The final decision on how the Warriors will proceed with their no. 2 general choices in the October draft will likely lie with two people: General Manager Bob Myers and CEO Joe Lacob. The team could try to pick the pick in a trade for a more established player who was already in the NBA, or get the chance to take a closer look at this year’s polarizing concept class.
Although Myers and Kerr will be finalizing each trade and in the Warriors’ draft room, Golden State’s GM insists he wants coach Steve Kerr’s input on the process in an exclusive interview following Thursday night’s NBA draft lottery with Greg Papa of NBC Sports Bay Area. In fact, Myers revealed that Kerr had called in the middle of Myers’ conversation with Dad to talk concept.
“Enough that he was here trying to interrupt our little interview and call me. I declined the call,” Myers said. “We’ll talk tonight, I’m sure. But look – Steve’s great. Steve wants to win, and Steve’s been a GM, and he’s been involved in a lot of different organizations, very successful organizations. I respect and fully appreciate his opinion. He must be a partner in this. If you put a player on No. 2, you do that with the approval of your coach. It’s a partnership, it’s a partnership. You should not have to do it any other way. to do. “
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Before the tough 2019-20 season, the Warriors had advanced all the way to the NBA Finals in each of Kerr’s first five years at the helm. That this will be the first time Kerr has the chance to sign up in the lottery.
But as Myers noted, Kerr has a lot of executive experience. He served as general manager for the Phoenix Suns from 2007 to ’10, so he understands better than most of the pressures facing a GM who has a top-five draft pick.
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Kerr told 95.7 The Game earlier this week that he was primarily focused on exploring players to scout players in the lottery, but also explored some perspectives that the team could use later in the draft. eight.
“Mostly the boys of the lottery, and we have our staff who really look after everyone,” Kerr said Wednesday about “Damon, Ratto & Kolsky.” “They sent me tape on guys they think we also have a shot at in the second round, so I saw tape of a lot of the guys who will potentially be second-riders, but the vast majority of my time has picked the lottery because that is the one in which we really invest a ton of money.
“But as we know, in our very recent experience, you can get a man in the second round who ends up being much more impressive than the first man you take.”
It will be fun to see what Kerr, Myers and Lacob ultimately decide to do with such a valuable asset.
