The Kerr Dynasty: Player or coach, Warriors boss just wins

The Kerr Dynasty: Player or coach, Warriors boss just win

From clutch to coach, Steve Kerr has done it all for some of basketball’s biggest winners.

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Any team that can claim to be a dynasty across the last 30 years of the NBA has some link to Golden State’s coach.

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Now back in Boston, the winning Warrior is a victory away from a ninth NBA championship. It used to be that to win that much, you had to be a Celtic.

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If the Warriors win Game 6 on Thursday night, forget about another banner being hung in Boston.

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If so, he will credit Curry and Klay Thompson, just as he did as a player with Jordan and Scottie Pippen, or Tim Duncan and David Robinson, when trying to explain his success.

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“Just hanging around the right people,” he said with a smile. “You hang around superstars long enough,

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It means thinking the game as well as playing it, and Kerr does that with the best of them.

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If not for Shohei Ohtani, Angels don’t muster much against Dodgers

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