Warriors assistant coach and player development czar Chris DeMarco is an unabashed fan of Kevon Looney’s progress. DeMarco, a stoic type, struggles to provide a splashy anecdote or eureka moment to capture the Looney leap many are seeing this postseason, a run that has The Ringer impresario Bill Simmons simply tweeting “Kevon Looney is genuinely good.”



“There’s no secret drill,” DeMarco insists of his fellow Wisconsinite’s growth. “It’s just work. He hasn’t skipped any steps and now it’s to this point.”



DeMarco is most enthusiastic about Looney’s regularity. According to “CD,” Looney — the Warriors’ 2015 first-round pick out of UCLA — hasn’t been late to a single practice or drill session over his time with the Warriors. When pressed, DeMarco thinks aloud about the nature of stories and what resonates with fans.



“You don’t think people...