Steve Kerr led the USA Men’s Basketball Team Headed to Gold Medal at the Paris Olympics 10 days ago. He led the Golden State Warriors win four NBA titlesHe was part of five NBA championship teams as a player.
So, given the opportunity to talk monday night to the Democratic National Convention in support of the vice-president Kamala Harris and running mate Tim WalzKerr focused on what he knows best: leadership.
“I believe leaders should have dignity. I believe leaders should tell the truth,” Kerr said. “I believe leaders should care for and love the people they lead.”
“If you look for these qualities in your friends, in a boss, in an employee, in your child’s teacher or in your mayor, shouldn’t you then look for these same qualities in your president? And when you think about it that way, there is no competition. Kamala Harris And Tim WalzI see all these qualities.
“Leadership, true leadership, is not leadership that seeks to divide us, but leadership that recognizes and celebrates our common purpose.”
Kerr concluded his speech by borrowing the signature gesture of his best player on the Warriors, bowing his head on his clasped hands.
“After the [election] “The results are tallied,” Kerr said, “we can – in the words of the great Steph Curry — we can say Donald Trump“Night, night.”
Kerr’s endorsement of the Democratic ticket came as no surprise to him, who has been one of the most progressive voices in sports for years. Nor was he surprised by his dig at Trump, with whom he has feuded before.
Trump lambasted Kerr in 2019 for initially refusing to comment on the NBA’s handling of the Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kongtweeting that Kerr looked like “a scared little boy.”
Kerr responded a day later saying, “That was my experience with, wow, the office has [of president] I hope that we can find a mature unifier, from either party, to fill that seat and try to restore some dignity to the Oval Office, and I think that will happen.
Trump rescinds Warriors’ invitation to visit White House to celebrate their 2017 championship After Curry criticized him for his attacks on black athletes protesting during the national anthem. Instead of visiting the White House, the Warriors visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In his speech Monday night, Kerr acknowledged that becoming politically active can be risky for a sports figure.
“I see the ‘shut up and whistle’ tweets being thrown around right now,” he said. “But I also knew, after being questioned as an American citizen, that it was too important not to speak out in an election of this magnitude.”
