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The partnership reached its end with a trade demand, which led to the Warriors sending Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks just before last month’s trade deadline in exchange for Kristaps Porziņģis. When asked about what goes through his mind the most in advance of Saturday’s reunion game against Kuminga in Atlanta, Kerr answered through the lens of a coach trying to navigate his own team through a losing skid at the end of a long season. “To be honest,” Kerr told The Athletic with a chuckle, “I haven’t given it much thought because we’re trying to win a damn game. But I can tell you that everybody likes JK. Everybody on our team wants the best for him. I want the best for him.”

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“I think the trade was a good one,” Kerr said. “Both guys are very talented. I think everything in the NBA is circumstantial. I think players need the right set of circumstances to thrive. And the trade made sense because these were not the right circumstances for JK. And you can see right away that Kristaps has a very clear role on this team, something we’ve needed for years. And we’re looking forward to getting him out there with Steph. And so in the end, hopefully it’s a trade that works for both guys and both teams.”

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The Warriors under Kerr have been widely praised for building an inclusive, psychologically safe culture — one that emphasizes finding joy, empowers player voice and accommodates strong personalities such as Draymond Green. Kerr seemingly solved the Chorus Paradox by erring on the side of enabling distinct voices. This culture unlocked extraordinary performance and sustained excellence, including four NBA titles. Yet even in this celebrated environment, the Harvest Paradox loomed. The Warriors once famously suggested that they were managing two timelines. But Kerr coached with a focus on younger players fitting into a system designed for older players. Rather than balancing the present and the future, Kerr was harvesting now without planting for tomorrow.

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Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr felt Warriors didn’t come with proper preparation in Boston. “We’re going to be in the play-in.” He admitted seven seed isn’t obtainable, eighth seed would be ideal, but they’ll need to prep and execute better to lay foundation before Steph Curry returns.

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"The game has changed. One of the compelling aspects of it to me is that when the effort was made to eliminate back-to-backs, in order to have the space to do that, you needed to shorten training camp. So training camp essentially became three weeks instead of four. That extra week to build a base in terms of strength, many layers of protection that you can get for the body, I’ve always wondered if the effort to have less back-to-backs was really worth it. Essentially, you’re playing every other day. But these are all questions. "There are a lot of great things about today’s game (and) schedule. The longer All-Star break has been a real positive…. To get to the heart of the matter, you’re going to have to talk about the finances of it. I certainly am in agreement that it’s conversation worth having…. (The exact solution) is hard to say… but the nature of the game has changed significantly. Steve is right on point with that. The speed and everything is quite different than it was five-six years ago, three-four years ago.”

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Steve Kerr has said several times this season that he thinks the NBA should shorten its schedule. Rick Carlisle was asked about it on Tuesday. "It’d be great if it was possible to do that. There would be a lot involved with it. An obvious big revenue shift," Carlisle said. "You’re talking about 10-12 percent of the games being eliminated... the question is, would everyone be willing to do that if it was deemed that it would really help the game. It's a lively conversation. I’ve heard Adam talk about the possibility of shortening the season slightly, going back a few years.

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Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr on Kristaps Porzingis’ rising minutes limit (26 the other night): “He’s ready to start. He may even start tonight.”

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The Warriors' longtime leader became the 28th coach to achieve the milestone and did so in 943 games, behind only Phil Jackson (805), Pat Riley (832) and Gregg Popovich (887). "It's surreal to hear my name in that group, but I can tell you that it's one thing that bonds us all together, those names and mine," Kerr told reporters after Golden State's 125-117 win at Capital One Arena. "It's talent. It's talent. I mean, you can't win in this league without great players, and I was blessed from the day I took this job with incredible talent with Steph [Curry] and Klay [Thompson] and Andre [Iguodala] and Andrew Bogut and down down the list ... "All these guys are just amazing, and so I owe the honor to incredible talent and a great organization. Just to work for the Warriors, to be part of this amazing group of people that [Warriors owners] Joe Lacob and Peter Guber put together. Just to be a part of this, I'm so blessed, and most organizations are not this strong and this aligned, and I'm very, very lucky."

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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr earned his 600th career regular-season victory in Monday night’s 125-117 win over the Washington Wizards. Kerr became just the 28th coach in league history to reach the 600-win mark, a win that came at an opportune time for a Warriors team that snapped a five-game losing streak.

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While many around the Bay expect and might even want the Warriors to shut him down, coach Steve Kerr confirmed to NBA on NBC's Bob Costas before the game that Curry will be back at some point during the 2025-26 NBA season. "Well, we expect him back," Kerr said. "He's trending in the right direction. It's been a tricky injury. I think he'll be back for sure. We just don't know if it's going to be a week or two or whatever. It's a day-to-day process."

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Kerr’s loud irritation in the second quarter of a 110-107 loss to the New York Knicks spilled all over rookie guard Will Richard, who didn’t deserve that nationally televised moment of humiliation. And the coach, after moments of self-reflection, knew it. “I kind of regret losing my composure a little bit there,” Kerr told reporters at Madison Square Garden. “It's my job to keep the guys going, especially when we're without so many players.”

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While putting up a valiant fight against a vastly superior roster, the Warriors committed 18 giveaways. They threw some passes out of bounds, threw a few to the Knicks and even dribbled them away. Quinten Post had five turnovers, as did Gui Santos. Podziemski committed four. Richard committed two, and the second one was relatively innocuous – until Kerr’s fiery reaction. “I thought (Richard) could have caught the ball,” Kerr said when asked about the incident, which was noted by the NBC telecast crew. “It was a bad pass from BP; BP should have made a good pass, and Will's got a dunk. (Instead) it turns into a five-point swing. I was mad at Will because I thought he could have corralled the ball and not thrown it. I thought he was trying to make an around- the-back pass for a score. I might be wrong, but I from my angle looked like he could have corralled the ball and made a stop.”

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Stefan Bondy: Before this game (which includes a G League starting lineup for the injury-ravaged Warriors), Steve Kerr again campaigned to reduce the number of games. Josh Hart said it's not going to happen. And the reason prolly won't sit well with some fans. "Do I think it will be probably be better for the game and the quality on the court? I think so. Do I think it will happen? Probably not because everybody is so money-hungry and money-driven. I think everybody puts that above everything else."

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