Steve Kerr on Klay Thompson potential minutes next season: 'I would prefer not to play him 35 minutes'
“I thought Klay really showed that he was agreeable to the sixth-man role the second half of the year, even though eventually we put him back in the starting lineup,” Kerr said. “I think that’s got to be an option going forward. I would prefer not to play him 35 minutes. There were games down the stretch, I think the New Orleans game, I think I played him 38 minutes. We’ve got to be able to play him less. But in order to do that we’ve got to add more shooting to the roster, frankly. We can add more shooting and limit Klay’s minutes.”
Source: The Athletic
Source: The Athletic
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Steve Kerr wants Klay Thompson back with Warriors next season warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/ste… pic.twitter.com/rhxab8th84 – 10:00 PM
Steve Kerr wants Klay Thompson back with Warriors next season warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/ste… pic.twitter.com/rhxab8th84 – 10:00 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steve Kerr was revealing in his exit interview today
*Klay off the bench next season: “That’s got to be an option.”
*On Kuminga: “Can he be a (small forward)? That’s a big question.”
*Deep reflection on Draymond Green
Here are the full answers
theathletic.com/5427405/2024/0… – 7:42 PM
Steve Kerr was revealing in his exit interview today
*Klay off the bench next season: “That’s got to be an option.”
*On Kuminga: “Can he be a (small forward)? That’s a big question.”
*Deep reflection on Draymond Green
Here are the full answers
theathletic.com/5427405/2024/0… – 7:42 PM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
NBA Twitter reacts to Klay Thompson going scoreless in play-in tournament vs. Kings warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-twit… pic.twitter.com/z3Uhvcc1Rn – 6:04 PM
NBA Twitter reacts to Klay Thompson going scoreless in play-in tournament vs. Kings warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-twit… pic.twitter.com/z3Uhvcc1Rn – 6:04 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“You’ve got Warriors fans calling for Steve Kerr to be fired…are you kidding me??”
@WorldWideWob looks at where the Warriors go from here #DubNation
You can now hear Rob Perez on our Playoffs post-game show! Listen or sign up for a free 3-month trial: sxm.app.link/WorldWideWob pic.twitter.com/XY8Fydq6Bu – 6:00 PM
“You’ve got Warriors fans calling for Steve Kerr to be fired…are you kidding me??”
@WorldWideWob looks at where the Warriors go from here #DubNation
You can now hear Rob Perez on our Playoffs post-game show! Listen or sign up for a free 3-month trial: sxm.app.link/WorldWideWob pic.twitter.com/XY8Fydq6Bu – 6:00 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steve Kerr: “Draymond is complex. His relationship with our franchise is complex.”
Four minutes of Kerr on Draymond and why the Warriors continue to back him pic.twitter.com/6QTzINAv3K – 5:15 PM
Steve Kerr: “Draymond is complex. His relationship with our franchise is complex.”
Four minutes of Kerr on Draymond and why the Warriors continue to back him pic.twitter.com/6QTzINAv3K – 5:15 PM
Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS
‘If we thought he wasn’t worth it, we would have moved off him. Years ago.’
– Warriors coach Steve Kerr, regarding high-strung and sometimes problematic veteran leader Draymond Green – 5:09 PM
‘If we thought he wasn’t worth it, we would have moved off him. Years ago.’
– Warriors coach Steve Kerr, regarding high-strung and sometimes problematic veteran leader Draymond Green – 5:09 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Here is a very detailed Steve Kerr answer on Moses Moody’s fluctuating playing time and the continued need to find him more minutes pic.twitter.com/X2G3lCESUh – 4:59 PM
Here is a very detailed Steve Kerr answer on Moses Moody’s fluctuating playing time and the continued need to find him more minutes pic.twitter.com/X2G3lCESUh – 4:59 PM
Dalton Johnson @DaltonJ_Johnson
Mike Dunleavy Jr’s full quote while saying “Certainly we want Klay back, first and foremost.”
Dunleavy says he told Klay that yesterday, as has Steve Kerr, the front office and ownership group, and his Warriors teammates pic.twitter.com/VCWNoMgJGN – 4:16 PM
Mike Dunleavy Jr’s full quote while saying “Certainly we want Klay back, first and foremost.”
Dunleavy says he told Klay that yesterday, as has Steve Kerr, the front office and ownership group, and his Warriors teammates pic.twitter.com/VCWNoMgJGN – 4:16 PM
Monte Poole @MontePooleNBCS
Certainly we want Klay back.’ -Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy.
Adds that he believes they can build another championship team around the Steph-Draymond-Klay core. – 3:05 PM
Certainly we want Klay back.’ -Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy.
