My three favorite coaches in the league are Pop, Steve Kerr, and Brad Stevens. It wood be so cool to have the opportunity to talk to any of the three for an extended period of time on the world, not so much the basketball world, but the human world we now live in day in and day out. To me, the great coaches always keep their ‘coaching voice’ interesting. Phil Jackson used to hand out each player a book to read and then they’d talk about the book. I wonder what books Phil gave to Steve Kerr when he played for him? Pop is the same way. He’d rather talk about Trump than a pick and roll play. Kerr is the same way. So is Brad Stevens. They connect with their players–which needs to be part of the job description when you play 82 games and familiarity can drag on season long relationships. Some nights you’re gonna suck out of 82 nights.. the key being to limit those nights.
I love Kerr. His take on the game, “The millennials couldn’t lock it in tonight.” Priceless.
Steve Kerr on 1997 championship winning shot.