Steve Kerr on dealing with Father Time + Saving or scrapping the NBA Cup
The Athletic NBA Daily
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🗓️ 27 December 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Zena Keita sits down with Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr for a remarkably candid conversation about the "inevitable" end of the Warriors' dynasty. Kerr opens up about the "beauty in the struggle" of chasing one last ring, facing his own retirement, and what life looks like after coaching Steph Curry. Then, The Athletic’s senior writer Sam Amick joins the crew fresh from Las Vegas to break down the NBA Cup results. The team plays a game of "Save It or Scrap It"—debating whether the league should keep the In-Season Tournament, how to fix the load management crisis, and if rule changes are needed to bring intensity back to the game. Plus, a look at the imminent "passing of the torch" from the league’s aging superstars to the next generation, a trade market preview, and a new edition of "Learning Feels Good."
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Robert Mays @robertmays
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic MBA Daily. |
| 0:07.4 | This is Andrew Schlect. |
| 0:08.8 | I'm not hosting this show today. |
| 0:10.4 | I just wanted to give you an update on what's happening with the show today. |
| 0:13.6 | We are actually going to air an episode of The Athletic Show, which is a really good show that is on Fire TV. |
| 0:20.0 | It's on YouTube. |
| 0:20.7 | It's also on your podcast catcher. |
| 0:22.6 | Something worth subscribing to. We have Zena Kada, Robert Mays, Jason Goff, host the show on a weekly |
| 0:30.3 | basis. Our guy Sam Amick is on the show today. And then kind of the star of the show here is Zena's |
| 0:36.7 | interview with Golden golden state wargers |
| 0:39.6 | head coach steve cur who gives a really candid interview i thought it would be worth you guys |
| 0:44.7 | listening to if you haven't listened to it yet uh we really appreciate you guys tuning in hope |
| 0:48.9 | everybody is enjoying the holiday hope you had a good christmas um and we'll be back with you guys early next week but wanted to share this episode of the athletic. Hope you had a good Christmas. And we'll be back with you guys early next week. But I wanted to share this episode of The Athletic Show with you. And here it is right now. Whether we think the cup is good or bad or shouldn't continue or how it affects the schedule, all of those things are secondary to me. I'm more worried about my visual experience watching these crazy courts and trying to keep track of it. |
| 1:11.1 | This is one of my oldest man takes. |
| 1:12.8 | I just can't be that stimulated. |
| 1:15.9 | It's a little epileptic sometimes. |
| 1:17.6 | It's just, I can't put my readers eye |
| 1:21.1 | when I'm watching these games. |
| 1:22.1 | It can, it can be. |
| 1:23.4 | It's grown on me. |
| 1:24.7 | But one thing I will say, I don't like the cop-outs. |
| 1:28.7 | I don't like the courts that are just gray and then one other color. |
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