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  • Steve Kerr’s mom isn’t the only Warriors parent upset by fiery behavior

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    SAN FRANCISCO – Draymond Green did not have to look very far – in both a space or time sense – to recall the last time his mother was disappointed in the way he had acted during a game. 

    Holding his phone in his right hand during Wednesday’s press conference after a 120-113 Warriors win over the Milwaukee Bucks, Green read off, rapid-fire, a number of recent texts from his mother, Mary Babers.

    “Remember what you love, and stop abusing it,” one text read, while another, written after a recent ejection, was simply: “What happened?”

    Basketball is an emotional game, with its players and coaches sometimes prone to losing their cool. And if there was one thing to be learned from the press conference before and after Golden State’s victory, it was this:

    Age and basketball accomplishments cannot diminish a man’s fear or respect for his mother. 

    A few days earlier, Steve Kerr, 60, had drawn the ire of official Brian Forte when the Warriors coach had to be restrained while directing a stream of profanities in his direction after the Warriors were on the wrong end of several controversial calls. 

    Kerr, who was ejected in the loss to the Clippers, was not worried about how the league or his players would react to his outburst. Instead, his biggest critic after the ejection was his mother, Ann Kerr, who lives in Southern California and made the short trip to Inglewood. 

    Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr gestures to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) 

    Ms. Kerr was not pleased with her son’s behavior. 

    “She looked horrified afterwards, and she asked me if I was going to hit the referee,” Kerr said. “I said, ‘Mom, I’ve never hit anybody in my life …. She said, ‘Why were all of those men holding you back?’ Well, that’s all part of the theatrics.”

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  • DIMES: The Warriors have a new Hall of Famer behind the scenes

    DIMES: The Warriors have a new Hall of Famer behind the scenes

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    Warriors beat writer Danny Emerman shares his thoughts on the NBA offseason and beyond

    The big call came last March when she was at work in Toronto. And like in any other office, her coworkers were elated to hear the news.

    Danielle Langford, the Warriors’ manager of player rehabilitation, was selected to the British Columbia Basketball Hall of Fame for her esteemed playing career in the Vancouver area. Her coworkers, Draymond Green, Chris Paul and Kevon Looney, were ecstatic.

    “They started all quizzing me about my stats and whatnot,” Langford told this news organization. “I don’t know that stuff very well, to be honest. And they were like, ‘How do you not know?’ So they started looking stuff up. They were pumped, they were happy for me.”

    Langford’s accomplishments, they’d discover with some internet sleuthing, are vast. When Langford was in her playing prime, she was like the female Canadian Steph Curry.

    At Simon Fraser University, she still has the school record for 3-pointers made (388) — 119 more than second place. As team captain, she led two separate SFU teams, in 2002 and 2005, to undefeated national championship seasons. She was named tournament MVP in 2005 and ranks third in school history in total assists.

    “She was an excellent leader,” said Langford’s SFU teammate, Laura van den Boogaard. “Everything was about winning, but in a way that made everyone feel included. She was a shooter, she could drive, she could pass. She could do everything, but she made everyone better. She was that person that would get you the ball exactly where you needed it to make the shot.”

    Langford played for her dad, Bruce, at Simon Fraser, whom she joined in the BC Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Her uncle, Paul, also got inducted on Saturday as a coach.

    In 2000, before college, Langford led Heritage Park Secondary School to the provincial championship and played for the junior national team. ​​

    “She was not a 4.4-40, incredible athlete who could bowl people out of the gym with her athleticism,” said Howard Tsumura, a journalist in the area who covered Langford’s career. “But I don’t think anybody got more out of what they were given to play on a basketball court than Dani did.”

    It all feels like a “lifetime ago,” Langford said.

    Entering her fourth season with the Warriors, Langford’s competitive playing days are far behind her, but they help her relate and understand the Warriors she works with. Langford still gets shots up in the Warriors’ facility early in the mornings for exercise, routine and discipline.

    “I feel most like myself when basketball’s around me,” Langford said. “Being in a gym is calming, shooting is calming yet energizing, and watching a game is familiar and fun. And talking basketball to this day is something I love to do as I can have conversations from many angles, from a physiotherapist watching how athletes move, to talking with coaches about plays, to players about what decisions they make and why.”

