After falling out with Draymond Green, Steve Kerr makes his mea culpa

Monday night against the Magic, Draymond Green etc Steve Kerr violently clashed with each other during the time-out. The powerful striker therefore went to the locker room to calm down and did not return to the game all evening.

« I thought I’d better go » he explained then, while his tone visibly rose due to his loss of the ball in the previous action. Since it was his first match, he didn’t appreciate his coach’s thoughts.

Two days later, Steve Kerr returned to this incident and did not hesitate to admit his mistakes.

« It was a moment when I had to remain calm, so I regret my attitude during this exchange » did he so deliver. « These things can happen, especially when you have two extremely competitive people like Draimond and myself. During our 12 years together, it happened occasionally and I’m not particularly proud of it. »

We know it’s an emotional state Draymond Green seems closely related to shape Warriorsthey are far from the best since the beginning of the season (15 wins – 15 losses), but they depend on the contribution of their All-Star interior in attack, and especially in defense.

Steve Kerr therefore prefers a reconciliation strategy: ” I care a lot about Draymond and the bond we have is like family. » he explained then. ” As with any family, there are ups and downs, but my number one goal is for him to finish his career with the Warriors and for us – figuratively speaking – to fight together until the end. And I believe that it will happen, because I believe in Draymond, I believe in myself and I believe in everything that we have built together for 12 years. »

Conflict that looks like a click?

« Unshakable loyalties and passions », yet according to his coach, Draymond Green will forever be able to count on the support of Steve Kerr, far from being stingy with compliments when he mentions the importance of his player in the success Golden State.

« We have four championship banners hanging from the ceiling and a lot of people obviously played a big part in that, but like I said before, and I really believe it, I don’t think we would have had it without Draymond » he said. ” That shows how much impact it has on winning. His ability to channel his passion, his emotions, his raw anger that drives him is a key element of what makes us successful. What I said about the other night was that I didn’t know how to channel my own raw emotions and my inner rage. We are more alike than anyone can imagine. »

As the Warriors have “ always, really always found a way to not only bounce back, but thrive through these situations », Steve Kerr has no doubt that they will be able to use it for a better second half of the season.

Even if the swan song undeniably approaches California: ” The most important thing for me is that the players understand that the beauty is in the difficulty, in what we are currently trying to achieve. »added for coach of the year 2016. « We are no longer the 2017 Warriors, who dominated the league, and we are a dynasty on the decline. Everyone knows that. So what’s next for us? How will we behave match by match? How connected are we to each other? Can we give ourselves another chance to go far? We did that last season and I was really proud of the team, despite the elimination against Minnesota and the injury to Stephen Curry. Who knows where it would have ended otherwise? But we gave ourselves a chance and that’s the goal right now. We know where we are, we must know who we are, what is possible and we must be proud of difficulties, because it is part of life. »

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How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.