KNBR conversation with Steve Kerr

An edited transcript of a conversation with Warriors head coach Steve Kerr: At the end of the (Kevin) Durant press conference, you said some kind words about (Andrew) Bogut, Harrison (Barnes) and Festus (Ezeli), and at the time you didn't know (Marreese Speights) left, but now we know that. Why did you take that time out to say something about those guys? Well, it's important to acknowledge when guys have made an important contribution and the fans feel it, you feel it, but sometimes there isn't a chance to say anything. [...] it just felt like the right thing because you heard (Durant) talking about OKC and how much he was going to miss the people there and it just got me thinking up on stage that we're going to miss our guys, too. It's not just the contributions they've made to the winning and all that, but it's just being around them every day. [...] what great people they were, and I'm going to miss 'em. [...] I'll bet you that we'll see a lot of guys pass up open shots to try to get a better shot to the point where I'll have to call a timeout and tell them, "If you're open, shoot it." A: (General manager) Bob (Myers) and I are pretty no-nonsense and we talked a lot before the...