As a player, Steve Kerr was a key role player for squads that won championships. Now he’s coaching one of the key squads in the league.
Guard Jason Terry, now towards the end of his days as a player, still has skills, mostly as a backup guard at this point.
Here’s the Houston Chronicle reporting on their past:
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Warriors coach Steve Kerr and Rockets guard Jason Terry go back a long way. Not only did the two both play in the NBA at the same time – early in Terry’s career and near the end of Kerr’s – they also knew each other from summer pick up games in the University of Arizona gym.
“I remember when Jason first got to U of A, I was going back a lot in the summers and I played pick up ball with the guys,” Kerr, also an Arizona alum, said. “He was a sophomore and I was maybe in my fifth year in the league and you could tell he was going to be good right away.”
Terry was familiar with Kerr and would speak with him often. The two became friends over the years and have always kept in touch.
