Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr hit the game-winning shot in Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz as a member of the Chicago Bulls, and his life has never been the same since.
On the latest episode of All The Smoke with former Warriors small forward Matt Barnes, Kerr opened up about how his game-winner with the Bulls changed his life forever.
“It led to another contract. I was a free agent a couple of years later and the Spurs gave me a five-year contract which was the most money I ever made in my career which allowed me to buy a house in San Diego and take care of my family,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.
“So, it changed a lot of things. I think hitting that shot probably got me my job in TV, you know, because playing for the Bulls and having a big moment took me from a place of relative obscurity to, ‘oh, we know that guy.'
“So, that season, those years in Chicago and hitting that shot, it all added up to kind of giving me a boost to another level in my own career and life.”
Kerr won three championships with Michael Jordan and the Bulls in the late '90s. He won two more with the San Antonio Spurs in 1999 and 2003.
After his playing career ended, Kerr was an executive with the Phoenix Suns from 2007 to 2010 before working for TNT as an NBA broadcaster.
In the summer of 2014, Kerr signed a five-year deal to become the Warriors' head coach. He's won three championships with the Dubs, guiding the team to five NBA Finals. Kerr was also the Coach of the Year in 2016 after the Warriors went 73-9 in the regular season, breaking the Bulls' previous record of 72-10.
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