NBA GameTime | “DON’T SLEEP ON THE Golden State” – Shaq breaks Warriors outplays Raptors 120-105

NBA GameTime | “DON’T SLEEP ON THE Golden State” – Shaq breaks Warriors outplays Raptors 120-105

Golden State Warriors win 120 to 105 Chef curry cooking up on an easy night for him we should also note Scotty Barnes left this game in the second quarter had 10 points six rebounds three assists it was a tie game when he um left and this is really a team a

Franchise you’re very familiar with they’re really building around Scotty Barnes I guess they they really hope he’s okay well the Raptors they have been playing better I think they for the first time this year they had won three games in roow and uh yeah they are going

To build this team around Scotty Barnes and they need some more help Scotty is a good face of the franchise but they need to start building you got RJ Barrett uh you got some other young guys Quigley that you got that you’re building around but it’s going to be interesting the

Next few years what they can add to this team and then can they do what they did when they won the championship build this team up and then at the right time acquire the right free agent to get him over the top agree with it I think we

Got to really focus on a player that gets overlooked a lot when things are going well with gold State Warriors and that’s Draymond Green right you look at the box score you go okay 28 minutes one for four from the field yeah he had 13 rebounds and six points but if you look

At the Warriors winning 13 of 16 and what they were before he came back in what they are now offensively and defensively his impact has been incredible he’s he’s the difference he’s the difference for them offensively and defensively he runs the show for him offensively to be able to allow Steph to

Come off of those screens and knows how to make the right pass at the right time and defensively he’s going to Anchor that thing he can guard any position for them but he all what the thing that he does really really well for them is he orchestrates what happened he’s the

Conductor and he’s been basically the difference for them by being back we’re seeing what it’s like for Steph Curry after a game and Sam we talk about faces of the league it’s a conversation we’ve been having recently this is another indication of what Steph Curry means as

An ambassador of the game without a doubt I mean this guy is only representing himself the Warriors the name on the back of that Jersey as well as any player in the history of the game and when you look at what he’s done on the floor and then you start reading

About the things that he’s doing off the floor in the community trying to make people lives better all around I have the utmost respect for him and when they talk about the great ones think about what Steph did he’s changed how the game is played he’s made the three-point shot

The main offensive weapon in the NBA today you think about it we talked about this earlier every player on the NBA roster either can shoot the three or working towards shooting the three and again when I came in the league maybe one or two guys per team were allowed to

Shoot threes now all 15 guys are working on that shot it’s all because of that one guy right there but I tell you the work that he put in to do what he does and I think that’s the thing that you have to have to have our young people to understand

He put work in he didn’t just walk out there and throw it up there’s a lot of work that he puts in to be the great shooter that he is yes Steph Curry uh just an amazing player you always hear the story of what

It was like for him as a recruit or you know a high school player and he’s now become that you know dream that star of okay yeah he’s not like Victor wiama 7 fo4 no he’s not a guy that you know plays Above the Rim he created a

Different Niche for himself Sam and I think that’s part of his inspiration well he carved out a niche and he did something he made the game fun for little guys guys six six and under and then look at all the kids now that can dream of being Steph Curry look before

You had to be 68 69 a freak of an athlete this now Steph Curry say if you’re skilled and if you can shoot and handle and pass you can now play and be a viable part of any league so Steph Curry has opened up this game for a lot

Of people 64 number of course he spent some time in his childhood we remember his dad played for the Raptors right so he spent some time in Toronto so it’s always interesting when you think of a HomeTown for a certain player he spent some of his youth in Toronto so clearly

Kind of a homecoming for Steph Curry as well it’s good to see him spend the time with fans like that for the Golden State Warriors Sam I mean what do you think is their ceiling now that we’ve seen what they’ve done over these last 16 games

And where they are you look at their world record you go oh they’re ninth out west but they they’re five games over 500 and peek-aboo uh they’re just three games out of that not playing situation yeah but look at the three teams look at who they got to overcome though you’re

Looking at Sacramento Dallas and the Pelicans and maybe even Phoenix those teams right there are all legit teams look you can’t deny what the Golden State Warriors have done in their last 14 and 15 games but they got so much room to make up and then look at the

Western Conference man think about this you’re the Warriors you may open up the playin with the Lakers and if you get through that then as a eighth or 7c you’re going to play OKC or Minnesota and if I’m Minnesota OKC of all the teams I want to face Teresa in the first

Round is the Golden State Warriors because guess what they know how to win and their young players have taken a huge leap to being a viable part of what they do now those young guys know how to play that amongst all your other ACC in there now but tell us about this team

And what’s been happening recently right like I just said winners in 13 of your last 16 you get Draymond Green back it seems like you’re getting healthier at the right time how are you guys feeling about your Rhythm a wild roller coaster of a season

You know on the court off the court and we we we’ve held on hope that we you know could form an identity of how to win basketball games how to be a consistent team we know there’s still levels to get to but you continue to put

Yourself in a position where all we want to do is find our way into the postseason you know with momentum and like you said with health and and take a swing at it so we’re doing everything in our power to control what we can control yeah when you look at uh this

Particular season and how things are going and how everything is shaping up out west um you know what it’s like to win the championship you know what it’s like to get to that final goal how do you guys feel like you are right now in your position out

West uh I mean we’re confident but you still have to go out and prove it right like every game for us is the most cliche thing in the world and but considering how our whole season’s went it’s literally can we just win the next game that’s in front of us and how can

We get it done we understand that the West is tough there’s so many great teams that are playing at a high level you you know all the way through the standings um and then there’s four good teams in the play and you know trying to jockey for position so uh our identity

