Steph Curry will go down in history as the greatest shooter of all time. He will also be viewed among the best point guards to grace the hardwood. The four-time NBA champion is showing no signs of slowing down despite entering his age-35 season. Head coach Steve Kerr understands how important Curry has been to the Bay Area and Golden State Warriors fans worldwide.
However, Kerr also admits that he’s been lucky to have the opportunity to coach Curry for most of his career. The championship-winning head coach accepts that his tenure with the Warriors may have gone differently if he didn’t have Curry to lean on.
Coaches over the years are either lucky or unlucky, based on who they get to coach,” Kerr told NBC Sports Boston. “The very luckiest coaches of all time are people like me, who get to coach a superstar player and human being…And what Steph has meant to the Warriors, that’s what he’s meant to me. There’s a reason I’m still here. Steph is a huge part of that.”
Between them, Curry and Kerr have become synonymous with the Warriors franchise. It’s hard to imagine a time when the veteran coach isn’t patrolling the sidelines of the Chase Center, or Curry isn’t hitting game-winning shots in front of a sold-out crowd.
Change is inevitable. Golden State fans will hope that change remains in the distance. The front office has doubled down on maximizing the final stages of their legendary core’s careers, which means pushing for a fifth and maybe sixth championship.
The Warriors will need Kerr and Curry to achieve that goal. But that doesn’t mean the head coach doesn’t understand the fortunate situation he’s been in for the past 10 years.
