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Over the past several years, Steve Kerr has established himself as one of the best head coaches in the NBA.
In nine seasons at the helm of the Golden State Warriors, he has won four world championships while helping to transform the league from one that was dominated by slowdown basketball to one that plays up-tempo, open-court ball.
He has now expanded his reach to a different sport, as he has purchased a stake in La Liga side Mallorca, a Spanish soccer team, via CBS Sports Golazo.
Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors and Team USA, joins Steve Nash and Graeme Le Saux as a shareholder of LaLiga side Mallorca. pic.twitter.com/xrlWL4zLSw
— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) August 22, 2023
Well before Kerr took over as the Warriors’ head coach in 2014, he found success as a role player in the NBA.
The pride of Pacific Palisades, California, he was a second-round draft pick in 1988, and in his sixth pro season, he found himself on the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan returned from his baseball sabbatical the following season, and a year later, the Bulls won their first of three straight NBA titles, with Kerr serving as a 3-point specialist.
When the Bulls’ dynasty dissolved following the 1997-98 season, Kerr joined the San Antonio Spurs, where he won two more championships over the next four seasons.
In Golden State, he has employed a free-wheeling offense that has put Stephen Curry on the move and unleashed his full collection of skills while empowering Draymond Green to be a jack-of-all-trades and a master of defense.
This coming season, the team will have to incorporate Chris Paul, whom it traded for several weeks ago.
Paul appears to be in decline, so the Warriors will have to find a way to make him feel invigorated.
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