:32:40,069 --> 00:32:43,629
Speaker 1: the Warriors were able to benefit by not advancing, perhaps

566
00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:46,909
Speaker 1: a theme that would continue in this story, because it

567
00:32:47,069 --> 00:32:51,589
Speaker 1: kept Iguidala extremely interested in Golden State while Andrea was

568
00:32:51,629 --> 00:32:54,709
Speaker 1: being pursued by the Nuggets, Kings, and Mavericks, all of

569
00:32:54,749 --> 00:32:57,829
Speaker 1: them effectively maxing out what they could pay him. The

570
00:32:57,909 --> 00:33:00,749
Speaker 1: Warriors were desperately trying to make room for the Do

571
00:33:00,869 --> 00:33:04,469
Speaker 1: Everything Forward. It wasn't until they could move on from

572
00:33:04,469 --> 00:33:08,029
Speaker 1: the contracts of Richard Jefferson and Andres Biadrin's Thank You

573
00:33:08,189 --> 00:33:11,869
Speaker 1: Utah Jazz, that the Warriors could finally offer Igwadala what

574
00:33:11,949 --> 00:33:14,749
Speaker 1: he needed to sign. It wasn't as much as those

575
00:33:14,789 --> 00:33:17,389
Speaker 1: other teams were offering, but it was enough to get

576
00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:22,069
Speaker 1: Iguadala into the fold. Yet the following season, despite healthy

577
00:33:22,149 --> 00:33:25,909
Speaker 1: seasons from Steph Clay and Draymond, despite the Iguadala edition,

578
00:33:26,549 --> 00:33:30,269
Speaker 1: despite another season under Mark Jacks and the additional bench

579
00:33:30,349 --> 00:33:34,069
Speaker 1: boost from Maury Spates. The Warriors still lost in the

580
00:33:34,149 --> 00:33:36,989
Speaker 1: first round in seven games to the Los Angeles Clippers.

581
00:33:37,869 --> 00:33:40,389
Speaker 1: It probably should be noted that this was quite the

582
00:33:40,469 --> 00:33:44,549
Speaker 1: moment in NBA history for another reason. While the teams

583
00:33:44,549 --> 00:33:47,909
Speaker 1: were playing games three and four in Oakland, TMZ had

584
00:33:47,949 --> 00:33:52,149
Speaker 1: released audio with Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks

585
00:33:52,189 --> 00:33:55,829
Speaker 1: in a phone call with his then girlfriend Vistiviano. By

586
00:33:55,869 --> 00:33:58,029
Speaker 1: the time the teams came back to Los Angeles for

587
00:33:58,109 --> 00:34:01,669
Speaker 1: Game five, there was a strong possibility that both teams

588
00:34:01,909 --> 00:34:04,349
Speaker 1: would walk off the floor and pro test and not

589
00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:07,749
Speaker 1: play the game. It was mere monthson to Commissioner Adam

590
00:34:07,829 --> 00:34:12,949
Speaker 1: Silver's tenure, and the players were demanding action. Eventually, Sterling

591
00:34:12,989 --> 00:34:15,989
Speaker 1: would have the team taken from him, but the drama

592
00:34:16,069 --> 00:34:20,309
Speaker 1: of that moment was unmistakable. Perhaps it helped push the

593
00:34:20,349 --> 00:34:24,189
Speaker 1: Clippers to a close victory in the series. Regardless, the

594
00:34:24,269 --> 00:34:27,829
Speaker 1: Warriors took their painful l in a very chaotic series

595
00:34:28,949 --> 00:34:29,709
Speaker 1: clippings up.

596
00:34:29,909 --> 00:34:33,909
Speaker 4: Being seven and then advance to the second line. The

597
00:34:34,069 --> 00:34:38,469
Speaker 4: turns of dry the defense of the coach Trump Rivers.

598
00:34:44,229 --> 00:34:45,308
Speaker 8: There was a sis drink.

599
00:34:47,149 --> 00:34:50,069
Speaker 1: They weren't fully healthy, as Andrew Bogett missed the series

600
00:34:50,109 --> 00:34:52,989
Speaker 1: with an injury, but there was still a lingering sense

601
00:34:53,069 --> 00:34:56,748
Speaker 1: of disappointment. Hurts even more because you tasted it before.

602
00:34:56,829 --> 00:34:58,788
Speaker 9: You taste a little bit of success and you want more.

603
00:34:59,549 --> 00:35:02,469
Speaker 11: So definitely stings a little more.

