After the Warriors snapped a three-game shedding streak in opposition to the Timberwolves, head coach Steve Kerr made some seemingly pointed feedback about Brandin Podziemski.
“We now have Steph Curry on our workforce, so go the ball,” Kerr stated (through 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 know. 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 will both do this and win video games or we are able to shoot a complete bunch of 15-foot contested photographs in the course of the shot clock and be a awful NBA workforce. It’s as much as us and we’re hammering that time dwelling for our workforce.”
Many followers believed these feedback had been geared 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 stated. “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 now we have Steph Curry on the courtroom 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 courtroom,” Podziemski wrote. “He’s a legend and a 🐐 for a motive. On the courtroom it’s important to be cautious in opposition to over considering each possession. It’s important to belief your work, do what the coaches need you to do, and make a great IQ play. At instances that’s a go, taking shot, and even making a great display to unlock 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 choices constantly. A variety of instances 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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