What Warriors GM Bob Myers has learned during coronavirus pandemic

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Warriors president of basketball operations/general manager Bob Myers has a job that requires him to be away from his family a lot.

There are countless nights throughout the year where he is at a Golden State game, or traveling around the country scouting college players.

But the coronavirus pandemic has afforded him the ability to spend more time with his wife and three daugthers.

“We’ll all go back to work — that would be my hope,” Myers recently told Marcus Thompson of The Athletic. “I’ll go back to work. But when I’m home, let’s be home.

"Work will always be there. When I’m here, I need to be here mentally, because it’s great. That’s what this has taught me.”

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The two-time NBA Executive of the Year is knee deep in preparation for the 2020 NBA Draft. The Warriors virtually are guranteed a top-five pick, which makes this year's process that much more important.

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Myers and the rest of the front office ultimately have to determine if it makes more sense to trade the selection in order to acquire a "win-now" player, or draft somebody to develop for the future.

That all will play itself out at some point this summer.

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In the meantime, Myers has a better work-life balance, and is cherishing the time.

“It’s eye-opening,” he told Thompson. “It’s a new thing, the consistency of being home. It’s a great thing. It’s a hard thing. But for me, I get to be around some formative moments in my daughters’ lives. I’m actually going to be home for a birthday in two days. Sad to say, I’ve missed a few of her birthdays.

"Previously, when I’m in the flow of work, there was an inability or incapacity to be present. Unfortunately, my wife would be talking to me at dinner and half of my brain is not there. My realization is I’ve got to be more present when I’m home.”

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