    Langford’s younger daughter, 8-year-old Maddie, is into basketball and shoots around with her mom in their backyard. The physiotherapist wants to coach her just like her dad did for her.

    One of the biggest challenges Langford has with the Warriors is balancing her family life at home with her work family — and the rigorous travel schedule and season grind that separates them. In her first season with the Warriors, the 2021-22 championship year, she was one of the only women with children who traveled with the team. The Langfords have since made Burlingame their home base and are building the type of village it takes to raise a family.

    In the training room and at home, both of Langford’s families have a new Hall of Famer.

    We watched Steph’s new TV show so you don’t have to

    Steph Curry’s first foray into acting is out, streaming on Peacock, as you may have heard in his media tour this week.

    “Mr. Throwback” — streaming on Peacock and premiering Sept. 12 on NBC — is about a caricatured version of Curry and a down-on-his-luck former high school teammate, Danny (Adam Pally), who returns to Steph’s life in dire straits. Hijinks ensue.

    The scripted show is at its best when it has a Nathan Fielder-esque cringe. It misses when trying to go down the sentimental route; it’s definitely not a Mike Schur show. Some of the dialogue can be corny, and some jokes crude.

    Many parts of the show are surreal (even Steve Kerr and Curry’s personal security, Yusef Wright, makes cameos). But at the same time, the mockumentary format makes other scenes too on-the-nose (Grossman, who can’t escape his past, sells sports memorabilia).

    It’s not all bad. After the first two episodes, as Danny’s despicable lie that drives the plot gets more and more out of control, the show picks up. It’d be unfair to expect Curry to win an Emmy, but playing himself helps hide his unnatural acting.

    The bits with the overexaggerated version of Curry, as with any well-written jokes, have layers of truth to them. He inspires everyone around him to realize their dreams with his relentless positivity, gets invited to Sasha Obama’s graduation dinner and ruins a little girl’s birthday party by buying a Chicago nightclub. Curry’s assistant, Kimberly (Ego Nwodim of SNL fame) is the real breakout star.

    As somewhat of a television snob, I frankly went into “Mr. Throwback” thinking it would be unwatchable dribble-drabble. Watching with low expectations, the show was… fine! I bet my mom would love it.

    Pre-camp workouts

    The Warriors have reportedly brought in Bruno Caboclo, Troy Brown Jr. and Davis Bertans for workouts this past week. Kevin Knox’s inclusion on the Summer League roster seems like a similar flier: the Warriors are interested in adding players with high upside to the back-end of their roster.

    That quartet includes various ages, NBA success, prospect pedigree and skills. The only throughline, really, is that the Warriors (correctly) see no downside in doing their due diligence. It doesn’t hurt to see what’s under the hood.

    Don’t expect any of the pre-training camp workouts to contribute for the Warriors in a meaningful way. Some might get a training camp invite, and most won’t even get that chance. But you never know!

    Who won the offseason?

    Rosters are pretty much finalized, with the dust settled on significant offseason transactions. Brandon Ingram and Zach LaVine appear staying put, Paul George is in Philadelphia, and the Celtics reloaded.

    Biggest winners:

    1. Thunder (Caruso and Hartenstein are slam-dunk role players)
    2. 76ers (Rarely does a team’s offseason Plan A play out so flawlessly)
    3. Nets (That Mikal Bridges haul, though…)
    4. Suns (Monte Morris and Tyus Jones on minimum deals, yes please)
    5. Celtics (The current gold standard in roster building brought the band back)

    Biggest losers:

    1. Clippers (Paul George leaving for nothing means the Clips are relying on James Harden and Kawhi Leonard to be healthy and productive all year)
    2. Lakers (Something something maximizing championship windows for aging superstars…)
    3. Nuggets (Lost KCP and couldn’t replace him… and that Jamal Murray max extension is risky)
    4. Bulls (Even more stuck in no man’s land, but at least the Matas Buzelis pick is fun)
    5. Bucks (Gary Trent Jr. is a nice pickup, but it’s danger time for Milwaukee)

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    Danny Emerman

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  • Steph and Ayesha Curry announce arrival of fourth child

    Steph and Ayesha Curry announce arrival of fourth child

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    Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, have welcomed their fourth child.

