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Steve Kerr led the U.S. men’s basketball team to a gold medal at the Paris Olympics 10 days ago. He’s led the Golden State Warriors to four NBA championships. He was part of five NBA championship teams as a player.
So given the opportunity to speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz, Kerr focused on what he knows best — leadership.
“I believe leaders must display dignity. I believe that leaders must tell the truth,” Kerr said. “I believe that leaders must care for and love the people that they are leading.
“If you look for those qualities in your friends or a boss or an employee or your child’s teacher or your mayor, then shouldn’t you want those same qualities in your president? And when you think about it that way, this is no contest. With Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, I see all those qualities.
“Leadership, real leadership, is not the kind that seeks to divide us, but the kind that recognizes and celebrates our common purpose.”
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Kerr concluded his speech by borrowing the signature gesture of his best player on the Warriors, tilting his head onto his pressed-together hands.
“After the [election] results are tallied,” Kerr said, “we can — in the words of the great Steph Curry — we can tell Donald Trump, ‘Night, night.’”
Endorsing the Democratic ticket was not a surprise from Kerr, who for years has been one of the most outspoken liberal voices in sports. And neither was the jab at Trump, with whom he has sparred before.
Trump blasted Kerr in 2019 for initially declining to comment on the NBA’s handling of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, tweeting that Kerr looked like “a scared little boy.”
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Kerr responded a day later, saying, “This was my experience with, wow, has the office [of president] sunken low. My hope is that we can find a mature unifier from either party…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2024-08-20 15:24:44
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