From the moment he took over as coach in 2014, the Warriors have found nothing but success with Steve Kerr at the helm.The Warriors won the NBA Finals in three of his first four NBA seasons and made it to the Finals in each of his first five seasons. They instantly became one of the sport’s most important dynasties, but as revealed by Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, there was almost a world where Kerr wasn’t the Warriors’ coach.
When appearing on “The Draymond Green Show,” Carlisle shared that he advised Kerr to consider the Golden State job seriously rather than signing on with the New York Knicks.
“I said, ‘What’s going on with the Knicks? I keep hearing you’re going to take the job, but it hasn’t happened yet,'” Carlisle told Green of his conversation with Kerr. “He said, ‘Well, they don’t — they don’t want to do the fourth year.’ Now, this was when it was this was a different regime, and they were they were were quabbling over the fourth year.
“And I said, ‘Steve, do you have any idea how much money that the Madison Square...