KGMZ-FM / 95.7 THE GAME
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00:00You're doing a great job.
00:01I owe Curry nothing.
00:02And together, they are Stiney and Guru on 95-7 the game.
00:09All right.
00:10Oh, boy.
00:12Oh, boy.
00:14You just cut Spadoni and I out.
00:16That's because you took me out of my pregame.
00:18I'm giving Spadoni a compliment?
00:19Unbelievable.
00:20Jesus.
00:21I'm trying to prepare for a show.
00:23Hit the on button, sucker.
00:24I'm not high maintenance, but 30 seconds before a show,
00:28I do my pregame.
00:29I like to lock in.
00:30And here comes Spadoni.
00:31And Guru says, oh, one of the great guys in radio, Joe Spadoni.
00:35In life.
00:36I wish I forgot to turn my mic on.
00:38Oh, Lord.
00:39What's up, gentlemen?
00:40What's up, baby?
00:41Hey.
00:42We're talking about Dennis Schroeder.
00:44I'm excited.
00:45And I'm going to call him.
00:47Hold on.
00:48You know what?
00:49OK.
00:50Let me be the first to interrupt.
00:51Your hair looks great, man.
00:52I'm getting a haircut today.
00:53I don't know if you should.
00:54I am.
00:55Just take a little off the side.
00:56No.
00:57You got bounce.
00:59I don't like it when it sticks up.
01:00OK.
01:01I can keep going if you want.
01:04Just to let people in.
01:06For the longest time, about the last two or three years,
01:10when we prep for our show, we sit out in a big open area.
01:14Guru, myself, and Evan.
01:16Prep.
01:17Yes.
01:18We prep.
01:19And there's not a lot of privacy in that room.
01:22And so the great Tim Jordan said, well, there's an office you guys can use till 10.
01:28And I was like, OK.
01:29I'm going to start using that office.
01:31But Guru doesn't like it.
01:33Guru drives into work.
01:36He's in a car.
01:37And he doesn't want to sit in a relatively-
01:39My room is real tight, man.
01:40I ain't better than nobody.
01:41I mean, we need three people in there.
01:43And that's not the biggest room.
01:45But it's fine for me.
01:46Anyway, Guru has now gone back to his own way.
01:49But I come say hello.
01:51You come say hello.
01:52But then you go back to the open area.
01:53But there's no doubt we are talking less before a show.
01:58I think it helps the show.
01:59Well, we'll see.
02:00Because I have no idea what you're going to say about Dennis Schroeder.
02:02OK.
02:03And I think I like that.
02:04Dennis Schroeder.
02:05And I think that maybe I've taken some L's, 10A rounds.
02:07Because I didn't shot my wad early.
02:09You know, before it was time to buck.
02:11But fair or foul.
02:13And I listened to the great Steve Kerr with Willard & Dibbs.
02:17Great interview yesterday.
02:18Steini, he's got to be the solution.
02:20It may be unfair.
02:22It may not be the words you want to hear.
02:24But I'm looking at Dennis Schroeder to stop the hemorrhaging.
02:28And the hemorrhaging is the Warriors thought they could play a deep roster.
02:33Strength in numbers.
02:35And it worked while Melton was in.
02:38It worked.
02:40You didn't need Melton to beat Dr. J.
02:42But for me, it was a short sample size.
02:44I felt like the Warriors showed us and caught the league by surprise.
02:49Because this is who they were.
02:53That went away when he got hurt.
02:55It may not, oh, he's not Dr. J.
02:57It's not about that.
02:59It's the ramifications.
03:01The domino effect.
03:03And now I think Dennis Schroeder can do what Melton was supposed to.
03:07And maybe a little more.
03:09You know, that's me talking myself into it.
03:11So Steini, I'm looking at tomorrow night in Memphis as the solution to what's ailed the Warriors these last 11 games.
03:19Because it has been ugly.
03:21So you think he could be a D'Anthony Melton substitute and then substitute?
03:27Yeah.
03:29I think you're right.
03:31I think he could do that.
03:33Something's odd about how they got him to this cheap.
03:37They got him this cheap.
03:39And I guarantee you we're going to talk about this.
03:43This league.
03:45This NBA.
03:48The reason the Nets gave him up for nothing.
03:51And the reason the Nets traded him at the first possible point in the season they could.
03:57Is because they're done winning.
03:59They're done.
04:01Exactly.
04:03They're 10 and 15 or whatever they are.
04:05But they're still in 9th place.
04:07And they've got their own first round pick.
04:09The Knicks first round pick.
04:11And a Bucks first round pick that's protected.
04:13So.
04:15I get you.
04:17That's what the Jazz did last year.
04:19And it looks like the Jazz are doing again.
04:21Good God.
04:23That's a great call man.
04:25The only thing Danny Ainge hasn't said is trust the process.
04:27But he may as well.
04:29And what year are you talking about?
04:31But yeah that's where I'm at.
04:33So tomorrow is like.
04:35Do you have a problem with me saying it might be the new opening day or opening night?
04:37No I don't.
04:39Because the more I think about this acquisition.
04:43The more I think.
04:45This is a seminal moment.
04:47In the history of the Golden State Warriors.
04:51This is.
04:53As big a move as they've ever made.
04:57Acknowledging.
04:59Steph's mortality.
05:01Because when we've talked about.
05:03Getting a player in here.
05:05To help Steph.
05:07We've always thought.
05:09Get a big guy.
05:11Or get another scorer.
05:13Or get a power forward.
