The Golden State Warriors have Steve Kerr as their head coach, but he knows that things need to change to get the Warriors back into championship contention.
“I know I have to be better,” Kerr said after signing his recent extension, according to ESPN. “I didn’t have a great coaching year.”
Kerr said that he plans on reining things in moving forward.
“We got a little too loose,” he said. “Literally loose with the ball. But because of our age, because of our injuries, we spent a lot of time resting. So I’ve got to tighten the ship up next year.”
As part of managing the Warriors’ age, he said he is willing to commit to giving a rookie an extended run, something he has been hesitant to do in recent seasons.
“I’ve talked to Mike. I don’t know the draft, but he feels really strongly we’re going to get a good player. It could be a 19-year-old and it could be someone older. … That guy has to play. He’s got to earn it. But we’re committed to the development of our young players.”
As for General Manager Mike Dunleavy, he doesn’t believe a roster overhaul is needed to get the team back to the playoffs.
“This isn’t about the roster frankly,” Dunleavy said. “This year, I don’t think we came up short because of the talent on the roster. It was injuries and things we can control. Do we need to get better rosterwise? I think so. But we didn’t get to a point where we played a team that the roster was better than ours.”
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