    The couple announced on social media Sunday that Ayesha gave birth to a baby boy named Caius Chai on May 11.

    “Our sweet baby boy decided to make an early arrival!!” the couple wrote on Instagram. “He’s doing great and we are finally settling in at home as a family of 6! So grateful!”

    The couple now has two girls and two boys: daughters Riley, 11, and Ryan, 8, and son Canon, 5.

    Ayesha Curry, 35, revealed in March in the magazine she founded, Sweet July, that the couple was expecting her fourth child after the two initially believed that they would not have any more children.

    “For so many years, Stephen and I thought we were done,” Ayesha wrote. “We said, “Three, that’s it, we’re not doing this again.” And then, last year, we looked at each other and agreed we wanted to do this again. For me, the decision came from always finding myself looking around and feeling like somebody was missing. I would load up the car and think, “Oh, I forgot something.” But nobody was forgotten.

    “It started to turn my brain a little bit. Maybe somebody was missing. So we set out on this journey, knowing that this would complete our family.”

    Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry lead cheers for Oakland Marathon runners.(Desmond Gribben for Eat. Learn. Play.) 

    Steph Curry posted a photo of his pregnant wife wearing white high heels and a white bra under a brown blazer on March 1, saying they were getting ready to welcome “Vol. 4” of their family.

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  • Kurtenbach: Once dead to rights, the Warriors are making a push. But we’ve seen this move before

    Kurtenbach: Once dead to rights, the Warriors are making a push. But we’ve seen this move before

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    I can’t help but think we’ve seen these Warriors before.

    And no, it wasn’t during a championship season.

    I imagine many of you have blissfully forgotten the Dubs’ 2021 campaign, but it’s evident that Warriors coach Steve Kerr hasn’t.

    Amid a season heading off the rails, he has stolen the blueprint of that ’21 season to return the Warriors to respectability.

    But ultimately, respectability seems like the extent of what can be achieved.

    The 2021 Warriors started their COVID-shortened sprint of a regular season with a 23-27 record. That was an improvement from the year prior, when the Warriors were the worst team in the league, but it was still a major disappointment for a team that had Draymond Green and Steph Curry and had traded for Andrew Wiggins the previous February.

    Those Dubs lacked a rhythm, an identity, and any sense of cohesion. James Wiseman, the No. 2 overall pick in the prior year’s draft, wasn’t a fit. Kelly Oubre a late offseason acquisition signed to fill the vacancy left by Klay Thompson, who was missing a second consecutive season to injury, was a disaster. Things were falling apart in the critical stretch of the season — the Warriors lost all but five of 18 games between March and early April (the season ended in mid-May.)

    Desperate times called for desperate measures. With roughly a month to play, Kerr made three significant moves.

    He shortened his rotation to eight players, ostensibly dumping Oubre (Wiseman was injured) and replacing him with Mychal Mulder and a kid named Jordan Poole.

    He inserted Juan Toscano-Anderson into the rotation, as well.

    But the most crucial change was making Green the team’s starting center. The Warriors were going to play small-ball down the stretch.

    Remind you of anything?

    That Warriors team looked good down the home stretch, going 15-5 to end the regular season, including six straight wins at home to end. Curry went thermonuclear, averaging 37 points over his final 22 games.

    The Warriors made the play-in tournament, but lost both games.

    They ran out of gas.

    And that’s my fear with this season’s Warriors, too.

    Now, it should be noted that these Dubs are in a much different situation. They’re deeper. They’re more talented.

    But they started sprinting on Jan. 27 — the game Kerr made Green the team’s starting center — and they need to make it to mid-April to merely make the postseason. And we saw some sputtering this week.

    The Warriors’ loss to the Clippers on Wednesday and near-loss to the Jazz on Thursday showed a team pushing up against its limits. This, like the 2021 team, is a one-trick pony. It’s a hell of a trick, but can it get them to the finish line?

    And if it can, will it take them any further?

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    Dieter Kurtenbach

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