Steve Kerr is on a roll. Not only are his Golden State Warriors an NBA-best 38-7, but everything coming out of the head coach’s mouth has been golden.
After burning the Trump White House with his own take on “alternative facts,” Kerr also blasted NBA players’ all-star votes, saying they turned the process into a “mockery.”
Nearly 300 players got at least one vote to start next month’s All-Star Game, and almost 100 of those received just one vote. And yes, players were allowed to vote for themselves.
Here are Kerr’s comments, from The Associated Press (via USA Today):
“I am very disappointed in the players,” Kerr said before the Warriors played the Miami Heat on Monday night. “They’ve asked for a vote and a lot of them just made a mockery of it. I don’t know what the point is.”
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“I saw the list,” Kerr said. “I saw all the guys who got votes. … There were 50 guys on there who had no business getting votes. Although a lot of people wrote in their buddies in the presidential vote as well. So maybe that’s just their own way of making a statement. I think if you’re going to give the players a vote, I think they should take it seriously.”
Among many nonsensical votes, the one vote for Nuggets guard Mo Williams — who has not played this season — is the wildest. As odd as the addition of the player vote was to this year’s selection process, it also made for some great entertainment as Joel Embiid led a phenomenal Twitter campaign inspired by his desire to impress a romantic interest.
Player votes were not the only fluky part of the All-Star Game voting this year. As a result of fan voting, Russell Westbrook will not start for the West even though he is leading the NBA in scoring and averaging a triple-double.
