KERR: LeBron, Steph Curry “really excited to compete together” for USA; Atkinson = Benedict Arnold

👇timestamped transcript (better than YouTube’s auto-generated one, tap More or scroll down) … PREVIOUS VIDEO: Draft preview https://youtu.be/oA_0aTOdzBc … PREVIOUS Q&A: Dunleavy https://youtu.be/gLK3hQlX1HM … TEAM USA PLAYLIST: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLszalip37vKKPdD4ynb0qMOXpqua5-rth … KERR Q&As: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLszalip37vKLy42Zj_1DPRLmJ48RVApSa … ALL PLAYLISTS: https://youtube.com/letsgowarriors/playlists #SteveKerr #StephenCurry #USABasketball 🔊 AUDIO ENHANCED TO HEAR REPORTERS’ QUESTIONS — NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE! 🔊 [👇see Comments for remainder of edited transcript👇] TRANSCRIPT/TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 STEVE KERR, USAB PRESSER: “ We're finally here and my staff and I couldn't be more excited. Coach Spoelstra and Coach Lue coach few, Sean Ford, Grant Hill. And I have been in collaboration over the last couple of months since our respective seasons ended. And we've been talking about everything in preparation for the games and we're excited. We're finally here. So we're really excited to come to Vegas in a week. Coaches will be arriving the night of July 3rd. Players will be arriving July 5th. So the staff will have a couple of days of meetings before we begin our practices with the group. So I couldn't be more excited. I've been reaching out to all the guys on the team. I've had discussions with a lot of them. Everybody's excited. What's not to be excited about? Not only the Olympic games, the incredible competition, traveling, coming to Paris, as well as our friendlies in Abu Dhabi and London, everyone is thrilled with what's ahead, our roster is obviously with stars and players who have accomplished so much. And what I love about these guys is they want to accomplish more. They want to win an Olympic gold medal. And that's why they all signed up for this. And we're well aware of the challenge we're facing. The world of basketball has gotten so much better, so much stronger. We know how good these teams are and we know we're going to have to be at our best. So, I couldn't be more excited. And we'll see a lot of you along the road, along the way. And in the meantime, let's get started today.” 2:06 Jonty Colman from BBC: As you mentioned there, you've got the friendlies starting off, including your trip to London. What do you think as a team you're going to get out of that experience, and also how important is it to play in different cultures and different environments leading up to the Olympics? “Yeah, I mean, we obviously need as many friendlies as we can play, to prepare. We've got about four or five days of practice in Las Vegas. We'll play Canada there and then head to Abu Dhabi for a couple of games and then on to London from there. So, this is a very unique experience. The NBA season is a marathon and FIBA is really more of a sprint, especially for Team USA. We generally have a different team every summer, whereas a lot of the teams that we're playing against have the continuity that comes with having a very similar roster year after year. So, our strength is the depth of talent that we have in this country. But one of the many challenges that we face in FIBA is that we have a generally a brand new group, year after year, and we have to try to mold the team quickly. So that comes both via practice, but also I think with travel, with bonding, with the experience of flying overseas and playing in different venues, different cultures, I think our team is very excited about the two games in London. I've got family there, so I can't wait to play there. Everybody's really excited about not just the Olympics, but the lead up as well.” 4:16 Tim Reynolds, AP: “With Tyrese (Haliburton) on the call, I take that as a good sign, as far as how he's doing physically. Joel (Embiid) was at the Finals and pronounced himself good to go. We haven't seen Kawhi play but twice since the end of March. Can you kind of give an update on what he's told you as far as his availability level? And do you expect all 12 to be good to go next week? “Yeah, we expect everybody to be good to go. We've been in touch with everyone, not just those three guys. but Grant and Sean have been staying on top of everything. We've been in communication constantly. So we expect all 12 guys to be ready to roll.” [Transcript continued in Comments] MORE TRANSCRIPTS ON OUR WEBSITE: https://www.letsgowarriors.com #Warriors #SteveKerr #USABasketball