Warriors forward Gui Santos impressed with Kristaps Porziņģis' play in debut
Warriors forward Gui Santos speaks to reporters following Golden State's practice session on Friday at Chase Center.
Warriors forward Gui Santos impressed with Kristaps Porziņģis' play in debut originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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What did the, film session sort of reveal about the game last night?
it's mostly about shell defense.
You know, we could do a better job in that.
We, we know that we gotta contain the ball better.
They were driving too easy, kind of like in a straight, a straight line, so that makes the harder for the def- for the, for the gaps or and the helps to be there, you know?
So that was most part of that.
You spent a bit of time last night, in lineups with Porziis.
What was it like playing with him, and how different of a look does he provide?
you know, when you have a guy with that size on the court, just like, on a, on a paint, it's tough for the, the other team to finish.
So we, we-- I already felt that we can just, like, kind of like rely on him on defense, especially be in the middle of the paint, because he's gonna clean up a lot of stuff that we, like, do it wrong, you know?
And on offense, he's just, like, can make everything.
He can make, He can play on the post.
He can make threes.
Yesterday, in particular, I have a play that I was running in a down, down to the court, and I saw him on the forty-five.
I just scream, "My man," and his man, and he had a deep, three-point shot.
So he can provide a lot of stuff for us, for sure.
just in terms of for you, I guess, what- how valuable was the All-Star break in terms of getting a little bit of a rest or just being able to ch- recharge, Yesterday, Will Richard talked about how important the All-Star break was for him.
So, that was a needed break.
You know, that we've been, a tough s- sequence of games, and but it's, at the same time, it's not like, you know, it's not a vacation.
You gotta be still working.
You gotta still going to the gym and doing everything, so when you get back, you'll be ready to play.
And but also, when you can do it somewhere different, like, for example, I was in Hawaii, seeing my, my fiance there.
But just for you to be able to do something different for two days and just clear your mind is, is amazing for you.
When you come back here, you, you have your mind fresh, your body fresh, and you're just, you know, ready to play again.
Key, I don't know how much you've been able to talk to Steph, but if you have, how do you think he's feeling?
So I You know, it's tough for us to, to know exactly how he's feeling, but, every time I see him, just asking how he's doing, he's saying that he's always getting better, you know.
I don't know exactly how long it's gonna take for him to get back with us, but, every time I see him, I'm just asking him how he's doing.
He's always saying, like, in a positive way, that he's getting better.
Key, what are the keys to spacing offensively without Steph?
What, what does ideal spacing look like?
We just cannot stop moving the ball, you know, because when you got Steph, just for him run- running randomly to somewhere on the court, that's gonna generate some, you know, overreaction on defense.
So when you don't have him, we just gotta create that moving the ball.
The mo- ball gotta move quick side to side, and every time that we move the ball side to side, everything, every time, something good happens.
So we just gotta keep doing that.
We can, we cannot, like, hold the ball and just, trying to play one-on-one and iso.
We're not a team that do that a lot, so we just gotta keep moving the ball and make sure that everybody has a quick decision when, when we get the ball.
Steve's meant, talked in the past about the spacing around Porziis.
He said it's not, it's not identical to what you guys did with Jimmy Butler, but I was wondering, what are some of the similarities and differences of spacing around Porziis versus spacing with Jimmy?
So, Jimmy is a guy that had a ball in the low post a lot.
yesterday, you could see that Porziis can do the same thing, and Porziis is also smart.
You know, like, Jimmy is very smart with the ball, and Porziis is, is like that.
So he's always looking for the right pass, and he, when he needs to be aggressive to the basket to score, he's doing it.
So it's kind of like similar, similar, but at the same time, it's not, you know, just like Steve said.
