Steve Kerr became the winningest coach in Warriors history following Saturday’s victory over New York, per Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.com. With his 558th regular season win, Kerr broke Al Attles‘ franchise record.
As Youngmisuk notes, Attles spent six-plus decades with the Warriors as a player, executive and coach. The Hall of Famer, who passed away in August, guided the club for 14 seasons, leading the team to its first championship in 1975. His family was on hand to present Kerr with the game ball after the victory.
“It was a great moment being awarded the game ball by the Attles family,” Kerr said. “It was really beautiful to be honored by their presence, and obviously Al Attles is Mr. Warrior forever. The record, it’s kind of surreal to even think that this could happen, but it’s a reflection of our organizational strength, stability and a talent level over the last 11 years since I’ve been here.
“I’m incredibly lucky to be part of this organization and part of this city and very humbled by the honor because of Al’s greatness and what he means to the franchise.”
Here’s more on the Warriors:
- Golden State is now 14-1 when Jimmy Butler is in the lineup. ESPN’s Brianna Williams takes a look Butler’s history of making an immediate impact with the teams he has played for.
- Butler has acted as more of a play-maker than a scorer since he joined the Warriors. His 11.0 field goal attempts per game with Golden State would be his lowest mark in 11 years, but he’s averaging 5.9 assists and only 1.4 turnovers per game, two of the best figures of his career. After Saturday’s victory, Butler suggested he’s been biding his time when it comes to scoring, as Anthony Slater of The Athletic relays (Twitter video link). “When it’s my time, you’ll know it’s my time,” Butler said. “Until then, I’m going to pass the ball to the open man, get my guys some jumpers, get them out in transition and we gonna keep winning.”
- Kerr said the Warriors are targeting Tuesday’s game vs. Milwaukee for Brandin Podziemski to return from the back issue that has cost him the past four games, Slater tweets. That means the second-year guard will miss his fifth straight contest on Monday against Denver.