Stephen Curry and Draymond Green enjoy life together in Hawaii, with Dejan Milojevic in memory

Taking advantage of the few days left before the start of the 2024/25 NBA season, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green took a getaway together to the beach. The two legendary players of the Golden State Warriors remembered what Dejan Milojevic, the assistant to Steve Kerr who passed away earlier this year, used to always tell them, and they keep his memory alive.

"Number 1, I love the ocean," said Green to Andscape after the Warriors' 91-90 victory in a preseason friendly match against the Los Angeles Clippers at the University of Hawaii on October 5. "It's refreshing. It revitalizes you. But Number 2, just having these moments together, we will remember it. Those are the things you'll remember. We did that yoga session, then we all went into the ocean.

"Those are the moments I miss. Basketball is one thing. Going out there and playing a match, I will always go out and try to play as best as I can at the highest level. But in 20 years, we'll be saying, 'Remember when we were in Hawaii swimming in the ocean?'".

"When Deki passed away last season, you see all the photos of everyone and so on. And I realized, 'In all the photos, you're not in any of them because you got bored with everything else'," said Green. "So, in all the moments that others are enjoying, you think, 'Okay. I have to do this. I have to do that. I have to prepare my body. I have to do this'. And you forget to enjoy it. So, everything becomes a constant effort. So, for me, it was a great reminder that you're missing the fun part of it all. And so, all you do is just prepare. You're missing the fun part.

"And for me, that's a focus this year. I usually attend team dinners mostly. But I mean hanging out before the game; when I get to the arena, it's boom, boom, boom, boom, play. It's like, 'I have to go'. All the fun happens in between".

Stephen Curry's Words

"It's good that he mentioned that. Coming here [to Hawaii] was a nice change of pace. In our [training facility], the same landscapes, the same sounds, sometimes it gets a bit repetitive. Having everyone in one place, families here. Whatever you seek to get from it, I like that it was very intentional to be in a safe space," said the Warriors' point guard, Stephen Curry, to Andscape.

"Deki is a reminder of what life is like. There are no more secrets; we only have a few years left to [play basketball] at the highest level".

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