604
00:35:02,469 --> 00:35:05,549
Speaker 1: In last year, the Warriors were supposed to be growing,

605
00:35:05,989 --> 00:35:08,389
Speaker 1: not being surpassed by a team with Blake Griffin and

606
00:35:08,469 --> 00:35:13,869
Speaker 1: Chris Paul. Would a change be necessary Under normal NBA timelines,

607
00:35:14,269 --> 00:35:17,429
Speaker 1: Mark Jackson would have gotten another season at least more

608
00:35:17,549 --> 00:35:20,189
Speaker 1: time to prove the first round exit was the low

609
00:35:20,269 --> 00:35:23,788
Speaker 1: point and not a downward trend. But these Warriors front

610
00:35:23,829 --> 00:35:27,869
Speaker 1: office folks didn't consider themselves traditional thinkers, not when it

611
00:35:27,949 --> 00:35:31,189
Speaker 1: came to NBA decisions, and there was enough bubbling up

612
00:35:31,309 --> 00:35:34,549
Speaker 1: internally that confirmed some of the doubts the front office

613
00:35:34,629 --> 00:35:37,909
Speaker 1: had about Jackson. So just three days after losing that

614
00:35:38,029 --> 00:35:41,789
Speaker 1: Game seven, the Warriors fired Jackson, shocking a lot of

615
00:35:41,869 --> 00:35:46,589
Speaker 1: folks within and outside the organization. Bogitt was one of them,

616
00:35:47,509 --> 00:35:49,269
Speaker 1: but he also understood the thinking.

617
00:35:49,749 --> 00:35:53,348
Speaker 9: Look, I was shocked at they made that decision because

618
00:35:53,349 --> 00:35:55,828
Speaker 9: it was a tough decision. I think as far as

619
00:35:55,829 --> 00:35:58,509
Speaker 9: the organization goes, you know, we just the Warriors had

620
00:35:58,549 --> 00:35:59,949
Speaker 9: I mean, in the playoffs for so long, there's a

621
00:35:59,989 --> 00:36:02,349
Speaker 9: lot of media noise around. They finally made the playoffs,

622
00:36:02,749 --> 00:36:07,509
Speaker 9: you know, two years in a row. But I knew

623
00:36:07,589 --> 00:36:10,349
Speaker 9: that Mark Jackson had done a great job. But I

624
00:36:10,469 --> 00:36:12,788
Speaker 9: thought that he team taking that team as far as

625
00:36:12,869 --> 00:36:15,829
Speaker 9: it can go for a number of reasons. I know

626
00:36:15,869 --> 00:36:18,309
Speaker 9: there were Smith Cord issues that marquad with the organization,

627
00:36:20,269 --> 00:36:22,029
Speaker 9: and I know the locker room was kind of split

628
00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:23,828
Speaker 9: the all guys that loved him and guys that kind

629
00:36:23,869 --> 00:36:26,589
Speaker 9: of were left on the outer I was. I was

630
00:36:26,629 --> 00:36:28,109
Speaker 9: thrown in the middle of that, saying that I was

631
00:36:28,109 --> 00:36:29,629
Speaker 9: one of the guys. I was neither here or there.

632
00:36:29,669 --> 00:36:31,429
Speaker 9: I was kind of I was always my own guy,

633
00:36:32,429 --> 00:36:34,069
Speaker 9: and there was there were some things that went on

634
00:36:34,229 --> 00:36:36,748
Speaker 9: that I didn't agree with, but I supported as part

635
00:36:36,829 --> 00:36:40,429
Speaker 9: of being part of a team. So I think that,

636
00:36:40,909 --> 00:36:44,789
Speaker 9: you know, his started coaching kind of was a springboard

637
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:46,828
Speaker 9: for Steph getting to where he was because it gave

638
00:36:46,909 --> 00:36:48,269
Speaker 9: him a lot of confidence. He put the ball in

639
00:36:48,309 --> 00:36:50,429
Speaker 9: Steph SAMs a lot. But he was kind of an

640
00:36:50,429 --> 00:36:53,909
Speaker 9: old school New York mentality coach, where you know, if

641
00:36:53,949 --> 00:36:55,949
Speaker 9: you made the last shot, you were getting the ball

642
00:36:55,989 --> 00:36:58,629
Speaker 9: the next play, and you will We're throwing it to

643
00:36:58,749 --> 00:37:00,788
Speaker 9: you until you missed, and then you missed your shot.

