Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr admitted that the crew experiences a few locker room fights yearly. Kerr revealed it throughout a chat with Mikel Arteta on “The Management Playbook.”
Talking on the Collaborative Management & Wellness Summit 2025 on Sept. 5, Kerr revealed that disagreements and fights are nothing new within the locker room. Nevertheless, it was stunning to know from the top coach that there are at the least two or three fights a 12 months throughout the Warriors’ roster.
“There’s normally, I might say, two or three fights a 12 months on our crew in basketball…it is not like the traditional guidelines of society. You possibly can’t go to work, you realize, within the workplace and punch any individual, however in you realize, in basketball, you’ll be able to sort of try this, and it is prefer it’s okay after,” Kerr stated (23:24).
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Followers on social media then revealed their ideas on what the Golden State Warriors coach stated.
“Draymond normally begins two or three fights a 12 months*” a fan needed to appropriate Kerr.
“Draymond’s in all probability concerned in all of them,” one other fan introduced up Draymond Inexperienced.
“Oh yeah draymond punching Poole was completely regular,” one fan stated.
Different followers took Steve Kerr’s aspect and stated that it is regular.
“sounds fairly regular. Extremely aggressive athletes that every one need to win will clearly have some fights,” somebody commented.
“It’s a traditional factor within the NBA,” a remark learn.
“It is occurs in all places,” one fan commented.
Steve Kerr commented on the famed apply incident between Draymond Inexperienced and Jordan Poole
Golden State was within the scorching seat in October 2022 for a crew incident between Draymond Inexperienced and Jordan Poole. A video footage of Inexperienced punching Poole throughout a apply session discovered its approach on-line, portray a unfavorable picture of how the crew handles inner conflicts.
The eye was on Steph Curry, Draymond Inexperienced and Steve Kerr. They had been thought-about the leaders of the Golden State Warriors, and having the incident put the burden on their shoulders.
In the course of the summit, Kerr shared his ideas in regards to the incident.
“I attempted my finest to deal with it,” Kerr stated. “However when the video made it out, the participant who was concerned, Jordan Poole… the video was far more troublesome than the combat itself. And we had been attempting to restore that every one season lengthy and we had been by no means actually in a position to.” (24: 15 onwards)
The combat led the Warriors to commerce Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards. Inexperienced, alternatively, continues to be with the crew.
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Edited by Dipayan Moitra