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>>> YEAH.
AS WE PROMISED, MORE 49ER TALK
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES WITH
LARRY AND OUR EXPERT GUEST
TONIGHT.
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY GOOD.
BUT THE WARRIORS, I KNOW IT'S
ONE OF 82 GAMES.
IF YOU'RE THE MIAMI HEAT, IT'S
A BIG DEAL EVERY TIME A TEAM
TAKES YOU ON.
BUT THE WARRIORS DID HANDLE
LEBRON JAMES AND COMPANY
TONIGHT RATHER CONVINCINGLY.
JAMES HAD 26 POINTS, FIVE
REBOUNDS AND FIVE ASSISTS.
BUT STEPH CURRY, IS HE A
SUPERSTAR YET?
HE MADE SIX OF SEVEN THREE-
POINTERS.
AND THEN DAVID LEE WENT TO WORK
HERE.
HE FINISHED WITH 32 POINTS AND
14 REBOUNDS.
SO IT WAS CURRY AND LEE.
STEPH CURRY FINISHED WITH 36
POINTS, 12 ASSISTS.
HE FINISHED 8-OF-15 ON THREES.
123-114, WARRIORS' SEVENTH
STRAIGHT WIN, THEIR LONGEST
STREAK SINCE 2005.
SO NOW, WHEN MARK JACKSON
TALKS, PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR WHAT
THIS GUY HAS TO SAY.
WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM RECENTLY.
HE TOOK OVER THE TEAM IN JUNE
OF 2011.
DID A LOT OF TALKING.
WAS PREDICTING WE'RE GONNA GO
TO THE PLAY-OFFS AND MY GOSH,
HE WAS ON AND ON AND ON.
SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT LAST
YEAR.
AND NOW, EVERYTHING HE HAD
PREDICTED IS COMING TRUE, AS WE
LIKE TO SAY.
HERE HE IS PLAYING TO THE
INDIANA PACERS.
HE PLAYED FOR THE KNICKS.
BUT A BIG THRILL TO BE ON KRON.
WE SAT DOWN WITH HIM RECENTLY.
LISTEN CLOSE.
THIS GUY'S GOT A FIRST-CLASS
MAJOR LEAGUE PERSONALITY.
>> I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS WITH YOU.
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A
BROADCASTER.
OR A GUY WITH A TWITTER
ACCOUNT.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOOD ON THE
AIR.
I'M ACTUALLY WHY YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO.
I'M BEING SERIOUS HERE.
GIVE UP SOMETHING THAT PAID
WELL AND HOPE THAT A 25-YEAR-
OLD IS IN A GOOD MOOD EVERY
DAY.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AS A KID, I SAT IN THE CORNER
OF MY ROOM, DREAMING TO BE AN
NBA PLAYER.
I THEN WOULD CALL A TIME-OUT
AND I'D DREAM TO BE REDD, THE
COACH OF THE KNICKS AT THE
TIME.
I THEN WOULD LET THE ACTION
DEVELOP THEN AND I DREAMED TO
BE ALBERT.
SO I DREAMT OF BEING PLAYER,
COACH AND ANALYST AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE
TIME.
THE ONE THING THAN WOULDN'T
ATTRACT ME TO BEING A PRO COACH
IS HAVING PEOPLE AFTER A GAME
-- AND I TEASE ABOUT THIS.
GUYS YOU KNOW GOT CUT IN LITTLE
LEAGUE.
THEY'RE THE ONES QUESTIONING
YOU.
DO YOU EVER LOOK OUT THERE AND
JUST GO BLANK AND SAY, JEESH,
NOT TONIGHT?
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S
GONNA BE GREAT QUESTIONS.
THERE'S GONNA BE TOUGH
QUESTIONS.
THERE'S GONNA BE BAD QUESTIONS.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, NO MATTER
WHAT TYPE OF QUESTION IT IS,
YOUR MESSAGE GETS SENT.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A
MESSAGE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY
IS ON BOARD WITH THE VISION,
THE PURPOSE AND WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
CAN I TRANSLATE WHAT YOU SAID?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OH, HELL, I DON'T WANT TO
HURT YOUR FEELINGS, BUT PLEASE,
NO MORE.
>> YOU MAY BE RIGHT.
HA HA!
>> OF COURSE I'M RIGHT.
PEOPLE, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
POINT GUARDS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
IF HE IS SOUNDING OVERLY
FLOWERY, ARE YOU THIRD ALL-TIME
IN ASSISTS?
>> I AM THIRD BEHIND JOHN
STOCKTON, JASON KIDD AND STEVE
NASH IS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, 60
AWAY FROM ME.
