Kevon Looney on Steve Kerr benching Jayson Tatum at Olympics: ‘When he makes a call like that and it actually works out, you kind of have to take it’

Looney shares that he learned a lot from CP3 during his tenure with the Warriors. “He surprised me a lot,” he said.  “After competing against him for years, I respect him as a player and a basketball mind already but he was always our archrival — it was whatever the team he was on, it was always Chris Paul! So he got a lot of hate in our locker room for a long time. But by actually having him on our side and competing to win and going to war with him, he gained so much more respect from me, you know? He’s already a Hall of Fame player and just to learn from him and see his work ethic every day? You see how much he really loves the game of basketball, how much he cares about growing the game and how the game continues to carry on is just amazing. I learned a lot from him. I learned how to be more professional, how to take care of yourself… for him to be in Year 20 next year as a small guard and STILL competing at a high level as a starter and as a big time player, as a guy going into Year 10, I want to be able to play long time like him so I have to be able to see how he takes care of his body and how he watches the game and loves the game, seeing his thought process really changed mine too.” -via ScoopB.com / September 4, 2024