{"id":19808,"date":"2024-12-23T07:17:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T07:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=19808"},"modified":"2024-12-23T07:17:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T07:17:18","slug":"breaking-steve-kerr-sends-strong-message-to-warriors-youngsters-as-nba-trade-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=19808","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steve Kerr Sends Strong Message to Warriors\u2019 Youngsters as NBA Trade Deadline Nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2189866334-e1734892332863.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2189866334-e1734892332863.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2189866334-e1734892332863.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GettyImages-2189866334-e1734892332863.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Steve Kerr Sends Strong Message to Warriors' Youngsters as NBA Trade Deadline Nears\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Head Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors reacts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivered a strong message to his young players following Stephen Curry\u2018s fourth-quarter heater rescued them after they had lost a 21-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr hammered home his point using Curry\u2019s last 3-pointer during his 11-point outburst in 90 seconds in the fourth quarter, which came off a crisp ball movement that was the hallmark of Golden State\u2019s dynasty under his watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to impart on our young players,\u201d Kerr told reporters after the Warriors\u2019 113-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, December 21, on the road. \u201cWe have Steph Curry on our team. So, pass the ball. Move the ball. And if Steph gets off it early, because he\u2019s gained an advantage, now the defense is scrambling.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Golden State\u2019s Vintage Ball Movement<\/h2>\n<p>The play started with Curry giving up the ball after he was met with a double-team defense. Second-year center Trayce Jackson-Davis received Curry\u2019s pass from the top of the key and quickly swung it to Andrew Wiggins in the corner. Before the defense arrived, Wiggins swung the ball again to Dennis Schr\u00f6der, drawing Timberwolves defensive ace Jaden McDaniels away from Curry, who was left wide open.<\/p>\n<p>Curry did what he does best.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 lead ballooned to a comfortable 107-96 cushion with 2:09 left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how we\u2019ve played for 10 years,\u201d Kerr continued,\u201d and it\u2019s important for our young players to understand we don\u2019t need contested 17-footers with 12 [seconds] on the shot clock. That\u2019s a bad shot. I talked to our guys about that during several timeouts. It\u2019s something we have to recognize and get better with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curry was back at his best after the worst game of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Warriors superstar shot 10-of-21 from the field and made seven 3-pointers following a woeful two-point, 0-of-7 shooting night in an embarrassing \u00a0144-93 blowout in Memphis two nights ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Warriors\u2019 Young Players Learning the Rope<\/h2>\n<p>The Warriors are at a crossroads with the February 6 trade deadline fast approaching. With their desire to maximize Curry\u2019s remaining years as an elite offensive force, their patience over their young players to keep in step with their franchise star is about to be truly tested in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have Steph Curry on your team, you pass the ball,\u201d Kerr added. \u201cBecause if you pass it two or three times, the defense is scrambling. All hell breaks loose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s a choice: we can either do that and win games, or we can shoot a whole bunch of 15-foot contested shots in the middle of the shot clock and be a lousy NBA team. It\u2019s up to us, and we are hammering that point home with our team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 young players showed up in this critical win that snapped a three-game losing skid.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson-Davis returned to the starting lineup with a near double-double: 15 points and nine rebounds with two blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Second-year guard Brandin Podziemski had 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Golden State\u2019s bench. Jonathan Kuminga added 11 points in his second straight game coming off the bench after starting in the Warriors\u2019 last six games before their 51-point loss in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>Their other young player, Moses Moody, sat out with a left knee injury. Curry\u2019s longtime starting teammate, Draymond Green, also skipped the game with left ankle soreness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr makes one thing clear to the team&#8217;s young players with the NBA trade deadline fast approaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Steve Kerr Sends Strong Message to Warriors\u2019 Youngsters as NBA Trade Deadline Nears - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=19808\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Steve Kerr Sends Strong Message to Warriors\u2019 Youngsters as NBA Trade Deadline Nears - 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