WARRIORS PRACTICE FACILITY, OAKLAND, CA — About twelve hours after the Golden State Warriors “played like Millenials” and succumbed to the cellar-dweller Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center, the Dubs were back in Oakland for morning shootaround.
The team normally does not do shootaround on the second day of a back-to-back set, but the shooting was so atrocious last night, head coach Steve Kerr deemed it necessary for this morning.
Draymond Green was not there, apparently under the weather. Warriors PR announced Green would be “questionable” with an illness for tonight’s game against the Orlando Magic.
Stephen Curry was spotted wearing his new Curry2.5 signature that, according to WearTesters.com, will be released during the playoffs:
#StephCurry wears the #CurryTwo-PointFives again… #Warriors pic.twitter.com/VuwGg5LGJG
— LetsGoWarriors (@LetsGoWarriors) March 7, 2016
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Meanwhile, Harrison Barnes played one-on-one in the post against assistant coach Luke Walton/strong>, while Marreese Speights ran a windsprint with head of security, Ralph Walker.
Curry and Barnes were made available to media. Here were some of the themes that were touched upon:
Replacing Green’s Energy In His Absence
Recovering From The Loss
Playing At Oracle Arena
- Stephen Curry: “I have a fun time just driving to Oracle…I actually listen to talk radio”
Chasing 72 Wins
Miscellaneous
Curry’s Accelerate Basketball trainers from Charlotte, Brandon Payne and Blake Boehringer were on hand to continue their training with Barnes.
“I’m trying to make sure I get my shot back,” Barnes told reporters minutes earlier. “I haven’t been shooting as well”
Perhaps a bit of a perfectionist, Barnes shot 2-for-8 in the loss to the Lakers, but had 6-for-11 and 6-for-10 performances before that.
Payne asked Barnes when he wanted to start and Harrison told him in fifteen minutes, which was impressive considering the amount of oncourt workouts Barnes had just gone through with Walton, especially on a game day and also the day after a game played — although the small forward finished with just 28 minutes played at the 5:53 mark of the fourth quarter with the Warriors down by 18.
“Didn’t think it’d be that soon,” said a surprised Payne.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNYFqvKKls&w=420&h=315](Photo: @letsgowarriors Instagram account via @poormanscommish)
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