Steve Kerr explains how Al Horford ‘instantly’ changes Warriors’ offense

Warriors coach Steve Kerr already loves what new center Al Horford can do for his team.In an interview with “The TK Show” host Tim Kawakami, Kerr described how Golden State’s free agent acquisition big man didn’t take long to impact the offense.“Instantly, you see the spacing with Al as a 4 or a 5,” Kerr told Kawakami. “He’s out at the 3-point line, he catches it. He’s [six-foot-10] and he gets his shot off quickly. And so, it’s not just that he’s a good shooter, it’s that it is boom-boom, [the] shot is up there.”Horford shot 39.2 percent from 3-point range over his last four seasons with the Boston Celtics, and the Warriors are counting on that proficiency to open things up for the team’s playmakers.“If you space the floor with him, and you run the pick-and-roll with Draymond [Green], and you get downhill … that is a long way for the defense to go, to get to that shot,” Kerr told Kawakami.But it isn’t just Horford’s proficiency from 3-point range that excites Kerr.“Conversely, you put him in the post,” Kerr told...