>> YOU'RE ONE OF THE ALL-TIME
GREAT POINT GUARDS.
YOU DID IT.
AND YOU DON'T HEAR YOUR NAMES.
>> I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
TO ME, THE BEST POINT GUARD
EVER PLAYED IS MAGIC JOHNSON.
I'M SHOCKED AND AMAZED AND
TRULY BLESSED TO BE IN THAT
CATEGORY.
I NEVER PLAYED SO PEOPLE CAN
RECOGNIZE.
I LOOK AT IT AS, AT THE END OF
THE DAY, PEOPLE SAY HOW IS THIS
JACKSON KID ON THIS LIST WITH
THESE GUYS?
>> I WOULD HEAR STORIES, WITH
MAGIC ROUNDING EVERYBODY HELP,
THEN YOU WOULD DRIVE IN.
WAS IT A ROLLS ROYCE?
>> NO NO.
I WAS IN A TAXI.
>> NO, NO.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A ROLLS ROYCE?
>> NO.
I NEVER HAD A ROLLS ROYCE.
AS THE STORY GOES ON, IT GETS
GREATER AND GREATER.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M GOING
TO BE FLYING INTO POLY.
>> WHY NOT?
WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING?
>> I AM DRIVING -- TODAY?
>> YEAH.
>> A TRUCK.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
OKAY.
THAT'S ENOUGH.
>> HA HA!
>> NO.
TELL ME -- OKAY.
>> NO, I NEVER OWNED A ROLLS
ROYCE.
>> WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP
LIKE WITH BLAKE?
OBVIOUSLY YOU GET ALONG.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU
SAY, THIS IS A KICK WHAT THIS
GUY DOES?
>> HE'S GREAT.
VERY PASSIONATE.
LOVES THE GAME OF BASKETBALL.
WE HIT IT OFF IN OUR VERY FIRST
MEETING WHEN HE INTERVIEWED ME.
>> WHEN YOU SAT DOWN, WAS THERE
AN INSTANT CONNECTION?
WE WERE BOTH SINCERE, BOTH VERY
PASSIONATE.
HE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS A RISK.
I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS A RISK BUT
-- >> WHAT'S THE RISK?
>> THE RISK WAS I HAD NO
EXPERIENCE.
SO PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT IT AND
SAY, WHY ARE YOU HIRING THIS
GUY THAT NEVER COACHED?
BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, YOU A BE
WILLING TO TAKE RISKS.
>> MIGHT SOUND LIKE I'M SETTING
YOU UP FOR THE OBVIOUS BUT HAVE
YOU EVER PLAYED ON A TEAM WHERE
THERE WASN'T ONE GUY WHERE YOU
HAD TO LOOK AROUND AND SAY, OH,
JEEZ, IF WE CAN JUST PUT UP
WITH FRED TODAY, WE'LL BE OKAY?
LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE HERE?
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A TEAM LIKE
THAT?
>> NO.
I PLAYED ON A TEAM WHERE WE HAD
GREAT CHEMISTRY.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT WAS
SOMEBODY -- >> SOMEBODY.
>> SOMEBODY THAT WAS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T BUY IN, OR
SOMEBODY THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW
HOW THEY WERE GONNA ACT.
>> WAS IT EVER YOU?
>> NO, IT WAS NEVER ME.
>> NOT GONNA DO THAT SHIMMY
STUFF?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S A BAD
IMPERSONATION.
>> YOU DON'T LIKE WHITE GUYS
SHIMMYING?
>> I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
MY DAD SAID FIND A JOB YOU LOVE
AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORK A
DAY IN YOUR LIFE.
I FOUND THAT JOB.
HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO BE IN THE
POSITION I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE
IN.
WHETHER IT BE PLAYING, COACHING
OR IN ANY SITUATION.
>> WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?
I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE WE KIDDED
ABOUT THE RACE STUFF.
ANY BROTHERS EVER SAID, MAN,
THAT WAS A GOOD DANCE?
>> WHY IT GOTTA BE BROTHERS?
>> OKAY.
WHITE GUYS.
DID MING EVER LIKE IT?
>> I WAS ALWAYS A KIDS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN DO TO
GET AN EDGE.
SO IT WAS ALWAYS THE TRASH
TALK, MAKING UP A SLOGAN OR
MAKING UP A DANCE OR JUST
CELEBRATING, BECAUSE I REALLY
WAS OVERACHIEVING.
