Steve Kerr criticizes ESPN’s coverage of LaVar Ball

During his pregame news conference Monday night at Oracle Arena, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr offered a lengthy, nuanced critique of ESPN's coverage of LaVar Ball. "I was thinking about ESPN, and they laid off, I don't know, 100 people," Kerr said. "How many people did they lay off over the last year? Well over 100, many of whom were really talented journalists covering the NBA. So, this is not an ESPN judgment, it's a societal thing more than anything. Where we're going is we're going away from covering the game, and we're going toward just sensationalized news. It's not even news, really. It's just complete nonsense. But if you package that irrational nonsense with glitter and some ribbon, people are going to watch.