Green had 192 - and that doesn’t count dribble handoffs, which don’t count in screen assists but is a staple to the Green-Curry two-man game. “I was the teacher’s assistant,” Looney said.īy season’s end, Looney led the Warriors with 197 screen assists (when a screen leads to a basket). Looney called it “Screen School.” Green was the instructor. They learned about the rhythm of screens in the Warriors’ offense and effective angles for Curry to lose the defender tailing him. Most of the young players were involved, including the guards. So did second-year players Eric Paschall and Juan Toscano-Anderson. They covered flare screens, pin-downs, their famed elevator play, staggered screens, dribble handoffs.
He then organized a session to watch and teach. So Green had some film cut together, showing proper ways to screen in their offense, which is the secret to freeing Curry. And I’m telling Draymond we’ve got to do better than that.”
“But with a lot of different guys playing with him, guys were struggling to set screens. “Me and Draymond, we know how to set screens for Steph,” Looney said. So Looney went to Green, the other expert screener. Looney knew weak screens were working against their success. The entire roster knew any success by the Warriors was contingent upon a monster season from Curry.
This was his area of expertise so he felt the need to do something about it. Instead of taking in the sights of Chicago, they were staring at video on a projector and at Draymond Green.Īfter Stephen Curry scored 30 points on 38 shots in the first two games, struggling to get free, Warriors’ big man Kevon Looney had an issue he needed to address: he didn’t like how they were screening for Curry. But after practice, several of the Warriors found themselves in a conference room at the Ritz Carlton. The day after the holiday, the Warriors were in town preparing for the Bulls after getting blitzed by Brooklyn and Milwaukee to start the season.
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