Buddy Hield on the Pressure to Replace Klay Thompson

Buddy Hield would be the second finest shooter on his new NBA group, the Warriors, for the primary time he can bear in mind.

However he’s very happy to be second fiddle to the league’s best-ever shooter, Steph Curry.

“Steph. He’s the one. I’ve been watching all my life,” Hield advised reporters Thursday morning throughout his introductory press convention.

“I’m a sponge. Able to be taught. Prepared to observe him and see how he goes about his taking pictures mechanics. The best way he goes about how he works, his routine. I feel it’ll be an attention-grabbing 12 months for me. … I feel it’s enjoyable. I’m excited.”

The taking pictures guard was signed after the beloved Klay Thompson ended his 13-year run with Golden State to signal with Dallas.

So naturally, Hield was requested if he felt any stress to interchange the franchise legend.

“There’s no stress,” Hield mentioned. “Simply come and do my job. What Klay has finished for this group has been great. I really like Klay quite a bit. I’ve watched him through the years. He’s particular. The best way he can get scorching and the best way he can simply change the sport and be the two-way participant that he’s, and the champion that he’s.

“So, I don’t have a look at it as stress. I feel it’s enjoyable simply being in that function and seeing if I can get the identical seems to be he will get.”

Warriors followers on social media are already dubbing Curry and Hield the “Splash Buddies” in lieu of the unique “Splash Brothers,” Curry and Thompson and Hield doesn’t thoughts the nickname.

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“I don’t see nothing mistaken with it,” Hield advised reporters with a smile. “However we’ve simply acquired to take it daily. Let it come.”