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Steve Kerr congratulates Steve Nash for being named the next Brooklyn Nets head coach

After Steve Nash was named the next head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, Steve Kerr chimed in on Twitter with a congratulations message.

After Kevin Durant signed with the Brooklyn Nets during the 2019 offseason, another member of the Golden State Warriors organization landed in the borough of New York. On Thursday, the Nets announced the hiring of Steve Nash for their vacant head coaching position.

Prior to joining Durant in Brooklyn, Nash spent the last five seasons with the Warriors as a player development consultant. Nash was often seen at Golden State’s practices working with players — including Durant.

Anthony Slater of The Athletic shared a pair of videos from the past that feature Nash working with Durant at the Warriors practice facility.

Via @anthonyVslater on Twitter:

 

During his 18 season run at point guard in the association, Nash earned eight bids to the All-Star game and two Most Valuable Player awards. The 46-year-old first-time head coach will now lead the Nets with Durant and Kyrie Irving.

Following the announcement, Steve Kerr chimed in on Twitter with a message for the Nets’ new head coach. Kerr congratulated and thanked Nash for his work with the Warriors.

Via @SteveKerr on Twitter:

 

The Nets’ first trip to the Bay Area during the 2020-21 season will now serve as a reunion for Durant and his coach.

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Steve Kerr uses story about surfing to compare Steph Curry and Steve Nash

Steve Kerr told a surfing story about Steve Nash that reminded him of Stephen Curry.

Before he roamed the sidelines of Chase Center with Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr got to witness another MVP point guard work. For three seasons, Kerr was the general manager of the Phoenix Suns during the Steve Nash era.

On the “Runnin’ Plays” podcast with Kerith Burke and Logan Murdock of NBC Sports Bay Area, Golden State’s head coach brought up Nash when talking about Curry.

Kerr spoke about Curry’s hunger for wanting to win everything from a practice shooting competition to bowling and ping pong tournaments. The six-time All-Star’s knack for excelling at anything he puts his mind to reminded Kerr of Phoenix’s Hall of Fame point guard.

Kerr told a story about surfing with Nash to compare the pair of dynamic shooters.

Via NBC Sports Bay Area:

He’s like Steve Nash in that regard. Steve Nash came out to visit me in San Diego, probably seven or eight years ago, and I used to surf at that time, and he had never surfed before. So he, he decided to paddle out, he said ‘well what do I do?’ and I’m not a very good surfer, but I tried to give him my advice. We paddle out there, and I said, ‘hey, just you know, paddle into this, you want to do is you turn the board and you paddle. And then you kind of stand, you know, you try to stand up, you pop up real quick and now it’s probably going to take a few times,’ and he’s like, ‘okay.’ The first wave comes he paddles twice he pops up he’s surfing. He surfs the thing all the way into the shore I’m like, ‘it took me like three weeks to do that.’

Nash and Steph [Curry] are exactly the same way you just put a ball or a stick in their hand, whatever, whatever needs to be done, they’re going to figure out a way to do it. And Klay [Thompson] is like that too. Just unbelievable hand-eye coordination, and no matter what the sport is, they just know how to do it.

After spending 17 seasons in the NBA, Nash joined the Warriors staff as a player development consultant. Before the NBA season was put on hold, the eight-time All-Star was spotted working with Curry during his hand injury rehab.

While in quarantine, Curry’s taken up a bevy of different tasks. The Golden State Warriors point guard has been busy with vlogging, homeschooling his daughter and dancing. It’s an easy bet Curry is probably above average at all of them.

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