Has been being a great defensive team um and that connects our offense we’ve done that really well uh over the last you know whatever 15 games and it’s just a matter of continuing to uh sustain that um and it’s helpful to have Chris Paul back it’s helpful to have Draymond back

Like you said uh we hope we ex us back soon and then we can you know have play our best basketball ahead these these next whatever six seven weeks hey Steph this is teaspoon talking to you what’s up how are you I’m great great great you know down the stretch how

Important these games are it’s plain and simple how do you keep everybody locked in on the importance of these games just reminding them that you know no matter what’s happened all year you can make something out of this season we’ve seen teams even as uh recent as

Boston a couple years ago when we played them in the finals they were a 500 team up until like January I believe and then they took off and made it to the finals so you know there’s it’s been done before we we know we have to elevate our game

To where we can play uh or should say where we can beat teams that are you know at the top of the West we haven’t had a great record there but that’s the next step and motivating everybody individually is you know everybody’s going to have a a part in that uh you’ve

Seen the way our rotations have been you know recently even through our winning streak you don’t know uh if it’s your night or not but if you can sacrifice mentally and physically to be ready for your moment um and plug the holes that we have everybody one through 15 on the

Bench you’re going to have uh an imprint on on our season and that’s how it’s always been for us and that’s how it’s got to be this year too Steph samit here first of all congrats on the personal level with the news but what I want to

Ask you about this team is how gratifying would all these young guys and you guys system is not the easiest to play we often say everybody NBA can’t play for you guys but when you see kaminga Moody Trace Jackson all these young guys now contributing and now when

You look at how y’all have integrated them into this team with their youth and athleticism you guys may be a little bit better than what you thought you could be how confident are you now that these young guys have figured out how to play you guys defense they understand the

Integral parts of the offense they’re moving they’re cutting they’re passing how gratifying is it for you to be a part of these young guys now finally being able to integrate and play warrior style basketball it’s extremely gratifying you know JK especially has been such a a key factor in US turning

The season around his athleticism his ability to attack the rim we love to shoot threes we love to space the floor but he’s a guy that can put pressure on the rim uh night and night out and leverage the space that we can give him um so he’s just making the right plays

Moses came in New York played amazing defense uh did it again tonight he scored the ball at a high level um um and we’ve catered a little bit of our offense to highlighting you know those guys um on top of like you said our system that we’ve been so uh successful

With so there’s a little give and take there and that was a big learning curve for us uh for us you know us to utilize their strengths um and and and join those with what we’ve done well this entire run um and that’s the formula for this specific team this specific year

Last question for you here Steph first and foremost I got to say with Sam just said congrat on the fourth baby announcement that came out earlier today he’s still working baby he’s still working on and off the court but here here’s the deal might as well uh Allstar Weekend right with

Sabrina and ncu but that’s not the first time I’ve seen you uh have a shootout against a woman’s basketball player a fud that was amazing a few years ago what does it mean to you why is it always important to be such an ambassador for not just the men’s game

But also the women’s game as well uh I think it’s it’s most important because we have the opportunity in the platform to just celebrate good basketball like I know there’s um the semantics of the women’s game right now and and how much uh attention and deservedly so is on the game how it’s

Growing uh but what Sabrina showed that weekend is shootter shoot doesn’t matter you know what ball what line uh she came out there and and really uh put on a show for the world to see wasn’t afraid of the spotlight I think that’s such an amazing and impactful message for the

Next generation of hoopers uh boys and girls you know work on your craft believe in yourself have confidence and uh she demonstrated at the high highest level she put a lot of pressure on me to go out there and try to win that so uh

Cove used to say it all the time you try to leave the game in a much better place than when you found it um that’s obviously in the NBA what I’ve done and tried to do for these last 15 years but it’s also on on basketball in general

And um to support the women’s game is is huge you got to keep doing it um so it’s cool to see uh coach with SP in uh on the bench in WNBA now so we goingon to be we’ll keep following and see how it grows all right final note they say that

Charles W Barkley is now on social media you have any tips for Charles W Barkley now embarking on social media he better have somebody uh looking over his shoulder make sure press in you need to have a uh proof reader a a fil not a filter but somebody make sure before he

Press in no you say it right ail it right a filter he need an editor a copy editor all the time that part all right Chef thanks for hanging out with us congrats again appreciate you appreciate y uh Steph Curry always a good sport and obviously uh seeing the the Warriors

Really hit their Rhythm Sam he seems to be in a situation where he’s achieved so much success taking it all and stride right now with this team and what they can be I think for him when we talked about this the young guys how they’ve stepped up and play I think if these

Young guys Teresa went playing the way they’re playing think Steph Curry would be like you know what we got a punch a chance but I don’t know the fact that these young guys are balling and they bring different skill sets than what the Warriors knew you think about in the

Past when they was winning the championship they had all these three-point Shooters and Ball moving they still had the same thing but kaminga Moody Wiggins all these guys now can put pressure on the rim they can play different styles of basketball and to me that just makes it better because

Anytime you know this you can set that high screen and roll and make the defense collapse with those Shooters yes oh my God and the fact that now Clay’s coming off the bench they have balanced in that lineup again I don’t know how far they can go but I would not want to

Play them in the first round of the playoffs in a seven game series right you got to beat him four times it’s going to be tough I tell you too in Steph with who he is and what he brings to this game and having those young guys

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NBA GameTime | “DON’T SLEEP ON THE Golden State” – Shaq breaks Warriors outplays Raptors 120-105