The Warriors’ ‘Steve Kerr’ became furious at the “irresponsible” media tweet, which appeared to tease the Kevin Durant drama

Warriors coach Steve Kerr spent a portion of his pregame availability on Monday, annoyed that a local media member reminds people of the drama surrounding Kevin Durant’s final season with the team.

Kerr also referred to the member by name: Drew Schiller of NBC Sports Bay Area. Here is the background of why Kerr was angry on Shilpi’s social media post:

Ker said In an appearance on Ringer’s “Real Ones” podcast Along with Raja Bell and Logan Murdock that he enjoyed coaching the Warriors’ 15-50 team in 2019-20, while coaching the Golden State’s 2018-19 Finals team. Schiller took Kerr’s quote and added the fact that Durant was on that Finals team, a shorthand way of telling (intentionally or not) that Kerr was wanting to say that KD, now with the Nets, had a problem. .

Durant, whose Twitter antenna is always up, read that tweet as a shot of Kerr.

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Kerr, who already knew this, responded to the meeting with reporters after learning that it was happening.

“I want to make it extremely clear: If you really want the story to be accurate, I encourage you to listen to the podcast before we take this story in an offshoot and use mine as a quote, because it The farthest thing is the truth, ”he said. “It was a very inappropriate shot, taking something completely out of context where people were going to read it and think it was my dialect.”

He said how irresponsible and hurtful it was to take that comment and send it to the universe by putting it in a tweet and I am angry. “And I know what’s going to happen. I know it’s going to be on the morning show and people are going to talk about it, and they’re going to use what they think it’s going to be There is a quote that is really made up of something completely. I’m not happy. I think it’s wrong. “

So, we took Kerr’s suggestion and went to audio. Here is a transcript of what is said.

Scavenger: “When you’re winning and in a dynasty or when you’re trying to create something that could be your pedigree? Do you think it’s a tough coaching job?” (Murdock, a former Warriors reporter, led the question of how intense the scene was in Oakland in the 2017–18 season.)

KRR: “I think every year is different, and so it’s not as obvious. I’ll tell you, the first four years of our race, this coaching was just and just fun because we were happy and everything was really simple and No agenda, and then kind of things happened last year. When we went to The Finals because we had youngsters last year who were trying every day, working hard, we had a great energy, great soul , Was a great comrade. And lost the suck, but what you want is a good vibe. You want to. Look forward to going to the gym every day and seeing everyone. And that final year was tough, it was really hard. Was – last year when we lost to Toronto in The Finals. You guys just had a lot going on. Some of which you know, some that you don’t, and it was very difficult. Unique every year. Happen and you don’t enjoy each one for what it is. “

“Kevin is celebrated here, you all know that,” Kerr said on Monday. “There was an amazing run, we wish him all the best, and we have done so from the beginning. And that’s why I’m so angry about it being” BS “.

Schiller did not address Kerr’s response on Twitter on Monday night.