Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr on Kings’ firing of Luke Walton: ‘He’s
everything that you want in a coach”
Walton was a member of Kerr's inaugural coaching staff but has since
been fired from two head coaching jobs
>SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 17: Golden State Warriors head coach
Steve Kerr fist bumps Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton after the
Warriors won 113-109 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
>SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 17: Golden State Warriors head coach
Steve Kerr fist bumps Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton after the
Warriors won 113-109 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
By EVAN WEBECK | ewebeck@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 21, 2021 at 5:22 p.m. | UPDATED: November 22, 2021
at 3:18 a.m.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/21/warriors-coach-steve-kerr-on-kings-firing-of-luke-walton-hes-everything-that-you-want-in-a-coach/

SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Kerr’s coaching tree had a branch sawed off Sunday.

Luke Walton, an assistant on Kerr’s staff with the Golden State Warriors
from 2014-16, was fired Sunday by the Sacramento Kings, 17 games into
his third season. Sacramento was 6-11 this season and failed to eclipse
..500 in either of his first two seasons.

“It’s a tough business,” Kerr said before his Warriors tipped off
against the Toronto Raptors. “You’ve got to have everything lined up to
last for a long time in this league. … Luke is one of the finest human
beings I know in the NBA. He’s smart, he’s humble, he’s collaborative.
He’s everything that you want in a coach. That’s why I asked him to be
an assistant coach here years ago.”

A member of Kerr’s first coaching staff, Walton has been fired twice
since leaving to take the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job in 2016.
He has amassed a .408 winning percentage and never posted a winning
season since leaving the Warriors.

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Kerr, in his lone head coaching job, has a .687 winning percentage and
three championships to his name.

Arriving in 2014, after the Warriors had drafted Stephen Curry, Klay
Thompson and Draymond Green, Kerr was cognizant of the hand he was dealt.

“I’m extremely lucky. We’re the exception, rather than the rule in this
league,” Kerr said. “I’m well aware as someone who inherited Steph Curry
and Draymond and Klay and Bob Myers in my first job, every coach in the
league is dependent on his circumstances. By that I mean the talent and
the stability of the organization.”

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Evan Webeck | Reporter
Evan Webeck covers high-school sports on the field and beyond — and a
little bit of everything else — for the Bay Area News Group. A Pacific
Northwest native and graduate of Arizona State, Evan has previously
worked for The Seattle Times, MLB.com and Sports Illustrated.

Allen wrote:
> Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr on Kings’ firing of Luke Walton: ‘He’s
> everything that you want in a coach”
> Walton was a member of Kerr's inaugural coaching staff but has since
> been fired from two head coaching jobs
> >SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 17: Golden State Warriors head coach
> Steve Kerr fist bumps Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton after the
> Warriors won 113-109 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on
> Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
> >SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 17: Golden State Warriors head coach
> Steve Kerr fist bumps Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton after the
> Warriors won 113-109 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., on
> Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
> By EVAN WEBECK | ewebeck@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
> PUBLISHED: November 21, 2021 at 5:22 p.m. | UPDATED: November 22, 2021
> at 3:18 a.m.
> https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/21/warriors-coach-steve-kerr-on-kings-firing-of-luke-walton-hes-everything-that-you-want-in-a-coach/
>
>
>
> SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Kerr’s coaching tree had a branch sawed off Sunday.
>
> Luke Walton, an assistant on Kerr’s staff with the Golden State Warriors
> from 2014-16, was fired Sunday by the Sacramento Kings, 17 games into
> his third season. Sacramento was 6-11 this season and failed to eclipse
> .500 in either of his first two seasons.
>
>
> “It’s a tough business,” Kerr said before his Warriors tipped off
> against the Toronto Raptors. “You’ve got to have everything lined up to
> last for a long time in this league. … Luke is one of the finest human
> beings I know in the NBA. He’s smart, he’s humble, he’s collaborative.
> He’s everything that you want in a coach. That’s why I asked him to be
> an assistant coach here years ago.”
>
> A member of Kerr’s first coaching staff, Walton has been fired twice
> since leaving to take the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job in 2016.
> He has amassed a .408 winning percentage and never posted a winning
> season since leaving the Warriors.
>

Wow. Maybe he didn't get enough seasoning as an assistant coach.

--Robin