644
00:37:00,909 --> 00:37:02,629
Speaker 9: All right, let's go to a clean Now, now you

645
00:37:02,709 --> 00:37:04,109
Speaker 9: get three or four touch as, we'll see how you go.

646
00:37:04,189 --> 00:37:06,189
Speaker 9: And it's just not a fun way to play. It's

647
00:37:06,229 --> 00:37:08,629
Speaker 9: a you know, the team team wasn't very involved with

648
00:37:08,829 --> 00:37:12,509
Speaker 9: very isolation based. Our defense was pretty good under Mark Jackson,

649
00:37:12,549 --> 00:37:16,909
Speaker 9: I think. But I think that that you know, from

650
00:37:16,949 --> 00:37:19,389
Speaker 9: what we understood that there were rumblings between the front

651
00:37:19,429 --> 00:37:22,149
Speaker 9: office and the coaching staff about is this a championship roster.

652
00:37:22,669 --> 00:37:25,229
Speaker 9: I believe the front office staff kind of were inclined

653
00:37:25,229 --> 00:37:27,748
Speaker 9: to say this is building towards a championship roster. I

654
00:37:27,869 --> 00:37:30,589
Speaker 9: think there were people on the coaching staff that disagree

655
00:37:30,589 --> 00:37:32,229
Speaker 9: with that as well. So the visions were a bit

656
00:37:32,309 --> 00:37:35,349
Speaker 9: distorted from what I understand, and I think the change

657
00:37:36,109 --> 00:37:39,389
Speaker 9: was had to be made for the longeviany of the franchise.

658
00:37:39,949 --> 00:37:42,989
Speaker 1: Had to be made. It's not the type of vision

659
00:37:43,029 --> 00:37:46,189
Speaker 1: you expect from team leadership, but it was the type

660
00:37:46,229 --> 00:37:49,429
Speaker 1: of vision this ownership group would need to assure this

661
00:37:49,669 --> 00:37:53,029
Speaker 1: wasn't just another two year flash in the pan. But

662
00:37:53,109 --> 00:37:56,868
Speaker 1: who would match that energy, who was capable of picking

663
00:37:56,949 --> 00:38:00,309
Speaker 1: up where Jackson left off and moving the team forward

664
00:38:00,629 --> 00:38:05,149
Speaker 1: with no setbacks on the NBA. On team, Charles Barkley

665
00:38:05,189 --> 00:38:08,349
Speaker 1: echoed the sentiments of many traditional NBA thinkers.

666
00:38:08,749 --> 00:38:11,509
Speaker 6: Or you had mentioned this last night to Charles, you know,

667
00:38:11,869 --> 00:38:14,949
Speaker 6: and we had even while Golden State was still playing,

668
00:38:15,029 --> 00:38:18,309
Speaker 6: when he was saying, Hey, I'm coaching for my life

669
00:38:18,349 --> 00:38:19,788
Speaker 6: here and that kind of thing.

670
00:38:19,869 --> 00:38:22,069
Speaker 15: I have no idea why he was coaching for his life.

671
00:38:22,629 --> 00:38:22,789
Speaker 16: You know.

672
00:38:22,909 --> 00:38:25,189
Speaker 15: They made the playoffs the one time in seventeen years

673
00:38:25,229 --> 00:38:27,829
Speaker 15: before he got there, and he got him to the

674
00:38:27,909 --> 00:38:32,388
Speaker 15: playoffs back to back years. They were not the team

675
00:38:32,429 --> 00:38:34,229
Speaker 15: that was going to beat the Clippers. The Clippers had

676
00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,469
Speaker 15: a better team and they were Minos Bogan.

677
00:38:37,789 --> 00:38:37,989
Speaker 2: Heeck.

678
00:38:38,109 --> 00:38:40,868
Speaker 1: Phil Jackson probably couldn't be expected to make this team

679
00:38:41,189 --> 00:38:44,748
Speaker 1: a champion within a year. But there was an executive

680
00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:47,269
Speaker 1: in Phoenix who had also been a former player and

681
00:38:47,349 --> 00:38:50,589
Speaker 1: a TV analyst, and he was interested in the job.

682
00:38:51,069 --> 00:38:54,149
Speaker 1: Steve Kerr had worked with Rick Welts in Phoenix, and

683
00:38:54,309 --> 00:38:57,149
Speaker 1: Welts was now in the business side of the Warriors franchise.

