{"id":27781,"date":"2017-04-28T11:57:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=27781"},"modified":"2017-04-28T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T11:57:13","slug":"nba-injury-to-warriors-coach-kerr-runs-deeper-than-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba-injury-to-warriors-coach-kerr-runs-deeper-than-basketball.html","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Injury to Warriors coach Kerr runs deeper than basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNBA: Injury to Warriors coach Kerr runs deeper than basketball<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\tThe back pain that threatens to keep Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr out for the rest of the NBA playoffs is a setback for the team, but colleagues on Thursday said they were more concerned about seeing someone they admire suffer so much.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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\n\tNews that the pain and headaches that kept the 51-year-old coach away from the team for the first 43 games last season had returned earlier this month shocked fans in the Bay Area, where Kerr is a beloved figure.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is even more difficult for those inside the organization, who have developed a deep bond with the coach who is as well known for his ability to connect with players as he is for his high basketball IQ.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It's hard to see a friend go through it," Warriors general manager Bob Myers said in an interview with CBS Sports Radio's Jim Rome on Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"When you look at a health issue – with a friend, family member, your own – everything else stops," he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It leaves you feeling a little helpless."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deeply competitive Kerr initially hurt his back during the 2015 NBA championship series.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKerr did not immediately miss any time and went on to lead the Warriors to their first NBA title in 40 years.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBut two back surgeries followed during the off season, as did bouts of unbearable pain.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMyers said it might be difficult for people to realize that even someone as successful as Kerr, who won five championships as a player and has worked as a general manager and television broadcaster, is not immune to life's struggles.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKerr has certainly known adversity.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHis father Malcolm was assassinated by Islamic militants in 1984 while he was serving as president of the American University of Beirut, when Kerr was just an 18-year-old college freshman.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMyers said Kerr's resiliency is one reason the Warriors have been able to return to the playoffs after a humiliating loss in the NBA Finals last year, when the team became the first in NBA history to blow a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the best-of-seven series.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Sometimes people don't recover. We're moving on," Myers said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStepping into Kerr's place is assistant coach Mike Brown.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It's tough. I look at him as a friend first and a guy I work for second," Brown told 95.7 The Game radio show.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"To see him or anyone you care about go through anything that's not good is a tough situation to deal with."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMyers insisted the back issues were "fixable."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Basketball is what provides him with the most happiness," Myers said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"I'm very, very confident he'll be back coaching, but I can't say when," he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"And when he does, I think he'll coach for a long, long time."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tsource:-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-basketball-nba-gsw-kerr-idUSKBN17U003<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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