Klay, Draymond, Poole x Coach Kerr Postgame | Warriors/Thunder | Feb 6, 2023

The bench at the end and kind of cruise a little bit. Yeah, that was fun. That was probably the most fun I've had watching our team play all year. It's just so many great individual performances and fun to see You know some of the guys who don't play much Get out there and do well and definitely a feel-good night for our team What do you think of a point pool? He seemed to be moving the ball really well tonight. I thought Jordan was magnificent One of the best games I've ever seen him play just was so under control I think the first half he controlled the half without really scoring much at all Clay was dominating obviously with with his shot, but Jordan was controlling the game just just running the show and taking care of the ball and and then of course he started scoring in the second half when when that Presented itself, but he was just he's brilliant all night Did you think the team kind of relaxed once they saw clay being clay I'm is there to give up 37 points in the first quarter didn't look great But then clay starts getting how do you feel that was kind of like everybody just took the energy for sure Yeah, I mean we we feed off clay all the time But in particular in particular on a night like tonight where we're you know down early and giving up a lot of points And I thought okay. See really came out and hit us in the mouth right away you know nine to two right out of the gate you could tell they were playing with a lot of energy and pace and Clay just kept us in it early with his shot making and allowed us to kind of find our groove See what's it like when I mean you've seen it before obviously But when clay starts making shots from wherever and no matter what the angle or whatever What's it like watching that in action and they're all seem to be going in? I mean, it's just fun. I mean, it's you know, that's that's when the crowd really gets into it. You can just feel the game Changing, you know as he starts making those shots the crowd starts to anticipate every possession you know the game starts to open up because they have to pay more and more attention to him and Yeah, when he gets us in a zone like that, it's something special to watch Steve there was a time where Probably wouldn't have played starters in that fourth quarter But I felt like you were you know maybe trying to figure out when to clear the bench like how tough was it deciding how long to ride guys and when to Go in, you know these days a 20-point lead can go like that just with with all the three-point shooting so you just you don't mess around and You know, we're also looking at combinations to going forward we're gonna be without Steph, you know the next few games and so we've got a we got to make sure we're Ready for Portland and then the games coming up after that and we're looking at different combinations and different rotations So got it. Got to keep playing Steve I know you said that you guys are all optimistic and how you guys can do even without stuff But what is a win like this a dominant one like this do for you guys? I mean that you'll be without stuff Yeah, this is a confidence booster for sure, you know to play without him, but to see the performance of the team and the amazing individual performances we got as I said, it was a there's a feel-good game for a lot of people and and that just You know really Fuels everybody so hopefully we can keep that going yet coming in the starting lineup I'll be started not so great, but they did settle it down and they played very well in the start of the second half What was the idea there and might you stick with this? The idea was just to get a little more spacing, you know without Steph It's tougher to To to, you know play two bigs together with dream on and loon you know Steph's the guy who takes care of Spacing and and sort of negates any spacing issues that you have offensively with his shot making clay to of course But we just thought without Steph we'd start JK and then bring loon off the bench just to give us a little more spacing Offensively, what are you seeing for Jameichael? That's been so different and and why he's been so effective now as opposed to the first month or so Well, I think you know, I didn't do a great job with him early in this season Putting him in positions to succeed and I think now our rotation is much more settled I think he feels much more comfortable with the group around him and and our bench play in general has just gotten much better since early in the year, so as that has happened as guys like like Dante and and and Ty Jerome and JK have a solidified roles You know J Mike has really kind of settled in along with them You guys sent out a news release early said earlier today that said Ryan Rollins is getting shut down for us to hear Where are you hearing on that and what are your thoughts on you know, his rookie season overall? Yeah, he's getting Foot surgery and this was something that we knew he might have to to do it was a question of whether it was gonna happen during the season or after and we opted for Right now to get him Prepared for the summer and he should recover. Well, we're very high on Ryan got a lot of ability and this was a great Learning experience this year his rookie season. Thanks everybody. So this I did it feel like that for you. And what why do you think it felt that good or look that good? Really efficient game from us tonight guys looking down shots. We got a really good rhythm early A lot of guys have big games. I'm here to get a little bit of a rhythm and not a big one at home Do you ever said tonight Steve said and with stuff out you'd take on a little bit more of this point guard Responsibilities or with 12 assists tonight career high. Are you actively thinking I need to Get play more of that point, you know facilitating role not necessarily Still go out there and try to just play my game. I guess be aggressive. Um The difference is with Steph being out I see a different coverage is a little bit like more help a Lot of rotations are coming over sooner so just getting off the ball earlier trying to find my guys in pockets and kind of put the defense in rotations and guys are Able to find some of the seams tonight where there is a backdoor cut or guys just knocking down shots Jordan what was your favorite dime tonight? Hmm it's a great question Thank you Probably the offensive rebound pass to Loon It's happened twice this year already Loon missed the first one J Mike missed the second one. So today was Moon caught it not the last one the clay the drive fast break No, it would help my story if you would have said JP how much growth do you feel in your game like as