684
00:38:58,429 --> 00:39:01,469
Speaker 1: Welts knew Kerr was the type of person Golden State wanted,

685
00:39:02,029 --> 00:39:05,549
Speaker 1: one who already understood the relationship the Warriors business side

686
00:39:05,629 --> 00:39:11,268
Speaker 1: and basketball side wanted to maintain. This was perhaps even

687
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,869
Speaker 1: more so than the drafting of Steph Curry, which was

688
00:39:13,949 --> 00:39:18,069
Speaker 1: partially out of the Warrior's hands. The most important decision

689
00:39:18,229 --> 00:39:21,509
Speaker 1: this ownership group would make. Choosing the next leader of

690
00:39:21,589 --> 00:39:25,389
Speaker 1: this group would either unlock this collection of talent or

691
00:39:25,429 --> 00:39:27,589
Speaker 1: it would be the one that would eventually crush this

692
00:39:27,709 --> 00:39:31,989
Speaker 1: group's potential and have players with relatively short careers turning

693
00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:35,788
Speaker 1: elsewhere to find their success. That's how fragile these things are.

694
00:39:35,949 --> 00:39:41,509
Speaker 1: The NBA no pressure after the break. How does Steve

695
00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:46,069
Speaker 1: Kerr keep a fractured team together? And his controversial move

696
00:39:46,269 --> 00:39:47,669
Speaker 1: that was the key to the season.

697
00:39:59,549 --> 00:40:04,669
Speaker 16: You know, I wasn't in the meeting meeting where he

698
00:40:04,789 --> 00:40:07,989
Speaker 16: sat down and came in famously with his binder that

699
00:40:08,149 --> 00:40:11,189
Speaker 16: basically he had, you know, laid out everything that he

700
00:40:11,349 --> 00:40:12,868
Speaker 16: was going to do with the Warriors, and I think

701
00:40:12,949 --> 00:40:15,549
Speaker 16: blew Bob and blew Joe Lake ofm Away.

702
00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:20,069
Speaker 1: That's Rick Wilts Warriors team president at the time.

703
00:40:21,829 --> 00:40:23,709
Speaker 17: But I, like I said, I had the benefit of

704
00:40:23,749 --> 00:40:26,549
Speaker 17: being around it for a few years and observing how

705
00:40:26,669 --> 00:40:31,869
Speaker 17: he interacted with everybody, with players, coaches, people in the office,

706
00:40:32,069 --> 00:40:36,748
Speaker 17: and I knew that again, like as a human being,

707
00:40:36,869 --> 00:40:40,189
Speaker 17: we were getting a really special person who knew a

708
00:40:40,269 --> 00:40:43,748
Speaker 17: whole bunch about basketball, and you know, in terms of

709
00:40:44,269 --> 00:40:47,669
Speaker 17: a face of the franchise, in terms of you know,

710
00:40:47,869 --> 00:40:51,149
Speaker 17: how we knew the Warriors would be presented to the world,

711
00:40:51,269 --> 00:40:53,949
Speaker 17: and how important he would be to that. It was

712
00:40:54,029 --> 00:40:56,549
Speaker 17: everything you could have, you could hope for. He's a champion,

713
00:40:58,149 --> 00:41:02,589
Speaker 17: he had an amazing has an amazing personality. He's a

714
00:41:02,709 --> 00:41:07,509
Speaker 17: great community cater. He treats everybody incredibly well. I mean

715
00:41:08,309 --> 00:41:11,309
Speaker 17: I always remember him walking around the office in Phoenix,

716
00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:13,789
Speaker 17: like he would have a five minute conversation with the

717
00:41:13,869 --> 00:41:16,989
Speaker 17: receptionist before he would ever, you know, come in come

718
00:41:17,029 --> 00:41:20,309
Speaker 17: into the business offices. So like, he treats everybody with

719
00:41:20,469 --> 00:41:27,349
Speaker 17: such respect and honesty and like a genuine, uh desire

720
00:41:27,509 --> 00:41:31,149
Speaker 17: to form a relationship and have it be successful. And

721
00:41:31,229 --> 00:41:34,549
Speaker 17: I think all those things you know for a coach

722
00:41:34,789 --> 00:41:38,748
Speaker 17: are incredibly valuable x's and know's. It was a little

723
00:41:38,749 --> 00:41:41,469
Speaker 17: bit of a risk, right, but I think it.

724
00:41:41,509 --> 00:41:42,069
Speaker 3: Worked out for it.

