Media members angry about Steph Curry bringing his daughter to press conference

Just for shits and giggles, here's a transcript of a post-game press conference with Curry from Game 1 of the Pelicans series, in which he scored 34 points in a 106-99 win:

Steph Curry postgame transcript: On the Warriors' fast start, his wild shot over Anthony Davis, and "a weird kind of tension" in Oracle - Talking Points

A sampling of some of the "interesting" and "vital" questions asked by the media:

"Steph, first quarter of the game you guys came out on fire defensively, offensively. How much of that was just wanting to make a statement early and just finally getting to the playoffs and wanting to do your thing?"

"Can you talk about when you were coming out? It seemed like the Pelicans would chop down leads, and when you came back in you would make a shot to kind of get everything back in order for the Warriors. Did you feel like you had on each of those occasions to do something when you came back in the game the way things were going?"

"What did you think of the high‑arcing, left‑handed reverse against [Anthony Davis]?"

"You mentioned how you’re locked in and focused pretty much the whole game. Is that an easier state to get to and stay in now that you’ve had the experience?"

Coach-speak bullshit.

I especially love the one where Curry is told that the Pelicans are really good at defending the 3-point line, and is asked if the Warriors can win the series without making 3s. To which, Curry essentially responds that, yes, the Warriors will have to score points to win the series.

 

The fun postgames are pretty few and far between, especially at this stage of the game. The worst I ever dealt with was in the 2003 N.L.C.S. There was a ton of media that descended on Wrigley Field for games 6 and 7, as it was practically a foregone conclusion that the Cubs were finally going to reach the World Series. And everyone is stuffed in a bunch of broom closets, basically, for these sessions. It was absolutely miserable.

My favorite postgame was on college football one year. My team was off to an 0-2 or an 0-3 start, and an ugly one at that. Then they go on the road and get their head kicked in again by a pedestrian opponent. The head coach is taking 100 kinds of heat from us and others, and the young media relations guy finally tries to step in and stop the fight. Coach looks at him and says, "Nope. I'm staying here until the last question is asked."

And he did. Never snapped. Was thoughtful and even funny. A few weeks later, I think, the Mike Gundy incident happened. Another guy on the beat said, "Our guy may be an asshole about a lot of things, like access. He may be arrogant. But he'd never do that."

 

Here's a transcript from Game 1 of the Grizzlies series, which the Warriors won 101-86:

Stephen Curry transcript after the Warriors' Game 1 victory: "I think we're kind of maturing and getting better every game" - Talking Points

Highlights include a question about how the game changes when Draymond Green is hot. The answer: When he's hot, we give him the ball more. And, a revelation that Curry plays differently when different people of different sizes and different abilities are defending him.

 

It doesn't matter what the questions are, or how idiotic you deem them. I'm sure I can agree with you that most of those are idiotic.

But that's not the point.

 

Does it matter how comically out of touch (some) media folks are with millions of fans and thousands of their own colleagues?

 

It's out of touch to you. It's professional courtesy to others. Your choice is your decision. I'm just always amazed how (some) media folks can't see both sides of an issue.

 

Yeah, you kind of made that clear during your #IStandWithJerry period.

 

Oh, I see both sides.

One side is just dumb, that's all.

 

That's literally the entire point.

People are arguing the post-game press conference is so sacrosanct that a 2-year-old girl being there is an affront to everyone involved.

Well, that's just not the case when the time would otherwise be used to ask idiotic and obvious coachspeak questions like "was this a STATEMENT GAME for you?!"

 

The only question left unasked of Curry was how his daughter's grandma can look like that, dayum!!!

 

Insight! A team can advance if it wins its current series. And, some players are also aware which other teams are still alive. Bonus: Things that haven't happened yet have indeed not yet happened.

Q. Obviously it’s still early here in the second round, but when you look at the rest of the NBA Playoffs, is it natural to start looking at the ultimate goal and what can happen? Do you start to develop that vision of winning a championship?

STEPH CURRY: There’s a lot of question marks. Obviously you look around the brackets and down to four teams in the West, and that’s the challenge. It’s not to get too far ahead of yourself. There’s a great team in front of us in the Memphis Grizzlies that we have to take care of right now. Obviously we know which two teams we’ll play if we win this series, but we can’t get too far ahead of ourselves.


It’s a fun time. The pressure is on. The vibe around the league is at a high, and I think we’re ready for the moment, just trying to stay in the moment. That’s the biggest thing for us.

 

Obviously it's important to ask the obvious questions. That's obviously obvious.