“Honestly, I don’t think that’s really anybody’s focus”, forward Draymond Green said Monday.
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The Warriors are coming back as the top team in the league after winning the National Basketball Association championship previous year.
Interim coach Luke Walton will lead the way for the opener, with Kerr’s timetable for returning still unclear. The team has struggled, a lot actually, in the bulk of their 16 preseason quarters, but no one around the team’s practice facility seems to care that much – at least not publicly. The Warriors ripped off three straight wins to take home the Larry O’Brien trophy. “It’s similar to like when Steph won the MVP [last season] – it takes away from the focus that’s on the game because it’s such a big night and it’s warranted. That being said, we’re hopeful that we’ll get our rings, we’ll be happy and then we’ll be able to transition our mindset to beating the Pelicans”, said Walton.
The Warriors also have invited Sacramento-based USA airman Spencer Stone, who along with two friends helped thwart a suspected terrorist attack on a train in France in August.
Fans can also watch the pre-game ring ceremony in VR, during which the league will hand out championship rings to the Warriors for their victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer. “Our guys came in ready to go, so we never talked about it”. This year he’s expected to be a bit more unsafe since he’s added a three-point game. It remains to be seen if Kerr will be up and about by the third game where the Warriors will face the Pelicans once again. Aldridge left Portland for San Antonio and a spot on a tantalizing front line next to Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard, while Houston (Ty Lawson) and the Los Angeles Clippers (Paul Pierce) added potential missing pieces. Golden State’s first five games are against Western Conference playoff teams, capped by a November 4 matchup with the Clippers, a game both teams most likely have circled. And until they pose a legitimate reason to convince us otherwise, they’re in the best shape to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy.
The Gear VR is one of several consumer-targeted virtual reality systems that have already hit the market or will do so over the next year. “We didn’t play terribly”.
“I told [Gentry] that he’s still got two kids who are Warriors fans”, Walton said.
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“It’s just going to be different, like when you’re used to something, change is kind of hard to deal with”. The game is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. He obviously is a big part of what we did past year. Well, until he goes to the visitor’s bench following all the pregame fanfare. “That’s the difference knowing your team and he had that 15-second read on that team”.
