Steve Kerr Promised Steph Curry And Andre Iguodala A Round At Augusta National If They Won The NBA Finals
10 years ago

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How about Steve Kerr winning an NBA championship his first year as a head coach in any level of basketball? That decision to go small ball and force Timofey Mozgov out of game 5 was huge and drastically changed the momentum of the series. Apparently, he’s not just an X’s and O’s guy, either. Dude can motivate with the best of them.

From Golf.com:

Win the NBA Finals and you’ll play Augusta National. That was a promise Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr made to Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala. Well, the two players made good on their half of the deal. Now it’s up to Kerr to follow through.

J.A. Adande of ESPN reported the exchange in his post-game recap. “When we won, I’m yelling at Steph, ‘We’re going to Augusta!’” Iguodala, the NBA Finals MVP, said. “You know how everybody goes to Disneyland? We’re going to Augusta.”

According to the article, Kerr has an in at Augusta who he plans to use to get his victorious players a tee time. It’s no surprise they’re excited. Curry’s love for golf is no secret anymore. Now, neither is Iguodala’s.

As if winning the NBA Finals wasn’t enough of an incentive, Kerr went and dangled a tee time at the best golf course on planet Earth right in front of Steph and Andre’s faces. I would murder my best friend if it meant being able to play 18 at Augusta National. Is it really any surprise that Iggy played the best he’s played in years? He was probably polishing off the wrenches every night after a finals win. LeBron and his intramural rec league team never stood a chance.

On a more serious note, has anyone checked in on Mark Jackson? I’m legitimately concerned for his well being.

[via Golf.com]

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      1. alexfratbek

        Not sure what type of third-person joke your trying to pull off here, but it’s not working.

        10 years ago at 4:10 pm
      2. Jimmy Buffett12

        Are you that desperate for upvotes that you actually create some secondary account to make incendiary comments, so that you can backtalk to yourself with another account and get sed upvotes? Then do you really lack the time/brain power to make sure your logged into which into you want to be in? Holy fuck blackballed both of this goober’s accounts.

        10 years ago at 4:32 pm
      4. Jimmy Buffett12

        Bite me limp dick. Its not experience, its having more than half of a functioning brain and having it take about 5 seconds to figure out what happened with Eddie here.

        10 years ago at 4:44 pm
      6. Jimmy Buffett12

        Now I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re trying to be funny.

        10 years ago at 4:49 pm
  4. Robert Goulet

    Total power move making Mark Jackson be a commentator on his former team in the playoffs.

    10 years ago at 4:04 pm
  8. Minnesota Nice

    If only this were the good old days, then they could only be caddies. Quote from the club founder Clifford Roberts, “as long as I am alive, all thegolfers will be white, and all the caddies will be black.”

    10 years ago at 6:04 pm
    3. Bone Padre

      Wow, no love for casual raycess jokes? Things sure have changed around these parts. TFM comment section got soft.

      10 years ago at 12:19 pm
  9. Fratasaurus

    The only way they’ll let them in Augusta national is if they go work as caddies

    10 years ago at 6:09 pm