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Tim Kawakami: From Mark Jackson: "I think it’s important for us to have somebody we can trust with the basketball behind Steph. Ideally, it’s Jack." Twitter @timkawakami

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Tim Kawakami: Jackson was open to possible roster changes:"I have no problem coming back with the same group, but this is truly a business." Twitter @timkawakami

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Tim Kawakami: MJax on his contract future: "I trust God and I believe it’ll work out. I’m in the best hands possible-- and I don’t mean Arn Tellem." Twitter @timkawakami

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Rusty Simmons: Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said assistant Darren Erman will coach the summer-league squad, a year after Pete Myers went undefeated. Twitter @Rusty_SFChron

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Tim Kawakami: Warriors GM Bob Myers confirms team has not yet made a decision on Mark Jackson's option for 2014-15. Will talk with Jackson's agent soon. Twitter @timkawakami

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Tim Kawakami: Of course Jackson's agent is Myers' former boss Arn Tellem. Twitter @timkawakami

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A team source confirmed reports coach Mark Jackson hired super agent Arn Tellem and fired Steve Kauffman. The move happened months ago, but the source said it was not part of Jackson's plan to get a new contract form Golden State. Jackson hired Kauffman presuming he had to hire an agent of coaches. When he learned he could retain Tellem, Jackson's representative as a player, Jackson made the switch. San Jose Mercury-News

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Tellem is Warriors general manager Bob Myers' former boss and close friends with executive board member Jerry West. Jackson has two seasons left on his contract, next season is guaranteed and the Warriors hold an option for 2014-15. Without any further guarantees, Jackson would enter next season as a virtual lame duck in potentially his final contract year. San Jose Mercury-News

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Rusty Simmons: Warriors coach Mark Jackson says "when we win tonight," but says he's not guaranteeing victory bc he's "not Patrick Ewing." Twitter @Rusty_SFChron

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“I’m a man of faith,” Mark Jackson told me. “I believe in God. Some folks may say God doesn’t care about basketball. My Bible tells me He cares about everything that has to do with me. This team is tied together. I’ve said it before. Spiritually, this team is absolutely tied together. There’s a call on these guys’ lives. I said from Day 1 in my press conference, if I won games and didn’t change lives I’d be a failure. If I won a championship and guys left here the same I’d be a failure. It’s more important to me to leave here leaving these guys better husbands, better fathers, better teammates, better players, better men. That’s what it’s all about, and we’ve done that. With that, the victories will come.” NBA.com

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Curry took his third injection of the postseason before Game 4 after spraining his left ankle for a second time late in Game 3. He admitted after the game Sunday that he doesn't expect to be significantly more mobile the rest of the series, even though he still managed some big shots down the stretch in the Warriors' overtime win and wound up with 22 points. "He'll get treatment today, he'll get treatment (Tuesday)," coach Mark Jackson said. "We'll just see how he feels. I haven't seen him, I have not spoken to him. But it's good to have all day today and all day tomorrow to recoup and recover." Contra Costa Times

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No member of the Warriors received a single vote for the all-defensive team despite the club's renewed emphasis on defense under Jackson. "Get in line," said Jackson. "Executive (Bob Myers) in seventh place, Steph Curry at home during All-Star week, Joe Lacob probably the No. 7 owner, Harrison Barnes no votes for Rookie of the Year, Jarrett Jack wasn't the sixth man of the year. The only thing they got right was me." Jackson finished seventh in NBA Coach of the Year voting last week. Contra Costa Times

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Mark Jackson made it clear through his years working in television that he believed he deserved the same opportunity to get a good first coaching job that others, like Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers, had gotten out of the television booth. He turned down some offers, got left at the altar for others. But when the Golden State job opened up, he wanted it. "I looked at the talent," Jackson said. "I looked at the fan base. I looked at the passion of the ownership, of Joe and Peter. I looked at the management. And they took a chance on me. I would not have taken any job. But I just thought this was a home run job, because of the potential. And quite honestly, I prayed on it. And this was the place." NBA.com

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Jackson also wanted input into personnel decisions -- not control, but a say that would be respected. Lacob and Guber agreed. "I was influenced a little bit by Boston," said Lacob, who'd been a minority owner of the Celtics. "I saw what Doc did, his background. I saw you could come out of the broadcast booth if you had the NBA playing career, and be very successful. And I saw that the most important thing that Doc Rivers provided was leadership, and the guys were willing to follow him ... if you can't lead people, whether you're the CEO or the basketball coach, the Xs and Os and all the other stuff is important. But if you can't lead them, they're not going to follow you, anyway." NBA.com

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"What I mean is there are people who would say God doesn't care about basketball," Jackson said last week. "Well, read the Bible. He cares about everything that has to do with me. He says, 'I'm a rewarder of those that diligently seek.' And this is a basketball team that diligently seeks Him, win, lose or draw. And you can't tell me that the God I serve doesn't care about blessing us. And I don't mean in winning. But he certainly has a vested interest in knowing that He can trust this basketball team, that no matter whether we beat the Denver Nuggets in round one, or whether we lose to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the second round, it's still all God." NBA.com

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Bogut grabbed 18 rebounds, becoming the first Warriors player in 40 seasons to reach that total twice in the same postseason. He is the franchise's first player to corral double-digit rebounds in five straight playoff games in 24 years. "He's a game-changer because of his presence in the paint and his high IQ for the game of basketball," Jackson said. San Jose Mercury-News

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David Aldridge: Mark Jackson says he has not yet seen Steph Curry, but will meet w/him & team docs after pregame presser and make decision then. Twitter @daldridgetnt

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Jimmy Spencer: Jackson said hell be "shocked" if Stephen Curry doesn't play Twitter @JimmySpencerNBA

Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Scott Howard-Cooper: X-rays last night on Stephen Curry's left ankle were negative. Warriors unsure if he will play Sunday, Mark Jackson says. Twitter @SHowardCooper

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Mark Jackson: I think the longer time we give him to physically… he’s not going to be right, but to get close to right… is better. So I think if it was closing out Game 1 today with Klay fouling out, it’d be an easy call to go with David down the stretch. Today. San Jose Mercury-News

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