Can he thrive in open offense outside PNR:
“I consider myself a basketball player so whatever position coaches put me in, I’m more than eligible to do it.”
Leadership new to org:
“When you come into a new situation you’ve got to lead by example … gain guy’s respect and earn credibility. And just, going on year 5, I feel the 3experience is there as well. So I can come in with the voice as well.”
Steph and Dray to help his transition:
“For any young player coming into the league I thikn it’s a luxury to have guys of that caliber to watch and learn from.”
Passing underrated per Klay:
“Funny you say that because I think the style of play that we play with here, the pass is valued. The pass is what gets the guy the shot. The pass is what keeps the offense going. adding another passer can help the team.
3rd team:
“you kind of get an advantage from playing from team to team. You’re around a different group of guys, a different group of coaches … you’re like a sponge.” business, media, kobe, steph. “A luxury to be able to bounce around and to be able to control your destiny at the end of the day as well.”
free agency:
“Man, it happened — it happend fast. Any time your name pops up you would assume you have a say-so … just sitting back and kind of letting things … it just kind of happened and I was like, “yeah, let’s go.”
Calls himself “two-feet in” with the Warriors.
“I’m so excited,” to play with Steph. I’m trying to act like I’ve bene here before but, nah, this is so cool to me. To be able to be around Steve Kerr and his coaching staff as well … It’s cool man. I played with him last week and I literally called my dad, brother … I was like, this is cool.
“Does it matter how it was set up?” for him to work out with Steph
He opened doors with open arms and invited me to where he was training.
Defense: “I’m trying to learn from Draymond as much as I can.”