Adds that he believes they can build another championship team around the Steph-Draymond-Klay core. – 3:05 PM
Marcus Thompson @ThompsonScribe
“Certainly we want Klay back. I expressed that to him yesterday. … Everybody wants Klay back.” — Dunleavy – 3:03 PM
“Certainly we want Klay back. I expressed that to him yesterday. … Everybody wants Klay back.” — Dunleavy – 3:03 PM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Klay Thompson doesn’t want an ‘expiration date’ on his career warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/18/kla… pic.twitter.com/XlPgJwPefj – 2:05 PM
Klay Thompson doesn’t want an ‘expiration date’ on his career warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/18/kla… pic.twitter.com/XlPgJwPefj – 2:05 PM
Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
Checked out USA Olympic roster (favored 2/5, Serbia next, 4-1) assembled by Grant Hill & Steve Kerr. What are the odds of Embiid, Davis, Leonard, Haliburton, Curry, LeBron and Durant getting sidelined/damaged due to age and/or injury prior to the Olympic practices, exhibitions? – 12:08 PM
Checked out USA Olympic roster (favored 2/5, Serbia next, 4-1) assembled by Grant Hill & Steve Kerr. What are the odds of Embiid, Davis, Leonard, Haliburton, Curry, LeBron and Durant getting sidelined/damaged due to age and/or injury prior to the Olympic practices, exhibitions? – 12:08 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Klay Thompson on the biggest lesson he learned this season:
“You can’t shy away from the bad moments and just embrace the great ones. You got to embrace them all. That’s for anything you do in life.” pic.twitter.com/k7lEi5nhX0 – 12:06 PM
Klay Thompson on the biggest lesson he learned this season:
“You can’t shy away from the bad moments and just embrace the great ones. You got to embrace them all. That’s for anything you do in life.” pic.twitter.com/k7lEi5nhX0 – 12:06 PM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Steve Kerr still believes in Warriors veteran core warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/ste… pic.twitter.com/EXdPr4ttRq – 10:00 AM
Steve Kerr still believes in Warriors veteran core warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/ste… pic.twitter.com/EXdPr4ttRq – 10:00 AM
Get Up @GetUpESPN
“As we know it is ‘Splash Brothers,’ Klay Thompson as a starter. … To me, that as we know it is over.”
—@alanhahn on the Warriors pic.twitter.com/4fzeAUx9lW – 9:19 AM
“As we know it is ‘Splash Brothers,’ Klay Thompson as a starter. … To me, that as we know it is over.”
—@alanhahn on the Warriors pic.twitter.com/4fzeAUx9lW – 9:19 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Steve Kerr expecting Warriors to make changes in offseason warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/ste… pic.twitter.com/lzu7ur6l3A – 7:05 AM
Steve Kerr expecting Warriors to make changes in offseason warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/ste… pic.twitter.com/lzu7ur6l3A – 7:05 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
NBA Twitter reacts to Klay Thompson going scoreless in play-in tournament vs. Kings warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-twit… pic.twitter.com/HXmAvKgSXV – 2:56 AM
NBA Twitter reacts to Klay Thompson going scoreless in play-in tournament vs. Kings warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-twit… pic.twitter.com/HXmAvKgSXV – 2:56 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Steve Kerr has faith Warriors can do something special warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/15/ste… pic.twitter.com/s33joygzPp – 1:02 AM
Steve Kerr has faith Warriors can do something special warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/15/ste… pic.twitter.com/s33joygzPp – 1:02 AM
Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Draymond Green expects Warriors to do right by Klay Thompson warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/dra… pic.twitter.com/IIlA4Ay8Mn – 10:00 PM
Draymond Green expects Warriors to do right by Klay Thompson warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/17/dra… pic.twitter.com/IIlA4Ay8Mn – 10:00 PM
Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrews
ESPN story on Klay Thompson’s exit interview and his comments regarding his future with the Warriors: espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:58 PM
ESPN story on Klay Thompson’s exit interview and his comments regarding his future with the Warriors: espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:58 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
There was an interesting Klay Thompson press conference today in regard to his impending free agency.
That plus plenty of other exit interview notes about the Warriors theathletic.com/5423824/2024/0… – 9:49 PM
There was an interesting Klay Thompson press conference today in regard to his impending free agency.
That plus plenty of other exit interview notes about the Warriors theathletic.com/5423824/2024/0… – 9:49 PM
More on this storyline
Anthony Slater: Here is Mike Dunleavy on the Warriors’ financial equation entering the summer and the desire to keep Klay Thompson. Dunleavy said there is no directive to duck the luxury tax, but it is unreasonable to pay $400 million for a non-playoff team. pic.twitter.com/MsWpAtePrI -via Twitter @anthonyVslater / April 18, 2024
Kendra Andrews: In addition to saying he wants Klay Thompson back, Dunleavy says he can’t imagine a scenario where Draymond Green isn’t a part of the roster moving forward. -via Twitter @kendra__andrews / April 18, 2024
“Klay will stay if he feels like hes been appreciated and paid what is appropriate,” Myers explained. “But if he’s not, that’s the question. “It’s always kind of a pride component, because it’s not money. People will say, ‘Well, Klay Thompson has made all this money.’ Fine. But you know what? There’s a pride component to it for any professional athlete. So, it’s not just the money. He doesn’t need any more money for the rest of his life. That’s not the point, though. If somebody comes along and doubles the Warriors’ offer, things might change.” -via NBC Sports Bay Area / April 18, 2024