Defending Steve Kerr

In support of @SteveKerr of the @Warriors | Here to have a discussion, not an argument | #NBATwitter

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

It takes the stats of each guy at the peak of that decade. So all big names alone won’t work if that decade isn’t their prime

Still chasing 82-0 though.

[Tyrese Haliburton @Hali]

Retiring from 82-0 cuz stop it

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@PolymarketHoops This is blatantly false

Some rando aggregate account said this, and others are reporting it as fact

Need to fact check first please

There was no amount given yesterday when the news dropped. Only today do we know it’s $400M… nowhere close to $1.1B

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@LegionHoops @AndyKHLiu @timkawakami If he wants to be remembered, this is the way to go out

Lakers aren’t going anywhere

Cavs are trying to contend, he’d just be another cog

Only with the Warriors is anything possible. Ring doesn’t matter. All 82 would be absolute media frenzy regardless on his retirement tour

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@BallsackSports This is like a whole ClutchPoints style caption just as a QT for Steph

I can respect the hustle. I love a good story.

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@Gardas111 For 99% of NBA players in history, if they make just 3 of these… it’s in their career highlight reel

Steph has a 5 MINUTE compilation of these wild circus trick shots going in against NBA-level defenders

I don’t know if we realize how insane that is

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@ShamsCharania @mcten Some rando account said the deal was worth $1B, and Udonis Haslem liked it and Quentin Richardson commented on IG

Proof that literally anyone can say anything without proof and get traction/engagement

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@BrettSiegelNBA Well there’s a few things

1) Even back end firsts can be elite in NFL draft

2) Garett turns 31 next szn. CLE banking on him declining in 2-4 yrs

3) Verse has huge potential. Not Myles, but huge

4) Browns maybe could’ve gotten more but it’s decent return for rebuilding team

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@TheDunkCentral @ohnohedidnt24 I mean, I get what he’s saying

But if you’re his teammates and he’s supposed to be the leader of your team…

He’s basically saying “maybe we’ll win, maybe we won’t. But it’s all good either way cuz I got mine and I’m taken care of”

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@ShamsCharania Wemby gonna be more motivated to win Game 6 and 7 now, knowing he could feast in the Finals?

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@ClutchPoints @TomerAzarly @BrettSiegelNBA I remember after the Cavs’ Game 1 collapse, Brett predicted a possible sweep

Good call.

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@ShamsCharania @anthonyVslater Wait wouldn’t this incentivize mediocre team tanking? To avoid play in?

The worst teams have incentive to win an extra game…

But don’t Heat now have incentive to rest Bam? Bucks to rest Giannis? If they’re in 7-10 range, better to just get an extra ping pong ball

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@MaddJournalist Here me out: maybe that’s the point

NBA prides itself on being king of social media. And look how much attention they’re getting

Is it good PR? No

But this tweet getting 1M views, thousands of others like it…everyone’s talking about OKC/flopping, maybe that’s their endgame

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@BrettSiegelNBA @ClutchPoints Wait so everyone agreed they should blow it up…

And they respond by keeping Harden and Kenny Atkinson?

I got nothing against Kenny but I thought they would’ve moved on from their core

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@JeffPassan It’s the A’s though?

So basically Gage Jump will start out with promise, develop into one of the best pitchers in baseball, and right when the A’s think they can compete, the owner will trade him for prospects

One of the prospects in 2034 will be elite, and the cycle restarts.

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@HShdjd84368 @BrettSiegelNBA It’s ok to be critical

But “trash” and “never know what they’re doing” talking bout an org that won 4 titles in 8 yrs, most recent dynasty, and most valuable basketball team on the planet…

Always space for criticism but at some point the “trash” take just falls flat

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@BrettSiegelNBA I’ve always insisted that the Spurs or OKC would crush whoever comes out of the East

But seeing these Knicks on what’s about to be an 11 game winning streak…

Could the Knicks really win it all this year? I’m all for it.

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@BillSimmons 100% agreed.

It’s the exact same thing watching teams try to guard Steph Curry in the playoffs.

Steph be frying guys to a crisp, but if you’re allowed to literally hug him so he can’t get away, yeah any defender looks good then

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@Maurice5p @BrettSiegelNBA Kerr gets a lot of flack online

But honestly most warriors fans I know are fine with him coming back

Because no one’s been able to name a realistic alternative who’d build an elite offense, manage egos, while understanding Steph/Dray perfectly. Kerr the closest thing they got

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

And Harrison Barnes was there for both, 10 years apart, in the same arena!

[WembyMuse @Wemby_Muse]

Same exact miss by JDub and Westbrook.

Same exact shot by Wemby and Curry.

The resemblance is uncanny 🤯

[Defending Steve Kerr @DefendingKerr]

@SayMane901 @JWeinbachNBA Actually history tells us the opposite

In the 2025 draft, only Dylan Harper is left standing in playoffs, among guys who play. And he was #2

No doubt there’ll be talent at 11. But to be a contributor on a title team as a rookie? Much more rare, regardless of who’s coach