After the Warriors snapped a three-game dropping streak towards the Timberwolves, head coach Steve Kerr made some seemingly pointed feedback about Brandin Podziemski.
“Now we have Steph Curry on our workforce, so go the ball,” Kerr mentioned (by way of Sam Gordon of the San Francisco Chronicle). “Transfer the ball… That is how we’ve performed for 10 years and it’s essential for our younger gamers to grasp. We don’t want contested 17-footers with 12 on the shot clock. That’s a nasty shot… When you may have Steph Curry on the workforce, go the ball.
Kerr added, “We are able to both do this and win video games or we are able to shoot an entire bunch of 15-foot contested photographs in the midst of the shot clock and be a awful NBA workforce. It’s as much as us and we’re hammering that time house for our workforce.”
Many followers believed these feedback have been aimed toward Podziemski and different youthful gamers like Jonathan Kuminga.
Podziemski was particularly requested about Kerr’s feedback after the sport.
“I don’t actually suppose. I simply play,” he mentioned. “Once I’m on the market and I’m open, I shoot it. If not, I make a play. I don’t actually look an excessive amount of into. I do know we have now Steph Curry on the court docket and if he’s open, I’m going to throw the ball to him. I don’t actually look too deep into these messages.”
The second-year guard then tried to make clear his feedback in a social media put up that’s going viral.
“To make clear and for additional context… Steph is Steph and I’ve been very open with my respect for him on and off the court docket,” Podziemski wrote. “He’s a legend and a 🐐 for a purpose. On the court docket you need to be cautious towards over considering each possession. You must belief your work, do what the coaches need you to do, and make a superb IQ play. At occasions that’s a go, taking shot, and even making a superb display screen to liberate a teammate.”
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— Brandin Podziemski (@brandinpodziem2) December 22, 2024
He completed by saying, “So that you simply play and work to make good selections persistently. Numerous occasions that can find yourself being passing the ball to a large open Steph and/or teammate when the chance is there and simply doing no matter it takes to assist the workforce.
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