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Steve Kerr is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors since the 2014-15 NBA Season.
Recent comments made by Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr weren’t well received by his former player. Four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins expressed his disappointment and displeasure with Kerr’s remarks about the Warriors.
In an appearance on The Tom Tolbert Show last week, Kerr didn’t sound too confident about the Warriors’ chances of becoming contenders this season. They are currently struggling to keep up with some of the best teams in the league due to inconsistencies on both ends of the floor.
“I just don’t want anybody to think that we’re all disillusioned and thinking, like, ‘Hey, we should be competing for titles year in and year out with San Antonio and Oklahoma City the next few years.’ That’s not realistic,” Kerr said, via Basketball Network.
The four-time champion coach did clarify that the Warriors still want a shot, and if something happens later this season, they’ll take advantage of it. Golden State has been most recently linked to Michael Porter Jr. of the Brooklyn Nets, as reported by Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.
Cousins Sounds Off on Kerr’s Comments
On a recent episode of FanDuel TV’s Run It Back, DeMarcus Cousins was not particularly thrilled with Steve Kerr’s remarks about the Golden State Warriors. Cousins called out his former coach for not being confident in his team amid their up-and-down campaign.
“I don’t like it one bit. If this was a player saying this, how it would be viewed? This doesn’t instill confidence in your locker room. To me, it actually shows who’s the real problem in this situation. You’re speaking down on your team. You’re not really instilling confidence in this group,” Cousins said, via NBC Sports Bay Area.
The former Sacramento Kings star thought that negative energy would not do the Warriors any good, especially if they want to finish in a Top 6 spot. The former player even took a subtle dig at Kerr’s failure to develop young talent, possibly about how the Warriors have handled the Jonathan Kuminga situation over the past two seasons.
Cousins played one season under Kerr in the 2018-19 campaign. He missed the majority of it because of his recovery from a torn Achilles tendon. He also suffered a torn quad early in the playoffs, with the Warriors losing the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors in six games.
Kerr Ejected in Warriors’ Loss
Frustration and bad calls weren’t the right mix for Steve Kerr in Monday’s game between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers. Kerr was ejected early in the fourth quarter after the referees didn’t call a clear goaltending violation on the Clippers.
Kerr was livid and put the referees on blast before his coaching staff tried to calm him down. It didn’t work, as the officials called two technical fouls on him, and he was thrown out of the game.
The coach’s temper flared after the missed goaltending call because there was another controversial call a couple of possessions beforehand. Steph Curry drew the foul and made the basket, but the referees deemed it wasn’t in the act of shooting.
After the game, crew chief Brian Forte admitted to ClutchPoints’ Tomer Azarly that they should have called a goaltending against the Clippers. However, Forte was adamant that they made the right call on Curry’s basket.