a facilitator maybe now compared to a couple months ago? No different honestly, um Feels the same just like I said guys were able to make shots tonight we limited our turnovers a little bit got off the ball early got a good rhythm a good cadence and Big big win for us at home to follow. Is it really just more about how the game unfolds? Yeah being able to score the ball being able to play make being able to get my team involved also still being aggressive and kind of Being able to create my own shot. You gotta gotta take what the defense gives you with Steph out there. A lot of guys will help a little bit more towards him giving me Opportunity to kind of attack one-on-one run through closeouts, etc. But when he's out The defense loaded up a little bit more a little bit heavy pressure so just trying to make the right read And just put off the defense Essentially kind of to that. I mean when clay's in one of those zones, how much are you just thinking? Where is he? How can I get him this ball? Yeah When he gets going early He's such a threat that we just play off of him to because you know, he'll be running around and We'll find that he's open but once my clay gets hotter stuff gets hot Team start to help a little bit more and then we're such a good cutting team off the ball and the reads that we make And our offense really helped that and that was the case tonight Since clay is almost always off the ball How important is the timing of the pass and in the placement of the pass? How important are those little factors and getting him the ball when he's hot? Well, it's a basketball player personally being a facilitator and a playmaker just trying to put the ball in the pocket for anybody Whether it's wig Steph clay hitting the pocket for a loon You obviously want to try to give them a shot where they can just rise into it But clay such an elite shooter and he has such a quick release. Honestly, you just probably need to get on the ball to be honest and Like I said once he gets going now we were hitting them in the pocket a little bit today giving them the passes with seams and It was a beautiful display to watch Jim I don't know how long it's been since you guys had a relatively easy one. Did that kind of feel? Different and good to be able to whether you blew, you know Whether classic blow it or not to be able to actually blow out a team. Yeah. No, we needed it Like you said, it's been a while since we Had a blowout win, so You know, it's good to get this one Especially first game with Steph out, you know, it's good to you know, start off on this foot and try to create some momentum German, what did you think of Jordan's facilitating and I thought that's the best game I've ever seen him play Played a great he ended with four turnovers three of them was this him Understanding what was going on in the game and trying to get clay shots at the end of the game So realistically have one turnover and what 13 assists or something like that? I thought he played an incredible game on both sides of the ball. He was good defensively their whole offense is running guards in the guard guard screens and Waiting on a slip-up and then driving that gap and he was incredible on that side of the ball and he was incredible Obviously offensively he let the game come to him He got everybody involved and then he looked for a shot and everything was beautiful I thought that was an incredible game one of the best games if not the best game I've ever seen him play Clay obviously had you know the huge night But what have you just overall thought of you know, his last month this last month and a half or so Oh, it's coming together for him. You know, he's become more and more patient with the game and you know He goes 12 for 16 from 3, but you know just really allowing the game to come to him You know and she's looking real bouncy and spry and you know It's looking good over this last month starting to come together, which that a good time for us Dre we you know, obviously Jordan did a great job running the game, but you look to be Really kind of vocal and active What does it happen for you as a leader when Steph is out and you got to kind of play quarterback again? It's just much greater responsibility what steps out you kind of got a Well, I have to You know pretty much just try to keep keep a pulse of the entire game, you know, whereas with Steph You don't have to be so on that makes sense Like you you can just kind of let the game take his path and at times you may need to settle the game down But for the most part you can just kind of let the game takes it take his path and play off step You know teams are so afraid of him that they'll just make mistakes Worried about him and then you just kind of play off that when he's not out there You have to get everybody into more sets. Make sure we stay you know calm and organized, you know is Steve always call it organized chaos when Steph's out there You don't have that when he's not out there, you know And so have to make sure we stay organized and and get to the things that we want to get to you It's hard to have Those laws that we can have sometimes when Steph is here because he can just bail you out, you know and You know when he's not it's much tougher to do that so just really trying to stay up on the game and make sure we don't have any laws and and and Understand the importance of each and every possession because you're trying to make up 50 points Between what he creates with his scoring maybe 60 points the mistakes You know the basket that you get off mistakes people makes when he's out there and then obviously is passing So you can't know one guy is going to make that up and you so you would have to do it collectively and for me It's understanding that You know got to make sure everyone understands the importance of each possession You mentioned Jordan having understanding of what was going on the game at the end make sure to try and get the clay But he was doing that even before the end What does that tell you is going on in his mind that he's feeling it. He's a scorer He likes having the ball, but he's looking to get it to clay. Well, that's his next level of growth you know, he has the ball a lot for this team and His next level of growth is understanding when you have the ball that much The responsibility to get others involved and he was there from the jump You know, I just when I say You know, it wasn't that he wasn't getting him involved the entire game, but at the end he was just trying to force-feed him You know trying to everywhere. He went he was just trying to find him and get him the ball and we've all been there You know with clay having one of them nights we're all just trying to find him and get