Draymond Green: Kerr won't let me and Curry turn it over more
Warriors forward Draymond Green says coach Steve Kerr has told him and Stephen Curry to cut turnovers, and wants Green to take more threes this season.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr has told Draymond Green and Stephen Curry that they will no longer be allowed to lose the ball more often than the rest of the team, Green said on his podcast.
Green said the two had talked at length about cutting his turnovers. In the past, he said, Kerr's line was different: "Steph and Draymond will turn it over more than anyone, and I'll let them, because they handle the ball so much and create chances for the whole team." Then came the change. "Just so you know, I'm not going to let you turn it over more than the others any more," Kerr told him, according to Green. "Understood. Got it, coach."
The other request was about shooting. Kerr said at the end of last season that he wanted Green to take threes, and Green said it was the first time in his career he had heard that from him.
"I said, 'Oh, hell,'" Green said. "Even when I was shooting well, I never heard that from him before. Now I can start the season with the attitude: I catch it, I'm open, I shoot."
If Kerr holds Green to both instructions, the forward's role as a ball handler and his shot selection would change together. That is a reading of the remarks, not something the coach has confirmed.
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