Steve Kerr: we’re not gonna turn into the rockets next year.

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That's some pretty mild trash talk, if that's really how you want to characterize it. His disdain for offenses that aren't based on ball and player movement is well known, and he makes no apologies about that. So, yes, it's a condescending swipe at that style of play -- and our offense has become synonymous with that style. That's what happens when you try to set yourself apart from how everyone else plays -- as the Rockets have done. Any time someone else moves in that direction, the comparisons to the outlier team will naturally be there.

 

Every year there is some trash talk, every year with Kerr involved.

This year it is later on the calender due to the pandemic.

Tells you he still thinks the Rockets are relevant to him.

 

Why is it a condescending swipe? Where exactly does he make it condescending, or are interpreting his intent?

See, that is the point. Kerr has made condescending swipes in the past, and petty/insecure comments about others, so both you conclude it's a condescending swipe while others bring to mind his well known petty/insecure comments.

Other coaches rarely do that. Most coaches don't bring up other coaches/teams by name without compliment. And Kerr had a compliment at his disposal. He could have said, "we’re not gonna turn into the Rockets and have one guy go high pick-and-roll 70 times a game, which works for them; they had us on the ropes with that style. But I don't think it's the best use of our talent."

or, he just simply doesn't mention another team at all, since it's obvious he would never play that way after dropping that style from the Mark Jackson use of Curry.

but instead Kerr does his possible "condescending swipes," which led you to actually read that intent into it.

 

I think it says a lot about Kerr, that here is a team that has won 3 NBA championships, and YET he still maintains a saltiness towards Harden/Rockets/Morey. Think about what that says about this man. Think about how petty and small he is. He is an absolute FRAUD of an individual.

 

I actually don't really care about the Rockets being criticized. It has been done in the media quite often. Some of that I agree some I don't. This is more about Kerr than about the Rockets. If he did that to another team, I'd say the same thing. (Like my hypothetical case, if he said something similar about Milwaukee without being asked about that team, I'd say he had no class.) It just happens to be the Rockets and this is a Rockets forum.

 

He's made it very clear that he has a stylistic preference against iso-ball. And he says he'd rather resign than change his team's offensive identity to be based on iso-ball. So, independent of the question of what's the most effective way according to one's personnel, he is philosophically opposed to iso-ball style offenses and he is quite vocal about that.

Is that condescension? Depends on how you look at it. Is asserting your difference of opinion on some matter the same as saying your view is the right way to look at it and the other view is the wrong way to look at it? If one chooses to be especially defensive about their own differing opinion, then yeah that's how you'd interpret it. I could see it either way, but it doesn't really matter in the end. Kerr has his views, he's vocal about it, and that's all there is to it. You could say the same thing about Morey or Popovich or Phil Jackson or Jeff Van Gundy, etc.

 

Give me a ****ing break. If you're using this to judge the character of someone, you've got serious issues. This is the BS of sports fandom/fanatacism that I just can't stand. The majority of people on this board share his disdain for ISO-ball after we got booted out of the playoffs, again, but he becomes a bad guy for saying he wouldn't want his team, as constructed, to play that way. Stop this nonsense.

 

Of course he hates us. We ran them into the ground two years in a row and cost them a championship. It would have been two if not for the NBA and Scott Foster. We hate them, they hate us, nothing new. F*ck 'em.

 

Sheer hatred on his part. GS need to have their ass kicked.

 

It is the totality of his words that I am judging. If it was a single instance I wouldn't think much of it. He has repeatedly acted this way towards the Rockets. Undeniable. So save me the "you've got serious issues" BS, Mr. "contrarian on every subject schtick."

 

Frustrating part is they have a better front office and people who understand the value of diversity in the game.

 

Kerr being vocal about not liking the Rockets style of offense has nothing to do with his character as an individual. There's nothing "contrarian" about defending someone who is widely respected and liked.

 

Kerr ain't a bad guy but he is not a saint either when it comes to the Rockets rivalry, he has been a pain in the arse.

 

I can't stand his classless snide ass.

If you think you're better, then just prove it. You don't have to talk trash.

 

He mad cause he knows we are the true 18' champions

petty ass

 

Again, he didn't say ISO ball. He said high PnR. Lots of teams use high PnR. He didn't have to take a swipe at the Rockets answering that question. Your whole argument is wrong at least about this instance. You like Kerr. And you can't stand Rockets fans' hatred of him. That's fine. This is a Rockets forum. Rockets fans can't stand his hatred of the Rockets.

 

But, the disagreement is about whether he is expressing “hatred” of the rockets with that comment. Most of this board thinks so, but the fact is, whether it is high P&R or iso, he was referencing a style of play that is most closely associated with the rockets. How is him saying he doesn’t want to use a style of play closely associated with a team equivalent to hatred?

 

Pretty unnecessary mild dig by Kerr, I guess he still thinks about almost losing to us in 2018 lol. Rockets don't even run P&R anymore lol.

 

1. The question he was answering was not "Are the Warriors going to play like the Rockets?" So why did he even talk about the Rockets?

2. durvasa's argument was that Kerr's comment came from his disdain about ISO ball. But the comment isn't about ISO ball. It's high PnR.

3. This is not the first time he took a swipe aiming at the Rockets. So this is not an isolated incident. Whether you want to call it hatred is just semantics. He clearly has some vendetta against the Rockets. Can you fault Rockets fans being against a guy who has a clear dislike of their team?

4. He has had a better team than the Rockets for half a decade. If anything, he should be the one who takes the high road. The fact that he keeps jabbing on a team that has been losing to his shows how petty he is.