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.
“Now we have Steph Curry on our group, so cross 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 necessary for our younger gamers to grasp. We don’t want contested 17-footers with 12 on the shot clock. That’s a foul shot… When you will have Steph Curry on the group, cross the ball.
Kerr added, “We will both try this and win video games or we will shoot a complete bunch of 15-foot contested pictures in the midst of the shot clock and be a awful NBA group. It’s as much as us and we’re hammering that time house for our group.”
Many followers believed these feedback had 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 assume. 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’ve got 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 publish 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 cause. On the court docket you must 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 cross, taking shot, and even making a great display screen to unencumber a teammate.”
— 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 group.
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