Why Steve Kerr was right coach at right time for Steph Curry, Draymond Green

SAN FRANCISCO – The secret to Steve Kerr’s success as head coach of the Warriors is no secret at all, and he’s the first to acknowledge his four rings come courtesy, first and foremost, of Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.“None of it happens without Steph,” Kerr says, sitting in a utility room for a “Dubs Talk” interview with NBC Sports Bay Area.“I wouldn’t have any titles without Draymond either,” Kerr says. “The two of them.”Though Kerr is 80 percent correct in his assessment, he omits the other 20 percent.Someone had to find the proper balance in coaching the team’s most indispensable players, who have similar competitive desire but vastly different temperaments. Someone had to realize that letting Steph be Steph is the way to go, even when it feels perilous. Someone had to be willing to go nose-to-nose with Draymond and, sometimes within minutes, share the warmest of embraces.That someone is Kerr. He has spent 11 years with Golden State, giving Curry the freedom he needs to thrive and giving Green the freedom he sometimes seems to abuse.“I respect Draymond so much for his fire, his passion and...