Warriors coach Steve Kerr has solidified himself as one of the franchise’s greatest coaches of all time, winning three NBA championships in five seasons and leading Golden State to 73 wins in 2015-16, the best regular-season record in league history. The organization hadn’t experienced extended playoff success in decades before Kerr arrived.
Kerr says he recognized the allure of joining the Warriors long before he accepted the offer to become the organization’s head coach in 2014.
“I think what a lot of people saw was a gold mine, just waiting to be mined,” Kerr said on 95.7 The Game on Friday. “When you’d go to Oracle (Arena) 15 years ago and the Warriors weren’t very good, you’d feel the energy in the crowd and you could see the city behind (them), Oakland and San Francisco and the whole Bay Area. Who wouldn’t want to live in the Bay Area? Who wouldn’t want to play in front of these fans?”
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It’s hard to disagree with Kerr’s sentiment there.
He cited Warriors general partners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber as realizing the same thing and reshaping the organization over the past decade.
Kerr helped the Warriors realize their potential, and now has Golden State certified as one of the league’s most desirable organizations to join.
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