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Stephen Curry on LeBron & Series Loss vs Lakers, Postgame Interview

Mar 14, 2024
Okay, this is definitely the first time you've gone out so early. What was the emotion in that locker room moments after this? Just watching the end of the season. I mean, you're disappointed and a little surprised that it's over. Putting a lot into each season, but coming out of last year trying to defend ourselves and give ourselves the opportunity to continue advancing. Oh, it's a tough way to end the season, like you said, it's uncharted territory, but you know you're proud of the fight we had for you. I know the Lakers played amazing in every

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, they played to their strengths and obviously that led them to know that they got out of the

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and moved on, so I have to give them credit because they played great basketball and you know that for us it's just an opportunity to take stock of where we are to maintain confidence that we can, you know, come back and be back at this stage next year, um, so we're in between disappointments, but still, you know, keep some pride in how we know how we are. played this year Steph uh Steve said that um he thought you guys were maxed out and Draymond said he thought you were maxed out did you feel that way and if so when maybe you felt that you felt like during this you had like the feeling that this wasn't a championship team during the season, I mean we lost, so it's like a hard truth at the end of The Journey, it's not something you allow yourself, no competitor believes that until you prove that you're not a championship team and That's what you know, getting beat in the playoff series means basketball is over for this year, so I felt it in the fourth quarter, about seven minutes left. um I've never really heard that from us before in terms of trying. to make sense, you know, losing a series like we did, unless you know you've been in the final, so you have to accept it, move on and you know, try to be better next year, yeah, I know It's still fresh, but how do you see the bigger picture? future, the decisions that need to be made this summer and, you know, some of the ones that you know, Draymond Bob, and some of the situations that need to be resolved, well, we all collectively handle them, at the right time, you know, me.
stephen curry on lebron series loss vs lakers postgame interview
Think about, obviously, you know, start at the top and work down in terms of, you know, trying to build the best team possible next year, making sure that all the pieces fit together and understanding, you know, how we can restructure to put ourselves in a position to be a legitimate championship. Contender because for us that's all we care about and that includes, you know, Bob, that includes, you know, DG and other decisions that we have to make, but at the end of the day that will take care of itself over the course. of the next few months, Steph, I know it didn't end the way you wanted it to, but going into the series, I think Draymond said something to the effect that well, they tried to refer to LeBron James and we also mean you and a lot of us don't we were sure if we would see this battle between you and LeBron again, going through it again playing in these games again, the moment that you all shared on the court, could you reflect on that at the stage about what this rivalry means to the basketball in recent years.
stephen curry on lebron series loss vs lakers postgame interview

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I mean, it's just one battle at a time and I know there are a lot of different narratives within each of the series we've had and different teams and teammates. and all of the above, but it's just great basketball, great competition, understanding who LeBron is and who he's been his entire career and the accolades and the championships that he's won and the records that he has like he's an incredible basketball player. and bring out the best. of yourself and you know that you have to give your best if you are going to try to beat him.
stephen curry on lebron series loss vs lakers postgame interview
I think he feels the opposite and that's why you love those experiences. Someone has to win and it's part of the nature of what we're dealing with. with um, but there's a lot of respect and again appreciation for the battles and the experiences in the back and forth because it's basketball at the highest level and that's all you can ask for. Things, um, there's obviously been a lot of conversation over the years about you. guys like an outside shooting team, jump shooting and you, Clay and you establish yourself as the best obviously ever and the last few games weren't up to your level, your standards, how much of that was their defense?
stephen curry on lebron series loss vs lakers postgame interview
How do you see the path? The last few days have gone by in terms of three-point shooting for you guys, obviously it hasn't been great, but again, there's a lot of confidence in the ability to continue shooting at a high level and you can tweak some things and understand some learning. Lessons especially like how the fourth game was, where you know the shots we wanted to make and make didn't go in and whatever you live with that, but as you go along, you make the necessary adjustments while staying confident that you can shoot. ball at an extremely high level.
I think for us in this series it was a battle of strengths, like they were an extremely big team, 80 in the paint, you know, bronze and flying all over the place, they were trying to take away certain ones. things and it worked, we didn't have a change of tone to launch, you know, in this series, what kind of things led to you knowing the results, so it doesn't mean you stopped shooting, it just means you discover a different way to be impactful and, you know, coming back with the same mentality, just a quick follow-up, how much did his size bother you when shooting?
Do you think it's OK? I mean, their game plan was obviously to push up into the funnel of the three-point line. We there. 80 at the back clogging everything up um like I said we just didn't have enough variety in the way we were trying to score after the second game so it's a good learning for us you know you understand the team that has a guy like him in the painting, we were able to discover different things that we just didn't three more adults Steph Steve said that a guy you guys were swimming against the current from the beginning of the season, in your eyes, what were the factors that kept the obstacles in the path?
Trying to repeat this season will probably fill the void there, trade attempts and now it's just the reality we're living in and trying to keep things positive and optimistic. You know what we're trying to accomplish this year, but if you're one of the bottom eight teams, it's not a moral victory at all, it's just understanding that you know in game six of the conference semifinals you had a chance to take it all the way. end, so again, there's a lot of Pride and you know there's a We're very proud of what we accomplished, but there's also an understanding that this is not good enough and we have to know a lot better next year and start to reset. as a legitimate championship contender because we weren't this year.
Steph, when you think about improving and becoming a championship-level team, how much responsibility do your owners put on the young players that you started the season with a bunch of them? Obviously, Wiseman was traded and you know Moses is the only one who's good, Jordan. playing minutes at the end, how much do you expect from them next season and how much is there? And was it disappointing to not see them get more time or produce more in these playoffs? There's a lot there, I think, I mean everyone. I'm going to get better, everyone is going to take the next steps, everyone is going to take the lessons they learned this year and try to put them into practice next year.
I don't know what the opportunity will be. I don't know what the list will be. It's going to look like I don't know, you know, sitting here right now, but you know, open night is going to look like in terms of who's going to be asked to do what, but I'm very confident that everyone can take advantage of the summer adds to your set. of skills, to your mental preparation for the year and to the list of guys who fall into that bucket, be prepared to take the next steps because that's the career journey you're always on.
So it's hard to say specifics right now about what it's going to be like because you know this league is crazy and things can change very quickly. Steph Draymond was just expressing the confidence that he has in you, in Clay as a core, and in what you do. you can do in the future, what is it like for you to meet those two guys and if they stay together for the next few years, what does it make you feel like you could do? No matter how different it may seem, I think we understand each other. everyone bring to the table, I'm confident that, you know, we're just going to compete until the wheels fall off and you know that's something that shouldn't be taken for granted in this league because we've proven that we can, we can. do it and even in this series and this year things were looking bleak at one point in the regular season and you find yourself in the second round trying to get out of there claws and scrapes so Let's fight and we'll compete and create the on each other, and that goes up and down the list and hopefully there's confidence in us to be able to lead that, so I feel like it's a two-way street and it's the progression of the stage that we're at.
Our careers must continue to redouble our efforts, so I think we are excited about that opportunity, since this terrible feeling is what it is now. I feel like we can come back great. I think I want to play here

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