725
00:41:42,869 --> 00:41:46,069
Speaker 1: Kerr was also being pursued by the actual Phil Jackson,

726
00:41:46,269 --> 00:41:48,109
Speaker 1: who was an executive with the New York Knicks at

727
00:41:48,149 --> 00:41:50,788
Speaker 1: the time. The Warriors were also considering to stand Van

728
00:41:50,869 --> 00:41:54,948
Speaker 1: Gundy a coaching free agent, but Kerr eventually turned down

729
00:41:55,069 --> 00:41:58,309
Speaker 1: Jackson and the Knicks and Joe Lacob and the Warriors

730
00:41:58,749 --> 00:41:59,948
Speaker 1: eventually chose Kerk.

731
00:42:00,309 --> 00:42:02,748
Speaker 18: We picked Steve Kerr when we interviewed him, he was

732
00:42:02,829 --> 00:42:06,469
Speaker 18: incredibly He's obviously very very smart. He had been around

733
00:42:06,669 --> 00:42:11,509
Speaker 18: incredibly great coaches, has five rings. We all felt confident

734
00:42:11,909 --> 00:42:14,229
Speaker 18: that he was the right guy to turn good into great,

735
00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:16,669
Speaker 18: even though he had not coached before.

736
00:42:17,269 --> 00:42:20,748
Speaker 14: I always loved the Warriors brand. I thought they were

737
00:42:20,909 --> 00:42:26,149
Speaker 14: similar to the Sonics in that, you know, basketball crazy

738
00:42:26,309 --> 00:42:33,309
Speaker 14: West Coast town with like, you know, really strong basketball history,

739
00:42:35,429 --> 00:42:38,829
Speaker 14: you know, both at the collegiate level, and you know

740
00:42:38,949 --> 00:42:41,709
Speaker 14: the talent that had come out of the Bay, you know,

741
00:42:41,869 --> 00:42:45,229
Speaker 14: going back to you know Bill Russell and Casey Jones,

742
00:42:45,309 --> 00:42:48,269
Speaker 14: and but then the you know, the the championship in

743
00:42:48,349 --> 00:42:51,989
Speaker 14: the seventies, much like the Sonics, you know, captivating a

744
00:42:52,029 --> 00:42:55,868
Speaker 14: whole region. Every time I came to to Golden State

745
00:42:56,149 --> 00:42:59,069
Speaker 14: as a player to play the Warriors, even though the

746
00:42:59,149 --> 00:43:01,869
Speaker 14: team was rarely good, there was always a buzz in

747
00:43:01,949 --> 00:43:05,349
Speaker 14: the building. It just felt felt really like this is

748
00:43:05,389 --> 00:43:10,149
Speaker 14: a special event, and so My perception of the Warriors

749
00:43:10,309 --> 00:43:13,069
Speaker 14: was probably similar to Joe lakeabs when he bought the team.

750
00:43:13,229 --> 00:43:19,069
Speaker 14: It's a sleeping giant, and so I was excited. My

751
00:43:19,189 --> 00:43:22,748
Speaker 14: daughter was a student at Cal at the time. When

752
00:43:22,789 --> 00:43:24,909
Speaker 14: they offered me the job, It's like, Wow, I get

753
00:43:24,949 --> 00:43:28,669
Speaker 14: to you know, you get to go coach Steph Curry

754
00:43:28,749 --> 00:43:32,069
Speaker 14: and go watch my daughter play volleyball at Cal. That's

755
00:43:32,149 --> 00:43:35,589
Speaker 14: not a bad thing. So it all was such a

756
00:43:35,669 --> 00:43:40,589
Speaker 14: perfect fit for me, being a California native and been

757
00:43:40,709 --> 00:43:44,789
Speaker 14: being so excited about coaching staff and coaching the Warriors.

758
00:43:44,869 --> 00:43:47,268
Speaker 14: It was an amazing opportunity.

759
00:43:49,589 --> 00:43:52,949
Speaker 1: An opportunity. He had a detailed plan for it, hence

760
00:43:53,029 --> 00:43:55,389
Speaker 1: the finder Wick Welts mentioned, Kerk brought with him to

761
00:43:55,429 --> 00:43:58,709
Speaker 1: the Internet and one curR knew he had to start

762
00:43:58,869 --> 00:44:02,309
Speaker 1: immediately that included a trip to the other side of

763
00:44:02,389 --> 00:44:06,669
Speaker 1: the world to visit was starting center Andrew Bok. There were,

764
00:44:07,109 --> 00:44:10,589
Speaker 1: as Bogan mentioned earlier, very big fans of Mark Jackson

765
00:44:10,709 --> 00:44:15,429
Speaker 1: still in Lockwood, so Kerr wasn't just introducing himself but

766
00:44:15,629 --> 00:44:18,669
Speaker 1: making sure he didn't isolate any players who might have

767
00:44:18,829 --> 00:44:19,829
Speaker 1: questioned the decision.

