Connor Letourneau: Kerr’s big takeaway from today’s scrimmage: Kevon Looney looks healthy, which should really help the Warriors’ center rotation.
Kevon Looney Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 02/06/96
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:222 lbs. / 100.7 kg.
Salary: $4,464,286
Born: 02/06/96
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:222 lbs. / 100.7 kg.
Salary: $4,464,286
“It’s been a success so far,” Looney said after Golden State’s second minicamp practice. “I had a lot of time to take my time with the rehab. I didn’t have to rush it since we weren’t playing. “So I was able to be real detail-oriented about it. And make sure I was feeling 100 percent before I got on the court. This camp has been great for me so I get a chance to play against the guys and test myself and see where I’m at.”
Kerith Burke: Kevon Looney discussed being from Wisconsin and the Jacob Blake shooting. He said “you get numb to it” and he remembers when he was eight years old, his uncle was “beat up by police.”
Anthony Slater: Kevon Looney’s been cleared for full contact for a month. Had core surgery right after the season for nagging injury: “I couldn’t really jump (last season), I couldn’t really slide. Biggest part for me is to stop being scared. I played last season scared to move.”
Most Warriors players — including Klay Thompson, Kevon Looney, Andrew Wiggins and Eric Paschall — are expected to participate. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr anticipates a “pick-up ball”-type atmosphere and doesn’t plan to teach specifics of the playbook — something he will save for training camp. In addition to daily workouts, which will include scrimmages, Kerr will invite guest speakers to talk to the team through RingCentral, a video conferencing software. “It’s really informal,” Kerr said in a phone interview Thursday. “It’s almost more important just to be together. … Much less structured than training camp.”
Wes Goldberg: Kevon Looney is “100%” recovered from his core muscle surgery and he is working out at Chase Center, his agent tells me. Adds Looney is taking advantage of the long offseason and “there is no reason to push it.” Story soon.
