{"id":13570,"date":"2025-10-20T03:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/13570\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T03:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T03:12:18","slug":"warriors-steve-kerr-describes-no-kings-protest-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/13570\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors’ Steve Kerr describes \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Warriors coach Steve Kerr<\/a> has a long resume of political activism, and is no stranger to voicing his opinion on current events.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So it came as no surprise that, on his day off, Kerr was one of tens of thousands in the Bay Area who attended a \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest on Saturday<\/a>, which were held in opposition to actions taken by the current presidential administration under Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBeautiful people out there, and it was a love fest,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cMusic playing, everybody marching peacefully. Everyone I saw 100% loves our country. And as is our country\u2019s custom, if you don\u2019t agree with what your government is doing, then you peacefully protest, and that\u2019s how it should be. We are the democracy, we the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kerr had sarcastically remarked that he must \u201chate America\u201d<\/a> when revealing his plans following Friday\u2019s preseason finale, mocking a talking point made by current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who called the events<\/a> \u201cI hate America\u201d rallies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is not the first time this year that Kerr has expressed his disagreement with Trump and his administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back in April after defeating the Grizzlies in the play-in tournament, Kerr wore a Harvard shirt<\/a> to the postgame podium, showing support to a university that was under fire by the administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Six months later, Kerr described his actions at the Embarcadero Square in downtown San Francisco as patriotic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think its been proven that, you know, there\u2019s a lot of sway out there right now, whether its from the media or political pressure,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cWe have to be the ones who can push things forward. And the way to do that is to peacefully protest, make your voice heard. That\u2019s what I saw yesterday. It was a beautiful day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kuminga, Butler update<\/p>\n

Jonathan Kuminga and Jimmy Butler both scrimmaged Sunday morning, and are on pace to play against the Lakers in the team\u2019s regular season opener in Los Angeles on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey both looked good,\u201d Trayce Jackson-Davis said. \u201cJK played really, really well. He was defending, getting to the rim, made nice pullup jumpers and stuff of that nature. The aggressiveness was there.\u201d<\/p>\n

They both missed the finale with ankle injuries, and Butler did not play in the final three preseason games due to a combination of injuries and an excused personal reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Starting lineup is in flux<\/p>\n

Kerr kept things close to the vest when describing the starting lineup. Moses Moody did not practice and will not play against the Lakers. Steph Curry, Green and Butler (if healthy) are all presumed starters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Podziemski will likely start at shooting guard, but the fifth starter is still up in the air. Kuminga is a candidate, should Kerr opt to play Green at center. Kerr reiterated the team\u2019s desire to keep Al Horford\u2019s minutes to around 20, which is the reason he is not a lock to start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you start a guy who is playing 20 minutes, its hard to space out the minutes over 48, and he ends up sitting for a long time,\u201d Kerr said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Warriors coach Steve Kerr has a long resume of political activism, and is no stranger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2454,184,7,7000,402,181,129,395,101,396,103,102,104,106,105,127,12200],"class_list":{"0":"post-13570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bay-area","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-golden-state-warriors","12":"tag-inside-sports","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-peninsula","16":"tag-san-francisco","17":"tag-san-francisco-county","18":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","19":"tag-san-francisco-news","20":"tag-sf","21":"tag-sf-headlines","22":"tag-sf-news","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-warriors-hq"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}