768
00:44:20,029 --> 00:44:21,629
Speaker 9: Yeah, when Steve got hired, I mean the first thing

769
00:44:21,709 --> 00:44:23,589
Speaker 9: he did he went and visited all the guys. He

770
00:44:23,629 --> 00:44:26,149
Speaker 9: actually threw out to Australia for literally forty eight hours

771
00:44:27,549 --> 00:44:29,908
Speaker 9: just to meet with myself face to face and say hello.

772
00:44:30,069 --> 00:44:32,309
Speaker 9: And he knew that it was a bit of frustration

773
00:44:32,509 --> 00:44:36,149
Speaker 9: with the way things went the previous two years, you know,

774
00:44:36,269 --> 00:44:39,828
Speaker 9: with the way we finished seasons off, and he kind

775
00:44:39,869 --> 00:44:43,789
Speaker 9: of wanted to reiterate his kind of commitment to myself

776
00:44:43,909 --> 00:44:46,669
Speaker 9: starting and being an integral part of the defensive unit

777
00:44:46,789 --> 00:44:48,629
Speaker 9: and role and all that kind of stuff. So that

778
00:44:48,749 --> 00:44:52,669
Speaker 9: was important. And then once once training camp started, it was,

779
00:44:53,789 --> 00:44:55,549
Speaker 9: you know, the biggest thing Steve did. He knew that

780
00:44:55,709 --> 00:44:59,069
Speaker 9: Mark Jackson was well liked by some guys in the

781
00:44:59,109 --> 00:45:01,869
Speaker 9: locker room, so he didn't want to come in and

782
00:45:01,949 --> 00:45:04,069
Speaker 9: say kind of throw the the baby out of the

783
00:45:04,109 --> 00:45:05,748
Speaker 9: bath water, like we did a lot of good things

784
00:45:05,829 --> 00:45:08,069
Speaker 9: under Mark Jackson, Like our defense was very good. We're

785
00:45:08,069 --> 00:45:09,589
Speaker 9: going to tweak some things here and there, but we

786
00:45:09,709 --> 00:45:11,908
Speaker 9: want to keep that same philosophies at the same court

787
00:45:11,949 --> 00:45:15,229
Speaker 9: offensively and then run Adams out of our assistant oversaw

788
00:45:15,309 --> 00:45:17,349
Speaker 9: that made and tweaks, but we kept a lot of

789
00:45:17,389 --> 00:45:21,629
Speaker 9: that the same Offensively was where he really wanted to

790
00:45:21,709 --> 00:45:24,909
Speaker 9: change things. And he really, you know, analytically, they got

791
00:45:24,949 --> 00:45:28,189
Speaker 9: some numbers and our passes per possession as a group,

792
00:45:28,229 --> 00:45:30,629
Speaker 9: we're really poor under Mark Jackson, which leads into what

793
00:45:30,709 --> 00:45:34,629
Speaker 9: I said. We were very isolation based, and our turnovers

794
00:45:34,749 --> 00:45:37,828
Speaker 9: were another big thing. We'd have periods where we all

795
00:45:37,909 --> 00:45:41,389
Speaker 9: get loose with the ball. And his biggest thing was

796
00:45:41,509 --> 00:45:43,789
Speaker 9: if we can limit turnovers and get him down to

797
00:45:43,869 --> 00:45:46,469
Speaker 9: a smaller number, just by three or four turnovers a game,

798
00:45:46,549 --> 00:45:50,549
Speaker 9: which is ten points at both ends, and we share

799
00:45:50,549 --> 00:45:51,949
Speaker 9: the ball a bit more. We would try to get

800
00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:53,909
Speaker 9: we always try to get at least fort to five possession,

801
00:45:53,989 --> 00:45:57,989
Speaker 9: but passes per possession. We've got a chance win the championship.

802
00:45:58,029 --> 00:46:00,109
Speaker 9: And you know, you hear all coaches come in, new

803
00:46:00,189 --> 00:46:02,549
Speaker 9: coaches and you get to every team and every team

804
00:46:02,589 --> 00:46:06,069
Speaker 9: says championship three. But did we really believe it at

805
00:46:06,109 --> 00:46:06,389
Speaker 9: that time?