him the ball and it causes some turnovers and that's kind of what happened there at the end but You know when he was just allowing the game to come to him and playing a great floor game, which he did all night He didn't turn the ball over. He made great passes. He made extra passes You know and it was it was a beautiful game to watch him play What'd you think of that play late in the second quarter or clay kind of waved off Jordan and dribbled to the corner and then shot That three over two defenders and kind of slapped his hand. I goes the high percent. It was an awful play It was an awful But I knew if you notice I started running back soon as he started going deeper to the corner. I knew what was coming You know, but we made up for it officially, but it was an awful play very expected though You mentioned the importance or making sure everyone understands the importance of every possession and I think that's kind of been an issue this season with just not being able to string together a good decision and Take care of the ball and stuff like that. Is this time without Steph maybe help some of some of the team like better understand the importance of those you have to you know, so You either understand that now and play that way or or we'll lose and so You know, we want to make sure we kind of lead this team in a better position than then we were in When Steph went out, I mean, that's the goal, you know, and so Understanding the importance of every possession is going to be key during this stretch Because like I said when steps out there he can he can cover he can make up for mistakes Just with his scoring with his shooting with his presence on the floor. He covers some mistakes that you make He's not there to cover those mistakes now And so you have to do it as a collective and I think we did a good job of that tonight And we have to keep doing that you said something a second ago. You said that When clay is having one of those nights one of those games, you've seen a lot of those games What is it? Like when clay gets on a heater like that? I mean, you know for me is one of two things either go screen for him or look for him on the pass But I understand the things that can open up when he's having that type of game if you saw You know later as the game went on in that second half. He started hitting the pocket He started hitting slips, you know, because that's the attention that he draws when he's having a game like that You know, but ultimately understanding that if you just give him The ball in the spaces where he liked to shoot when he got it going like that Like I said for me sometimes it's either as a screener or a passer so it's a goal of mine and I'm gonna show up when it matters most. I'll tell you that We've heard Draymond and Steve Kerr say that that's one of the best games. They've ever seen Jordan pool play To see him in control and dishing out, you know So many assists. What was that like? It was awesome. I mean Career high and assists I was a recipient a lot of those so JP is an incredible ball handler incredible score and he's developing into a future all-star and he played with great poise and patience tonight and just a Incredible talent that we were so lucky to have with the team and clay When you sat down for good with 441 left it was quite the extended roaring ovation I mean that I know that means a lot to you, but especially now I'm sure you can't can't get tired of that Can you never? appreciate donation for that applause and Definitely made me feel good inside. So Thank you fans Hi clay congratulations for the win and tonight is Bruce Lee night His philosophy is be like water and also you are a splash brother. How did that water? How did that water? philosophy impact your game tonight That's also a great book written by miss Shannon Lee that book helped me so much during the time when I wasn't playing basketball and Even outside of basketball I Tried to apply her and her father's teachings to my life That book is incredible and as far as on the court just to be like water is just to flow be effortless be quick, but not in a hurry and Always have ultimate belief in yourself. So that's what it means to me to be like water and I thought I Resembled that tonight Did you petition at all to stay in maybe go for your three-point record? Now I'll let that happen organically, but I know I have another shot at it one day He said you guys aren't gonna, you know quit just because stuff is out. But for you, do you feel any increase in responsibility? Do you want to take on more responsibility when he's out, especially as you guys are still trying to stabilize this season? I mean, I might get a few more field goal attempts, but I Just gotta be myself and play my game And that's simplifying things I'm not gonna go out there and play hero ball that's when I get in trouble so All those tests out. It's a strength in numbers game and we got to collect we come together and pick up for his absence And clay that's a second highest three-point total in any game besides of 14 It didn't feel like that or it was one of those games where you kind of black out You know the moments where you black I think it's third cuz Zach Levine and Steph at 13. Oh, I mean for you personally Oh, wow. Thank you Sorry, what was your question? I mean Could you just tell it was gonna be one of those nights like you were just in the zone like where you kind of I? Know you said sometimes you black out and you have those moments. Yeah, well I Do every pregame when I'm doing my little warm-up I flip a kettlebell to see if it lands upright and tonight it did so I knew it was gonna be a good one What's that That's been it's like been five years. I've doing that and it's rare it happens, but when it does it's It's nice You guys are playing in Portland on your birthday. What does that mean to you man means the world to me? It's such a special moment for myself my family. I Just can't wait. I mean I grew up going to games my dad in that building Some of the best moments of my life watching the Blazers when the Lakers came to town I remember what when Mike and Scotty came to town remember Vince Carter coming meeting out on Iverson, so I'm just so excited to go back and see my family and be able to play on my birthday is Just incredible especially at a young age of 33 I've had so many great memories in that city. I fell in love with the game going up in Portland, so it's gonna Mean the world to me Clay how do you decide which games to make a paper airplane you what's that usually? Man it's not it's not good. It's very bad news bears ask Yeah, I would say so tonight Whitley hasn't come back since you hit her with that airplane. Yeah, sorry Mm-hmm look at that Thank you