OAKLAND – For the first time perhaps ever in his life, Nick Young heard a coach yell out two words about basketball game.
“Shoot it,” Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr told Young during Sunday’s practice.
Since when did Young struggle with finding a shot he did not like? Well, basically since he joined the Warriors this offseason on a one-year, $5.2 million deal through the mid-level exception. After playing for the Lakers during their worst four-year stretch in franchise history (91-237), Young joined the defending NBA champions to assume a bench role where his shots will not be as plentiful.