AND SITTING HERE, REALIZING I'M
DOING THIS INTERVIEW, YOU COME
OUT FROM YOUR LITTLE HOLE, AND
YOU COME TO THIS GYM?
I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE.
I WANT TO DO THE DANCE NOW,
KNOWING I'M HERE WITH YOU.
>> OKAY.
HOW MANY YEARS SINCE I LEFT?
>> 29.
>> SINCE I LEFT THE BUILDING!
NO!
I LIKE TO SIT THERE AND GO --
THAT WON'T PAY FOR MY GAS.
SO I BET YOUR KIDS -- I GET IN
INDIANAPOLIS, NEW YORK?
>> KIDS LOVED IT.
MY WIFE, WHEN I GOT HOME, WAS
LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
MY DAD ACTUALLY, HE'S THE
REASON I STOPPED DOING IT,
BECAUSE MY DAD SAID PEOPLE WERE
MISINTERPRETING IS IT.
BUT IT WAS JUST A YOUNG KID
THAT WAS EXCITED AND SHOWING MY
EXCITEMENT.
>> EXCUSE ME FOR ASKING.
IS YOUR DAD STILL WITH US?
>> MY DAD PASSED AWAY 14 YEARS
AGO.
>> BUT HE GOT TO SEE YOU MAKE
IT IN THE NBA?
>> HE DID GET TO SEE ME MAKE IT
IN THE NBA.
LIVE A DREAM.
HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE FATHER,
INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE, MARRIED TO
MY MOM FOR 40 YEARS.
AN INCREDIBLE PROVIDER.
HE SHOWED ME HOW TO BE A MAN.
AND I'M EXTREMELY FORTUNATE.
AND HE STILL LIVES WITH ME NOW
IN SPIRIT.
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING,
WHEN YOU MADE IT, WHAT'S THE
FIRST THING -- I GUESS IT
WASN'T A ROLLS ROYCE.
I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
BUT WHAT WAS THE FIRST SPLURGE?
>> I BOUGHT A BMW.
AND IT WAS A CAR.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS.
MY FIRST YEAR AS A ROOKIE -- I
WON ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
STAYING IN THE SAME ROOM, IN
THE SAME HOUSE I WAS RAISED IN.
SO IN QUEENS, NEW YORK, WITH MY
PARENTS SHARING A ROOM WITH MY
BROTHERS.
MY SISTER RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN
HER ROOM.
AND THEN I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BUY MY MOM AND DAD, YOU
KNOW, A HOUSE AND A CAR AND DO
THE THINGS THAT EVERY KID
DREAMS ABOUT DOING.
PAY IT BACK.
>> IF THE WARRIORS -- AFTER
LAST YEAR, THE NICE PLAY-OFF
RUN, IF THE GOAL IS NOT REACHED
OF MAKING THE WESTERN FINALS,
WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT A "WE
JUST DIDN'T QUITE GET IT DONE"?
>> WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT.
WE'RE EMBRACING THE
EXPECTATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S KEY IS STAYING
HEALTHY AND PLAYING YOUR BEST
BASKETBALL WHEN IT MATTERS
MOST.
THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THE CHIPS
FALL.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE
RELEVANT, TO BE IN THE MIX, AND
HAVE A LEGITIMATE CHANCE TO
REACHING OUR GOALS AS A
BASKETBALL TEAM.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF
THE 49ERS, OF COURSE, WE ALL
TALK HARBAUGH.
POPULARITY OF THE GIANTS, BOCHY
ALL THE TIME.
THIS GUY, IF YOU GET TO KNOW
HIM A LITTLE BIT, HE'S GOT A
LOT GOING FOR HIM.
>> VERY COOL.
PLAYED IN NEW YORK, SO HE
DOESN'T MIND THE CRITICISM.
IF I HAVE ANY CRITICISM OF
MARK, FOR A GUY WHO DOESN'T
HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, HE
DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF COACHING
EXPERIENCE ON HIS BENCH.
BE NICE IF HE DID.
>> HOW FAR SHOULD THEY GO, IN
YOUR ESTIMATION, TO SAY THIS
WAS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR?
IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THE
POSTSEASON.
I'M TALKING ABOUT, HOW FAR IN
THE PLAY-OFFS SHOULD THEY GO?
>> I'M LOOKING AT PORTLAND AND
OKC.
I WOULD SAY IF THEY COULD WIN A
SERIES AND MAYBE TWO, THAT
WOULD BE A SUCCESS.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
HOW GOOD WILL THE WARRIORS BE
THIS SEASON?
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
IF THE WARRIORS STAY HEALTHY,
DO THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO