SAN FRANCISCO – At the end of every training camp practice this week, Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell could be found shooting together at a basket in the corner of the practice gym.

With them would always be assistant coach Bruce Fraser, who has notably been part of Curry’s pregame shooting routine. Fraser, then, plays an intermediary between the team’s leader and newest All-Star acquisition.

Huddles break up the rain of shots as the three recap their performance. Thursday’s session, according to Fraser, was the best of the week.

“Yesterday those guys shot it so well, it was more hugs and comradery,” Fraser said of the pow wow. “It was really, really impressive the way D’Angelo shot it with Steph.”

Other times, it’s basketball instruction. The sessions give Russell quality time with Curry, when he’s able to ask questions and watch the shooter do what he does. “To watch him and try to mimic and emulate what he’s doing,” as Fraser puts it.

Fraser, then, is in the middle of a dynamic that could come to define the upcoming Warriors season. Bay Area News Group spoke with Fraser about his early thoughts on Russell, his evolving role on Steve Kerr’s coaching staff and his expectations for the offense this season.

The following conversation took place on the court at Chase Center following Friday’s training camp practice and first scrimmage on the main floor, as opposed to the team’s practice gym within the facility. It has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Q: So first practice on the new court. Did you take the opportunity to scrimmage?

“We did, we scrimmaged. Got some shots early, just felt it out a little bit. It’s got a good backdrop for shooting, so it feels good in here.|

Q: As far as your role with the coaching staff, there’s been a few changes, but has your role changed?

“Yeah, I moved up to the front of the bench. So my role doesn’t really change too much but maybe a little bit more responsibility, and maybe a little bit more of a voice. Steve [Kerr] and I are such good friends, such a level of trust, and we’ve all been together for so long that I’ve probably been overly vocal for my position in the past. So now I’ll actually match my position.”

Q: What are your new responsibilities?

“I’ve always had more say in what we do offensively, and that will continue. I’ve always had responsibilities with some of the players. Steph, more notably, and Draymond. Continue to do that.

“I’ll probably be more involved in game planning and strategy, even though I had a little bit of that in the past.

But, other than that, if Stevie gets tossed, I’m not next in line [laughs].”

Q: That’s still Mike Brown.

“That’s still Mike Brown.”

Q: So in regards to the offense, a ton is going to be changing. Obviously adding D’Angelo Russell, but also losing Andre Iguodala and Shaun Livingston, there are not as many playmakers and ball handlers.

“Yep, not as many playmakers. Probably less of what we would term read-based actions, where we would flow into some of our patterns that guys would recognize, and we would get right into split cuts and pin-ins, and some of our Princeton-like stuff.

All of that stuff needs time and knowledge, which time gives you. So we’ll probably have less read-based actions and more structure. That would at least be the template to start and then we can build in the read-based actions.”

Q: What kind of structures?

“Playing out of the elbows, the Horns action, which we’ve always done, but that will be a little bit more of a staple early. And some ball screens, and then some action out of the post where we’re split cutting, running different sets out of the post, out of the elbow, and letting our guards be free up top.

“That sounds a little bit vague and generic, but I think we’ll ultimately get into other things and maybe less structure. But I think at this point we’re keeping it pretty simple intentionally, knowing that we’ll grow into more sophistication.

“Some of the things we’re talking about will be based on what we see because, just like you, we haven’t seen the team out there all together against somebody else yet. I think for us, as coaches this year, we’re having to read the situations a little more and we’ll have to adjust as we go.”

Q: Initiating those possessions out of the post, I imagine, will mostly be Draymond?

“Draymond, Omari Spellman is good, Kevon Looney is great. Between Looney, when he’s healthy, and Draymond, they are really, really good playmakers. Spellman and Willie [Cauley-Stein] will be good once they learn it a little more.

“In Warriors basketball, we use our bigs to playmake, and that will continue. And then we’ll rely on Steph and some of our shot makers to make shots, and they’ll have the freedom to do those things.

“You’ll see a lot of similarities, just the faces won’t be the same.”

Q: A lot of your playmakers now are bigs. They have been in the past, but now you have less on the perimeter. Should we anticipate less small ball lineups?

“We won’t do that as much until we get Klay [Thompson] back. That’s a ways down the road, so you won’t see much small ball from us.”

Q: As far as Steph and D’Angelo, I know you’ve been working with them in the post-practice shooting routine. What have you seen from D’Angelo in that setting?

“He’s surprised me as a shooter, honestly. I knew he could shoot it, but he’s kept up with Steph in some of the drills and then there are areas of his game that he can improve on, so we’ve been working on that. He’s going to be really good.”

Q: What are some of those areas?

“I told him today, Steph is one of the best in the world at shooting off the dribble. D’Angelo is comparable off the catch, but he has to get better [off the dribble]. He’s already really good, but he has to get a little better off the dribble.

“He knows these things. He needs to tighten his handle a little bit, play lower, sound, simple. And even if he didn’t get any better at them, he’s still good. But Steph worked and worked to get as good as he did off the dribble and in other areas.

“But for D’Angelo, the exciting thing is that he has an even higher ceiling, so that, over time, is what we’ll try to get to. Not just with me, but with all the player development coaches that are involved with him.

“Steph is really good at wanting to work with others, and especially the new guys and young guys. D’Angelo is kind of both. He’s still pretty young even though he’s been in the league, and he’s new.”

Q: D’Angelo is in an interesting situation. On one hand, he’s kind of a veteran, and then he’s also new. What have you seen from him in the locker room, trying to strike a balance between learning from Steph and Draymond while also talking to the younger guys?

“He’s been great, he’s a really good guy. Good teammate, good locker room guy. I think it’s tough when you’re new to a team like this. In a veteran way, he’s been good about not being too vocal. You know, Draymond and Steph are our leaders — Klay when he’s healthy — so, D’Angelo has been a really good teammate, locker room guy, and he’s a really talented player.”

Q: In this iteration of the Warriors, the team has never added a player as young as D’Angelo with his kind of talent…

“It’s exciting. It’s exciting for him, it’s exciting for us. He has a chance to be really, really good. He’s a really good playmaker, he’s a really good passer, along with a scorer.

“It’s unfortunate that we don’t have Klay to give him another guy to throw it to, but in the meantime we’ve got to develop our young talent. D’Angelo is a part of that. It’s going to be a growth year for us, and D’Angelo is in that category, and we’re excited to have him.”

Q: And then when it comes to him and Steph meshing in the backcourt…

“It’ll take them a little while, they’re both conscious of that. But they’ll be great together once they have a better feel for it all.”