Kerr believes the Warriors’ struggles this season led to the team’s late success originally appeared in NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors are hoping to make a deep run in the NBA playoffs after a rollercoaster 2023-24 regular season put them to the test and prepared to overcome any adversity they may face if advance in the play-in tournament.
Golden State will officially have to fight to earn a playoff spot following the Phoenix Suns’ victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, and Warriors coach Steve Kerr believes his team is capable of doing it.
When speaking with 95.7 “Willard & Dibs” game on Wednesday, Kerr was asked whether the Warriors’ struggles this season, from injuries to Chris Paul, Gary Payton II and others, to Draymond Green’s multiple suspensions and the struggles of Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins, have turned them into the team that are today: a squad led by red-hot veterans firing on all cylinders at the right time.
“Yes, without a doubt. Without a doubt,” Kerr said. “If you could work it out, everyone would be happy and right from the start and you would just define the roles and everyone would support each other. But that’s not how life works. Each of these guys has a unique set of circumstances, they all they experience incredible pressure from many directions.
“So for me, coaching a team and coaching a season that makes it so challenging but also so rewarding is trying to get every guy to a place where he’s improving and he’s getting rewarded for his efforts and where all the guys are really looking. forward. in the locker room playing for each other, and I think you have to go through a lot of things to get to that point.”
The Warriors are currently 10th in the Western Conference and would play a win-or-go-home game on the road in Los Angeles if the regular season ended today. However, Golden State could still move into eighth place with three games remaining.
Regardless of where the Warriors finish, Kerr is confident his team has what it takes to make some noise in the playoffs.
They should get there.
