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Mike Dunleavy

Mike Dunleavy

Governor of Alaska

Oct 20, 2026

5:17
What do you see from those two this lead up to the season?
5:22
Yeah, I think it's a really fine line, both with those guys and everybody of how much do you want to pull them back and dull them out to make sure they take care of the ball versus allow them to be who they are and who they've been.
5:33
And that's the tricky balance.
5:34
I mean, Steve's masterful at it.
5:36
So he's thinking about that with his messaging, with his play calls, with his lineups, all those things.
5:41
But yeah, that's the balance we're going to have to find.
5:44
Because I think Looking at it the other way, we know we can't succeed as we did in the play-in games with 20 turnovers.

21 MINS LATER

26:53
Mike, what's your favorite TV show right now?
4:47
What do you see from those two this lead up to the season?
4:52
Yeah, I think it's a really fine line, both with those guys and everybody, of how much do you want to pull them back and dull them out to make sure they take care of the ball versus allow them to be who they are and who they've been.
5:03
And that's the tricky balance.
5:04
I mean, Steve's masterful at it.
5:06
So he's thinking about that with his messaging, with his play calls, with his lineups, all those things.
5:11
But yeah, that's the balance we're going to have to find.
5:14
Because I think... looking at the other way we know we can't succeed as we did in the playing games with 20 turnovers if you shoot the ball incredibly well maybe one night you can get away with it like we did against the clippers you go the next night against phoenix you turn it over over 20 times it's just not sustainable so we know that where can we find the middle ground and i think those guys understand it too so The beautiful thing about them is they're always willing to grow and adapt even at the ages they're at.

14 MINS LATER

19:47
Do you sense that like, okay, this year's first-round pick is something that we probably don't want to move right now?
4:47
What do you see from those two this lead up to the season?
4:52
Yeah, I think it's a really fine line, both with those guys and everybody, of how much do you want to pull them back and dull them out to make sure they take care of the ball versus allow them to be who they are and who they've been.
5:03
And that's the tricky balance.
5:04
I mean, Steve's masterful at it.
5:06
So he's thinking about that with his messaging, with his play calls, with his lineups, all those things.
5:11
But yeah, that's the balance we're going to have to find.
5:14
Because I think... looking at the other way we know we can't succeed as we did in the playing games with 20 turnovers if you shoot the ball incredibly well maybe one night you can get away with it like we did against the clippers you go the next night against phoenix you turn it over over 20 times it's just not sustainable so we know that where can we find the middle ground and i think those guys understand it too so you know, the beautiful thing about them is they're always willing to grow and adapt even at the ages they're at.

20 MINS LATER

26:08
Mike, what's your favorite TV show right now?
15:19
Again, when you go into that, is it a matter of, okay, free agency and/or trade? I mean, how do you look at what you guys have to do this summer to be where you wanna be in September when training camp starts?
15:29
Yeah, I mean, I think there's where you wanna be in tr- in, in September when training camp starts, and there's where you wanna be in the spring as you try and compete for the postseason again, the postseason.
15:37
And we have a couple of transaction cycles here in the summer, and then once again in February where we feel like we can build and maximize our team.
15:45
And so I think the biggest thing is to put together a good team going into camp.
15:49
And as I mentioned before, a lot of the improvement for us is gonna have to come from within with our habits, um, taking care of the ball, doing the little things.
15:56
Get that knocked out, you get on your way, having a good season.
15:59
We need to stay healthy and then get those guys back, and then, you know, we'll see the trade deadline and we'll evaluate everything.
16:31
Uh, is, is that a science, an art? I mean, is it luck? I mean, how do you, how do you figure, how do you look back at it and say, "How did we do that?"
1:29
Mm.
1:30
I, I really thought this roster was good.
1:32
Um, and then got off to a slow start, uh, whether it was some people talked about the travel, the road trips, things like that.
1:38
Uh, I thought we found our way in January, had some home games.
1:41
We're coming into ...
1:42
Things were coming around for us, and then Jimmy goes down, and that was a big blow.
1:46
And then, you know, now since then, Steph's down.

14 MINS LATER

15:43
Uh, and I know you don't wanna evaluate big picture in the middle of the season, but just how would you judge- assess generally, uh, where Draymond is right now?

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