Steve Kerr pokes fun at Rockets by flopping to open his press conference

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Steve Kerr pokes fun at Rockets by flopping to open his press conference




Chris Cwik, Yahoo Sports
15 hours ago



Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is poking fun at his opponent before Game 2. One day after the Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 104-100 in a game that featured some hotly debated foul calls, Kerr opened his press conference by flopping.

Before Kerr even took a question, he asked the media to “hold on” before dramatically using San Francisco Chronicle reporter Ann Killion to pretend she had fouled him. When asked who fouled who, Kerr responded by blaming Killion.

Killion, however, may have the last laugh, because she jokingly tweeted she was going to notify the league about Kerr’s flop.

That joke by Kerr seems to hint at his feeling about Rockets star James Harden. The 29-year-old Harden was involved in a controversial play in Game 1.

With 10 seconds to go, Harden pulled up for a game-tying 3-pointer. As he came down, he got tangled up with Draymond Green. Harden went to the floor looking for a foul, but it never came. After reviewing the play, the NBA ruled the officials made the right call.


Steve Kerr has fun during press conference. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)


Kerr never mentions the Rockets or Harden with his words, but he later talks about players using “deception” to get calls. He says he doesn’t remember “people falling down on 3-point shots all the time” when he played.

Kerr admits the league is using different rules now, but finds a way to turn that into a conversation about the report that the Rockets have evidence the officials favor the Warriors.

Again, Kerr never directly addresses that report. He simply says that “deception” makes it tough to refs to do their job today. Because of that, Kerr says every team watches game film and finds 10 extra fouls in the tape.

Kerr finishes by saying, “You get some. You lose some. The refs do the best job they can. And you move on to the next game.”

Based on the Warriors’ actions, the team has no interest in dwelling on the past. While it’s easy to look at that as another shot at the Rockets, it’s much easier for the Warriors to joke around and look ahead when they pulled out a win in Game 1.



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MY NOTE: A lot of people like to make fun of Marcus Smart for his flopping but nobody, NOBODY, is a bigger flopper than James Harden. If refs blew fouls based upon actual contact and not upon Harden's "deceptions", to use Kerr's description, his head bobs on drives and fall-downs on shots, he wouldn't be anywhere near the league scoring leader because he'd lose half-a-dozen frito attempts per game.



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Oh Kerr.

The entire rule on three point shooters being penalized for kicking out their leg on shots, came directly from Steph Curry trying to draw fouls this way for years.

Let those on a team with no flopping cast the first stone.

Exactly MrKleen....no one is more guilty of this than Curry. Harden has gotten away with too many of these flops, and really, Smart has cleaned his act up alot this year. His problem is that he is getting fouled and the ref's are ignoring it because of his previous reputation.

Kerr should be careful what he says, according to the league two minute report Curry got away with a foul that would have been his 6th and he neer would have been in the game for that dagger the threw in to clinch the game. Beware of sleeping giants Steve!!!!!