The Warriors drafted Curry in 2009, …

The Warriors drafted Curry in 2009, when Kerr was the Phoenix Suns’ general manager. Kerr frequently saw flashes of Suns guard Steve Nash in Curry, particularly with their athleticism. To illustrate that point, Kerr told the story of one occasion when Nash visited him in San Diego to surf along the region’s sunny shores. Kerr, an admitted novice surfer, made a point to teach Nash, who’d never picked up a board, a few tricks. “Hey, just paddle into this,” Kerr said to Nash, “What you want to do is you turn the board and you paddle, and then you kind of stand, you try to stand up and you pop up real quick. And it’s probably going to take a few times.”