806
00:46:06,469 --> 00:46:06,869
Speaker 14: I don't know.

807
00:46:07,789 --> 00:46:09,589
Speaker 9: I kind of believe was still a little bit away,

808
00:46:09,709 --> 00:46:11,189
Speaker 9: like maybe I have to prove ourselves, get into a

809
00:46:11,269 --> 00:46:13,908
Speaker 9: conference finals, take out bumps, some bruises, and then maybe

810
00:46:13,949 --> 00:46:14,348
Speaker 9: who knows.

811
00:46:14,789 --> 00:46:17,709
Speaker 1: This wasn't the typical spot for a new coach, much

812
00:46:17,789 --> 00:46:20,989
Speaker 1: less a first time coach. Normally a coach is being

813
00:46:21,069 --> 00:46:24,109
Speaker 1: replaced because the organization has struggled and needs a reset,

814
00:46:24,869 --> 00:46:28,469
Speaker 1: and with said reset comes room for air. This job

815
00:46:28,549 --> 00:46:34,109
Speaker 1: came with expectations immediately, maybe not championship expectations, but some

816
00:46:34,389 --> 00:46:36,788
Speaker 1: level of proof that the team was in fact better

817
00:46:37,069 --> 00:46:39,589
Speaker 1: than the group that advanced to the conference semifinals two

818
00:46:39,669 --> 00:46:43,229
Speaker 1: seasons earlier. The job also came with a high standard,

819
00:46:43,269 --> 00:46:47,549
Speaker 1: the Jackson set, which Kerve found to be the largest obstacle.

820
00:46:48,029 --> 00:46:53,789
Speaker 14: I think the biggest challenge was replacing a very popular coach.

821
00:46:53,909 --> 00:46:57,269
Speaker 14: You know, Mark Jackson had done a great job, really

822
00:46:57,389 --> 00:47:01,509
Speaker 14: had flipped the culture of the Warriors, turned them into

823
00:47:01,589 --> 00:47:05,189
Speaker 14: a defensive minded team for the first time, and who knows,

824
00:47:05,909 --> 00:47:09,109
Speaker 14: who knows how long, And I know Mark was very

825
00:47:09,149 --> 00:47:11,069
Speaker 14: popular with the players for a good reason. He had

826
00:47:11,109 --> 00:47:15,429
Speaker 14: done a great job and really empowered Steph and Clay

827
00:47:15,589 --> 00:47:19,828
Speaker 14: to become the stars that they became. And so when

828
00:47:19,869 --> 00:47:22,749
Speaker 14: I got the job, it was it was really unique circumstances.

829
00:47:22,829 --> 00:47:25,469
Speaker 14: You know, usually you don't get a job like this

830
00:47:26,869 --> 00:47:29,869
Speaker 14: where a team is on the rise and has this

831
00:47:30,109 --> 00:47:35,229
Speaker 14: kind of hope right away. And so I just felt

832
00:47:35,309 --> 00:47:37,109
Speaker 14: like the biggest thing was to earn the trust of

833
00:47:37,149 --> 00:47:41,349
Speaker 14: the players, to really respect the job that Mark and

834
00:47:41,429 --> 00:47:44,269
Speaker 14: his staff had done, and let the players know that,

835
00:47:44,669 --> 00:47:47,349
Speaker 14: you know, we were we were here to try to

836
00:47:47,389 --> 00:47:50,069
Speaker 14: help them take the next step, not not tear anything

837
00:47:50,149 --> 00:47:52,549
Speaker 14: down because they had already built something really strong.

838
00:47:53,069 --> 00:47:56,749
Speaker 1: How strong would be the question? Strong enough to convince

839
00:47:56,869 --> 00:47:59,109
Speaker 1: Andre Gudala he should come off the bench for the

840
00:47:59,149 --> 00:48:02,709
Speaker 1: first time in his career, a player who was still

841
00:48:02,749 --> 00:48:05,589
Speaker 1: in his prime and who just took a discounted rate

842
00:48:05,749 --> 00:48:10,349
Speaker 1: to play in Golden State. Apparently so, at least that

843
00:48:10,549 --> 00:48:13,229
Speaker 1: was it with Dolla's assessment, because he made the move

844
00:48:13,349 --> 00:48:17,229
Speaker 1: to the bench with no complaints. Kerr leaning on a

845
00:48:17,309 --> 00:48:20,309
Speaker 1: veteran to make a sacrifice, a vet who happened to

846
00:48:20,309 --> 00:48:24,069
Speaker 1: play at Karazama Mater Arizona was also a veteran like

847
00:48:24,229 --> 00:48:25,589
Speaker 1: move from the rookie coach.

