Six playoff appearances, six trips to the NBA Finals and four championships.
That last number is the most rewarding part of Steve Kerr's eight-plus seasons as the Warriors' head coach thus far, and there have been a handful of other notable achievements as well. Right from the start of Kerr holding a clipboard and standing on the sidelines, he has secured his name in the record books.
The Warriors' red-hot start that turned into 67 regular-season wins and their first championship in 40 years made Kerr's 2014-15 season the greatest ever by a rookie coach. All he did the next season was help break his own wins record from his playing days. Kerr shot over 50 percent on 3-pointers for the third time in his career as a key member off the bench for the 72-win Chicago Bulls in the 1995-96 season.
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Little did he know that he'd be the coach of the team to break that storied record, exactly 20 years later.
Each title, each team accolade has been special for its own reasons. Last season's ring was especially gratifying after two straight down seasons, including a league-worst 15 wins two seasons prior to raising another banner. But which moment -- which feeling -- does Kerr wish he could play on repeat if given the power to do so?
He has two. Both show who the Warriors are, and who he is as a coach.
First, let's start with a trophy -- the Finals MVP, to be specific. No, not Warriors superstar Steph Curry finally hoisting it. Kerr firmly believes any argument that felt Curry had to add that to his Hall of Fame résumé couldn't be more wrong.
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"There would be two moments," Kerr said to NBC Sports Bay Area in an exclusive interview for the latest episode of the "Dubs Talk" podcast. "One would be Andre Iguodala winning the Finals MVP award, because that captured everything that I believe in from a team standpoint -- that when you make sacrifices and the team wins, the individual gets rewarded.
"Andre had never come off the bench in his career until that year. It was not easy for him, but he persevered and he winds up being Finals MVP. It was like karma.”
Prior to Kerr taking over as the Warriors' head coach, Iguodala had played 758 regular-season games in his first 10 years as a pro. He had started every single one of them. In five separate seasons, he played, and started, all 82 games. Then came a first-time coach with a grand plan.
Iguodala joining the Warriors in the summer of 2013 was a changing of the guard for Golden State. The Warriors had just upset Iguodala's Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. Over those six games, he saw something in the young group, something he wanted to be a part of.
The former All-Star knew he could thrive playing alongside the likes of Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, even though Thompson only had two years of experience in the NBA and Green was a rookie when the Warriors took down Denver. But what Iguodala didn't realize was his skill set, intelligence and leadership would turn him into one of the best glue guys ever, whether that be in the starting lineup or coming off the bench.
When Iguodala was awarded the Finals MVP, Kerr saw a path for more. It was only the start to the Warriors' dynasty, and it all started with sacrifice.
Kerr's second moment didn't include hardware. There were no trophies, and the Warriors later came up short in the Finals for circumstances that were out of their hands.
"The other moment, there was a play in Game 6 [of the Western Conference Finals] when we played Houston after Kevin Durant got injured and we won Game 6, it was 2019," Kerr said. "We went down to Houston and Steph had like 35 points in the second half and there was a key possession down the stretch where Klay ended up getting a three that won the game, that basically sealed the win, and it was Warriors basketball.
"It was pick-and-roll with Steph and Draymond -- I think all five guys touched the ball on the possession and the ball was eventually swung from Andre to Klay for a 3 and it was the most beautiful offensive possession. It captured our team perfectly, and that play I will always remember."
With the Warriors up by three points and one minute remaining in the game, Curry came off a screen set by Green, who drove to the basket for what looked like a layup. Instead, he kicked it to the left corner to Iguodala. The ball had barely touched his hands before Iguodala gave it right back to Thompson behind the 3-point line, and with Chris Paul and a flying PJ Tucker coming at him, Klay splashed the triple and called game.
End of the Warriors-Rockets rivalry, and another trip to the Finals.
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Press play. Watch the ball coming down the net, and take a look at all the Warriors when Iguodala was crowned Finals MVP. Kerr can still feel those two instances, and he always will.
Welcome to Warriors basketball. Good luck getting rid of it. The whole game has changed because of the way it's played out in The Bay.