Kerr: “Mike’s very confident we’re going to get somebody at 11 who can play. And I’m very confident that I’m going to give that guy every opportunity to play.”
Great conversation with Steve Kerr by Tim Kawakami. Worth a complete listen. Talks about why he came back, general strategy and changes for the year, political statements, etc.
Full context for quote above:
TK: “I'll just say like someone who could have been like Jonathan Kaminga, maybe your 11th pick as a younger player or any player who's drafted has not played NBA systems. Do you have to just make that concession in your mind? I'm going to let things play out a little longer, with some of these players who maybe when you were in a different phase, just couldn't get on the floor that much.”
Kerr: “Yeah, there's a lot to that question, both style and personnel. And I think part of where we are now is we have to be open to everything. Mike's very confident we're going to get somebody at 11 who can play.
And I'm very confident that I'm going to give that guy every opportunity to play. Part of that is there's no Moses and there's no Jimmy for the first half of the season. I mean, and we don't have enough talent right now to say, you know, well, I'm not playing that guy because he doesn't know this or that yet.
We're going to have to play the most talented guys. And we're very committed to the next era that's coming, you know, making sure our[…]”