The Warriors are trying to move on.
That was the refrain on Wednesday from general manager Bob Myers and head coach Steve Kerr, when asked about the surprising suspension of Draymond Green. Complaining about the league’s decision is moot at this point, even if Kerr admitted he didn’t believe the ruling was appropriate.
“I definitely begged to differ with the decision, that would be accurate,” Kerr told Tolbert & Copes on KNBR.
“I felt when it happened and seeing a replay afterwards, I didn’t see a replay during the game, but once I saw it afterwards I thought that [ejection was] appropriate, he definitely deserved the ejection and it was quite a punishment to deal with, one of your best players out for the last seven minutes of the playoff game. That was kind of what I thought would be the extent of it.”
Now Kerr and the Warriors have to look forward and decide who is going to take Green’s minutes. Kerr said he will try and have Kevon Looney’s minutes matchup with Domantas Sabonis’ in Game 3. Beyond that, Kerr has a lot of options.
“We got a lot of options,” Kerr said. “We got a lot of guys who played good minutes for us this year, whether it’s [Jonathan] Kuminga, [Anthony] Lamb, JaMychal [Green] on the front line, those guys all have played really well for us. We’re going to have to make up for some of what we’re going to miss with Draymond size-wise and physicality-wise so there’s no question.
“I think you just kind of have to let the game unfold and we have to be willing to go whatever route we’re feeling. If a group finds a good groove we ride them. I don’t think we can go in with a set rotation pattern and follow it by rote, I think we’ve got to go in with a lot of flexibility and a lot of possibilities and try to find combinations that work.”
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