NBA: Steve Kerr celebrates title and lavishes praise on the Warriors

The NBA saw this Thursday, the 16th, at the TD Garden, the Golden State Warriors winning his seventh title of the competition after overcoming the Boston Celtics by 103 to 90. After the match, and all the celebration, Steve Kerr pointed out the opponent’s positive points, but also reserved a special space to praise the team he sent on court.

Steve Kerr now has an incredible nine champion rings from NBA, four of which were won as a coach and five as a player. The Warriors’ commander began the press conference by talking precisely about the team’s feelings regarding their most recent achievement, which he had classified as ‘almost impossible’.

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“Each title is unique, all are special. But I think this was the most unlikely of all from the point of view of how we’ve performed in recent years. There were many doubts, the injury of Klay, Draymond and Curry. new team, full of young people around our core. It’s special to see guys like Wiggins, Looney, Payton and Poole playing, the impact they’ve had.” said Kerr.

In addition to the team itself having received many compliments, of course the star Stephen Curry couldn’t stay out of this one, even because he was elected as the MVP, the most valuable player in the finals. In his speech, the coach compared the point guard to another NBA legend when he went to praise the athlete’s performances in the finals against the Boston Celtics.

“I’ve said that at other times, he reminds me of Tim Duncan. They’re totally different players, but from a human point of view, in terms of talent, humility, confidence. It’s a combination that makes others want to win for him. We have several great players, but Steph is the reason we are here and this title crowns what has already been an incredible career,” pointed.

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“He still needs to win the Olympic gold medal and I think he should focus on the 2024 Games. Kerr said, laughing at the joke. The Warriors commander still analyzed the difficult journey of Klay Thompsonwho missed two years of his career after suffering serious injuries to his knee and Achilles tendon.

“The anguish that the last three years were for him. People can even try to imagine, but we lived it up close. He spent two years without being able to do what he likes most, it was very hard. So his return was special for us, especially for the meaning to the entire organization, for what he has done for this team and of course for his talent”said.

the pain of defeat

Facing his first NBA Finals as a coach, Ime Udoka admitted that the pain of losing a decision will last a while. Despite this, he stressed that it needs to serve as a learning experience for the Boston Celtics players, who were so close to winning the competition trophy, but who saw everything falling behind.

“Probably that feeling, that pain will never go away. I’ve lost titles before. Now we have to focus on the growth and progress we’ve made this season. Of course, getting that close and losing hurts. Emotions are running high in the locker room, but the main message is: this experience has shown us that we have a new level to reach”, said the coach.

famous in the crowd

With the San Francisco franchise’s fourth title taken in the past eight years, the Warriors’ triumph and MVP award that was presented to team star Stephen Curry had repercussions among the sport’s celebrities, especially given the fact that the team again won the trophy of the biggest basketball league in the world.

Already an admirer of international basketball, shirt 10 of Brazilian Team, Neymar celebrated the conquest of the Golden State Warriors and praised the performance of Curry, who for the first time in his career was chosen as the best player in the NBA Finals. Posting a picture of him with the trophy, the Brazilian tagged it on “Instagram”.