Not saying the Warriors are going to start another dynastic run, but there’s a familiar energy surrounding the team this year.
95.7 The Game’s “Damon & Ratto” hosted Steve Kerr for his first weekly interview of the 2021-22 season Wednesday. Kerr used a 10-man rotation in Tuesday’s 121-114 win over the Los Angeles Lakers and said he sees shades of the “Strength in Numbers” era Warriors. Listen to the full interview below.
“No doubt,” Kerr said. “We’ve got a lot of guys who can play and a lot of guys who I trust.”
During the heyday of the Warriors' NBA Finals runs from 2015-19, the team adopted its "Strength in Numbers" slogan from the marketing department.
The Warriors have a new look this year with the additions of players like Nemanja Bjelica, Andre Iguodala and Otto Porter Jr. on the second unit. Perhaps no one opened more eyes Tuesday night than Bjelica, who put together an impressive 15-point, 11-rebound, four-assist Warriors debut.
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Kerr even joked with assistant coach Dejan Milojević that Bjelica was looking like Magic Johnson.
"I asked Decky, our Serbian coach, how do you say, ‘Magic’ in Serbian,” Kerr said. “Should call him 'Magic Bjelica?' He laughed and he said it doesn't have the same ring to it if you use the Serbian name, so we’re not going to go with that. We just call him ‘Belly.’ He's quickly becoming a favorite with the guys.”
