Add Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr to the list of coaches who have recently criticized the media for giving LaVar Ball the type of attention he is getting. The elder Ball was already getting a lot of attention, but created a major headline a couple of days ago when he openly criticized Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton for lack of leadership and for losing control of the team.

LaVar did not mind Walton as his son's coach. Walton, who worked for a couple of years with Kerr and the Warriors as an assistant coach, had such a good run with the defending champions that the Lakers offered him a head coaching job after some drama with Byron Scott. Kerr, as a close colleague, is on Walton's side and was very critical of the media, particularly ESPN, for giving LaVar a platform to say what he says.

In pre-game availability, video courtesy of ESPN's Chris Haynes, Kerr said the media just follows Ball because of the polemical comments:

“Where we're going is we're going away from covering the game, and we're going toward just sensationalized news. It's not even news, really. It's just complete nonsense. But if you package that irrational nonsense with glitter and some ribbon, people are going to watch.”

Kerr added that coaches are not the only people who disagree with LaVar getting a lot of attention. He said even the people who work doing interviews and stories on him are a disgust to the profession:

“So, I talked to people in the media this year. I said, ‘Why do you guys have to cover that guy?' And they say, ‘Well, we don't want to but our bosses tell us we have to because of the ratings, because of the readership.' Somewhere, I guess in Lithuana, LaVar is laughing.”

The 2016 Coach of the Year also called Ball “the Kardashian of the NBA.” Kerr is the latest coach to talk about the topic. Other notable coaches who discussed it were Pistons' Stan Van Gundy and Mavericks' Rick Carlisle, who were also highly critical of ESPN giving a platform for Ball to speak his nonsense; what caused most disgust recently is how ESPN invested money by sending reporters to Lithuania and follow every step LaVar takes, so he can say what he wants and have it immediately turned into a headline.