Sources: Warriors will target Todd Golden if Steve Kerr leaves
Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor and senior NBA reporter Kelly Iko analyze the potential of Florida head coach Todd Golden changing Steve Kerr as Warriors head coach.
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Video Transcript
Here’s what I’ve heard, Kelly.
If Steve Kerr leaves, the Warriors will pursue Florida Gators head coach Todd Golden, in response to my league sources.
And inside that ESPN story, they talked about they may have a look at the faculty ranks.
Golden is the coach that they are concentrating on, and that is partially as a result of the Lacob household has a relationship with him.
Golden was the pinnacle coach of the San Francisco Dons for 3 years earlier than he went to Florida and received a nationwide title there.
They, they have been collectively.
They’ve, they’ve had lunches collectively.
Those guys know one another, and Golden is, is a really, very gifted younger head coach.
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And so I feel for the Warriors, Golden could be close to the highest of their listing, if not on the prime of the listing.
The factor is, would Golden even wanna go away the Gators?
He has an important scenario there in Florida.
They’re one yr faraway from a nationwide title.
No assure he’d wanna be going to an unsure scenario with the Golden State Warriors.
That mentioned, although, that’s what I’m listening to for the Warriors as, their, their fundamental target on the faculty ranks relating to who that faculty coach is.
It’s Todd Golden.
So, and I feel the thrilling factor if you’re the Warriors is that discovering a brand new coach generally is a, a really thrilling time.
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Like- Oh, yeah particularly when you possibly can, when you possibly can, you recognize, put the plans to make use of when it comes to what the longer term might appear to be round, particularly round a younger head coach like Golden is, and simply having that relationship, already the synergy that you just, that you just wanna see between possession and, and a head coach.
It, it may be a really thrilling time after we have a look at the potential, the longer term, creating with youth, having flexi-financial flexibility.
So I do perceive if they’re attempting to kinda push Steve out the door by saying, “Hey, look, w- I want this done in the next fortnight.”
Like, this should not be a factor that drags on into July, August.
You gotta decide now, and that is going to, in my view, in the end push Steve Kerr out the door.
