Early reports out of Oakland indicate that Danny Green did not “grow four or five inches” as Greg Popovich desired. Nor has there been any word yet if Kevin Durant heeded Popovich’s advice to “not be so good” ...but that also seems unlikely.
In game one, Steve Kerr took an extremely unusual move when he inserted a couple of savvy veterans, Andre Iguodala and Javale McGee* into the starting lineup. It was sort of a flip of that hilarious Game of Zones quote on Mike D’Antoni recruiting Harden by sharing his team mantra of “half the defense, double the offense.