05:15But what they got.
05:17Was a point guard.
05:19Who could essentially.
05:21Make and allow.
05:23Steph Curry.
05:25To do less on the ball.
05:27And to be more of a shooting guard.
05:29And they're asking.
05:31Dennis Schroeder.
05:33Dennis Schroeder rather.
05:35To be that guy.
05:39Do the young stuff.
05:41Maybe in a crazy kind of way.
05:43I think Schroeder is the first player.
05:45They've had who in theory.
05:47And Evan said easy.
05:49And maybe I'm wrong.
05:51But I could actually see Schroeder.
05:53Being the starting point guard.
05:55After Steph retires.
05:57That's not too far fetched at all.
06:01I get that.
06:03But to your premise of.
06:05What this signals.
06:07And I hate this.
06:09I hate this all day.
06:11But I'll never forget the 16 finals.
06:13In that last five minutes.
06:15And I know Curry had an injury going into the playoffs.
06:17But I don't believe this.
06:19But if I had a dollar for every time I heard.
06:21Draymond went in the parking lot at Oracle.
06:23And called KD.
06:25Because the league had figured the Warriors offense out.
06:27And they needed a guy that could create their shot.
06:29I thought the biggest.
06:31That was the biggest indictment.
06:33Of the Arthur Fonzarelli.
06:35Which was Steph Curry.
06:37Or how close does the Kevin Durant.
06:39Come into Golden State.
06:41When we heard whispers.
06:43They need somebody that could create their shot.
06:45I didn't buy it.
06:47Because they were up 3-1.
06:49How close is that to the Dennis Schroeder move?
06:51Because that was a superstar.
06:53When you had one.
06:55Schroeder is different than Durant.
06:57Durant was one of the best players.
06:59In the league.
07:01If not the best player in the league.
07:03At the time.
07:05I didn't buy Durant.
07:07Some did.
07:09Just in regard to the team needed a guy that could get a bucket.
07:11And I looked at Curry as still that guy.
07:13Do you look at him as still that guy now?
07:15I do.
07:17Well I don't think the Warriors do.
07:19And that's what I think this trade was all about.
07:21And I'm telling you.
07:23The way I'm looking at it is.
07:25They didn't get somebody.
07:27Of course they got a teammate for Steph Curry.
07:29But really.
07:31What the objective was.
07:33One of the big objectives.
07:35Of this move.
07:37Is to take more.
07:39Or take some things.
07:41Off Curry's plate.
07:43Because they knew.
07:45That they were giving him too much.
07:47He wasn't thriving.
07:49And that.
07:51They need help.
07:53At that position.
07:55The one.
07:57They need help at the one.
07:59And that means Curry needs help.
08:01It's not just somebody to pass to.
08:03Or a better supporting cast.
08:05This is about.
08:07Getting better.
08:09At the entire position.
08:11Where Steph Curry is.
08:13And for the first time.
08:15I really feel like the Warriors.
08:17Acquired somebody.
08:19That may allow Steph Curry.
08:21To play less minutes.
08:23But everybody's okay with it.
08:25Because we know.
08:27That you can't keep playing him.
08:29For 45 minutes.
08:31And expect him to be as effective.
08:33As he was in the past.
08:35So Schroeder's going to be that guy.
08:37Listen.
08:39I hear you talking.
08:41I got two things.
08:43Yesterday I mentioned Curry.
08:45I do believe we got the sound.
08:47We'll play it later.
08:49But he did say Steph Curry.
08:51Deserves every resource.
08:53Available for him.
08:55To maximize where he's at.
08:57If Curry's a little older.
08:59You move him to safety.
09:01That's fine.
09:03But I'm asking you.
09:05To break it down for me.
09:07Did you feel this strongly.
09:09About the Melton signing?
09:11No.
09:13Dennis Schroeder.
09:15Is an 18-20 point a game.
09:17Score.
09:19So even if Curry was still.
09:21Doing his thing.
09:23Wouldn't they still want Dennis?
09:25My point is.
09:27I think Dennis Schroeder.
09:29Overlaps with Curry a lot.
09:31They're going to play together.
09:33I think they'll start together.
09:35I hadn't thought of that.
09:37Both guys can score.
09:39Both guys can create a little bit.
09:41They're going to allow Schroeder.
09:43To take some of that stuff.
09:45From Steph Curry.
09:47As long as he doesn't mind.
09:49He can't mind.
09:51We understand.
09:53We understand.
09:55He's better playing.
09:5728 or 30 minutes.
09:59Than 35 or 36.
10:01Why don't you take a few minutes.
10:03Off his plate.
10:05And let Dennis Schroeder.
10:07Do his thing.
10:09He's averaging 30 minutes a night.
10:11I think Schroeder.
10:13Is going to play.
10:15A huge role for this team.
10:17That's what I think.
10:19That's why I'm excited.
10:219570.
10:23We got a lot of sound from yesterday.
10:25The Dennis Schroeder news.
10:27Came over the weekend.
10:29But.
10:31The more I think about it.
10:33The more I think other people are thinking about it.
10:35I do think this is a very significant move.
10:37For the Warriors.
10:39I think it's a steal.
10:41I think there's no risk.
10:43I think they might have gotten a player in here.
10:45Who can really help them.
10:47Immediately.
10:49I think the biggest thing.
10:51Is that they.
10:53Recognized that.
10:55Yes, Steph needs help.
10:57Not just around him.
10:59But to take some of the responsibility.
11:01From him.