{"id":222825,"date":"2025-10-18T13:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T13:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/222825\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T13:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T13:39:07","slug":"warriors-steph-curry-steve-kerr-developed-bond-through-golf-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/222825\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors\u2019 Steph Curry, Steve Kerr developed bond through golf \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before they bonded on the court, Stephen Curry<\/a> and Steve Kerr<\/a> bonded on the green.<\/p>\n

In an interview with ESPN\u2019s Anthony Slater<\/a> published Friday, the Warriors\u2019 star guard and coach revealed how a golf outing shortly after Kerr was hired in 2014 helped the duo form the chemistry that ignited Golden State\u2019s dynasty.<\/p>\n

As Slater writes, Kerr felt he needed to connect with Curry, the team\u2019s star, who had voiced support<\/a> for the Warriors\u2019 previous coach Mark Jackson<\/a> before his firing in May 2014. That connection came when he and Golden State CEO Joe Lacob met Curry and his father, Dell, for a two-on-two match at Pebble Beach.<\/p>\n

“That’s when I really went into my spiel,” Kerr told Slater of his conversation with Curry between holes. “My whole thing was: ‘I’m here to help you build on the foundation that Mark has already built.’ I told him they were the fourth-ranked defense. Mark changed the culture and got them serious about two-way basketball. He established that. I said, ‘I’m not here to do anything other than help you build on the foundation that’s already there.’ And it was genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those words resonated with Curry.<\/p>\n

“It helped that [Kerr] is a former player,” Curry told Slater. “It helped that you heard him talk on TV for years. It helped that I knew he was a GM [with the Phoenix Suns] even though that job didn’t go great. It helped that he wasn’t trying to blow everything up.”<\/p>\n

At the time, the Warriors were in trade discussions with the Minnesota Timberwolves on a potential blockbuster: Klay Thompson<\/a> for Minnesota forward Kevin Love<\/a>. Kerr, as Curry told Slater, was \u201cvery pro-Klay\u201d when the subject came up on the course. In keeping with Kerr\u2019s message of continuity to Curry, the team eventually chose to stick with its foundation and keep Thompson.<\/p>\n

It was a productive day at the links, even if it featured something that would prove rare for Curry over the coming years: a defeat.<\/p>\n

“[Kerr and Lacob] beat us,” Curry told Slater, shaking his head. “Joe played solid.”<\/p>\n

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