It comes at no surprise to Steve Kerr or any of the Golden State Warriors when the news of team consultant Steve Nash making the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame came around.

Kerr lauded his longtime pal with his usual humor.

“We call Steve Nash ‘Steph Curry on steroids,'” Kerr said earlier this season, according to Mark Medina of the San Jose Mercury News. “Not literally. He’s passed every test, just so you know.”

“He laughs and agrees with us,” Kerr added. “Steve set the bar for a lot of these guys. It’s remarkable to think about his influence.”

Recently sharing some of his vision in the changes the likes of Kevin Durant, Allen Iverson, and Nash have had in the game, Kerr had plenty more where that came from, noting his importance of the modern day pick-and-roll game as well as the perfect marriage between a player and a coach that made Mike D'Antoni's career flourish.

“Steve’s influence is reflective in the way countless point guards are playing. The style, the combination of Mike and Steve is really something that revolutionized the NBA,” Kerr said. “But you’re seeing all of these young guys coming up that have been inspired by Nash in the spread pick-and-roll stuff. By being dual threats and the ability to shoot from three, he could penetrate and find people.”

Nash's dynamic with Amar'e Stoudemire was one of the key reasons the Phoenix Suns of the mid-2000s were so difficult to stop. Pair a pinpoint passer with a lethal stroke from deep with an athletic forward, who can shoot, drive, and finish in traffic, and D'Antoni had a running nightmare in his hands waiting to unleash on the rest of the NBA.

The Canadian-born, soccer-loving Santa Clara product led the league during five seasons, dominating an era of the passing game alongside Jason Kidd from 1998 to 2011, earning 10 of the 13 assist titles during that span.