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I think it’s always important to get off to a good start early, and especially with a younger team that hasn’t been together that long, you want to get out of the gates hot and strong.
We like the opportunity to get off to a fast start, no matter what our schedule says, and that’s our objective.
It’s a different era. I understand what Charles Barkley was saying but you just can’t take guys out. There’s too much scrutiny. There’s too many replays and reviews, and cameras everywhere.
I mean drafting is a hard process because you’re picking between 23-year-olds sometimes and 19-year-olds that have great upside, and some guys that are just great character but have limited physical skills, and some guys that have amazing upside and that are a little more immature, and everywhere in between.
I’m not worried about Gordon Hayward. I’m not worried about his future or how good a player he is. He’s doing everything he can. If he doesn’t become the player that he wants to be, then it won’t be from a lack of trying.
It’s refreshing to just see someone that you can have honest communication with.
My guess is everybody loved Draymond Green. How do you not like a guy like that? A pretty well rounded player in college.
Bench scoring overall I think is overrated. The question is, do you have enough scoring?
Don’t give them 3-point shots if that’s what they’re trying to do and embarrass you in any way.
I don’t want to give up multiple draft picks for a rental player who is going to be our ninth man.
I don’t always agree with how everybody handles the media, just like they probably don’t agree with how I handle the media and things that I say.
You just have to adapt to what is needed at that moment, whereas as coaches are going crazy, because they’re used to having and following a schedule. Everything’s laid out in front of them on when they’re going to practice and when they’re going to take a plane to this city.
We’re constantly working to try to improve our team, but we’re not going to do any deals just to do deals. We’re going to do things that are better for us.
Listen, we’ve drafted guys that wouldn’t come in for workouts before. It’s not the end of the world.
What you really need to do is just stop the 3-point shooting, make sure they don’t set a record on you. Be physical.