848
00:48:26,269 --> 00:48:33,748
Speaker 14: Well, I mean, Andrea was the unsung hero of that

849
00:48:33,949 --> 00:48:37,549
Speaker 14: whole season. You know he's he was the guy who

850
00:48:37,589 --> 00:48:43,069
Speaker 14: gave up his starting job right away in the first game,

851
00:48:43,709 --> 00:48:46,268
Speaker 14: first game, first time in his entire career he'd ever

852
00:48:46,349 --> 00:48:49,109
Speaker 14: come off the bench eight hundred and something games played,

853
00:48:49,269 --> 00:48:52,069
Speaker 14: and that first night was the first time he had

854
00:48:52,109 --> 00:48:54,749
Speaker 14: ever done it. So I took a leap of faith

855
00:48:54,829 --> 00:48:57,109
Speaker 14: on his part to trust me when I came to

856
00:48:57,229 --> 00:49:02,509
Speaker 14: him with the idea. But I think also that he

857
00:49:02,709 --> 00:49:05,629
Speaker 14: was at a place in his career where he had

858
00:49:05,749 --> 00:49:07,989
Speaker 14: done everything else. He had been an All Star and

859
00:49:08,109 --> 00:49:11,269
Speaker 14: made max money, and he wanted to win in the

860
00:49:11,349 --> 00:49:13,989
Speaker 14: worst way, and so he was willing to trust me.

861
00:49:14,069 --> 00:49:17,069
Speaker 14: I think because of our connection to loud Olsen and

862
00:49:17,509 --> 00:49:20,189
Speaker 14: U of A, and you know, having both played in

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Speaker 14: that program, we shared a very similar basketball perspective and philosophy,

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Speaker 14: so he trusted me. It didn't take that long, but

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Speaker 14: it did take a couple of months, I would say,

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Speaker 14: for him to get comfortable in his role.

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Speaker 1: Iguadala's role would famously change at the very end of

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Speaker 1: curse first season because the Warriors had all the pieces

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Speaker 1: in place. They'd set themselves up with a roster they

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Speaker 1: were fond of and a coach they thought would get

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Speaker 1: the most out of everyone involved, but they'd have to

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Speaker 1: face months and months of doubt. Charles Barkley, the default

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Speaker 1: voice of the NBA, set the tone back in the

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Speaker 1: pre playoffs conference call, saying, quote, they had a terrific season,

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Speaker 1: but I don't like jump shooting teams. I don't think

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Speaker 1: you can make enough Jumpers to win four series in

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Speaker 1: a row. I've said that for twenty five years, not

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Speaker 1: just now. I think you physically manhandle them inside. Barkley's

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Speaker 1: theory would certainly be tested throughout Kerr's first playoff run,

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Speaker 1: and the Warriors would eventually have to face the ultimate Goliad.

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Speaker 1: If it was physicality that would bring down the Warriors,

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Speaker 1: the six foot eight face and frame of the NBA

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Speaker 1: Lebron James would certainly be the person to expose it

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Speaker 1: on the next dub dynasty.

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Speaker 3: I remember we saw him get it going in the

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Speaker 3: third as we'd come into the time out and he's like, Hey,

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Speaker 3: I want to run this play and stuff's losen. He goes, David,

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Speaker 3: We're not running any place. He's like, play, let's see

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Speaker 3: how far we can take this thing.

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Speaker 9: It was just still humming, and I think our defense

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Speaker 9: was elite. Our rotations were a lead up bench was elite,

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Speaker 9: like it will just feed in such perfectly.

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Speaker 15: There were a lot of people who doubted sort of

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Speaker 15: the way that they were approaching the game.

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Speaker 8: Beginnick, it was just this crescendo that started to build

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Speaker 8: and it just didn't stop.

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Speaker 14: You know, this team had been in the playoffs, the

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Speaker 14: previous two years, so they already had playoff experience, so

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Speaker 14: it wasn't like I was preaching something that they weren't

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Speaker 14: totally aware of, but there was a lot to get

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Speaker 14: through to understand how hard it was still it seems.

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