Legendary Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr discussed similarities between WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark and NBA star guard Stephen Curry.
While Caitlin Clark has been having an interesting time acclimating to WNBA basketball, she’s still received compliments from several notable personalities in basketball, the latest being the Golden State Warriors’ head coach, Steve Kerr.
Kerr is a nine-time NBA champion, winning five titles as a player with the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs, and four as a coach with the Warriors.
As a player who’s been around the NBA as a player, executive and coach, Kerr taking a liking to a certain professional player is not something to scoff at, and his newest fixation comes from the WNBA with Clark. Even though the Indiana Fever has not started the season as well as they wanted, Clark has shown promise as an individual.
Her best games, such as when she scored a career-high 30 points against the Washington Mystics on June 7, have been mixed in with some forgettable efforts, like her three-point, 10 percent shooting night from the field against the New York Liberty in her previous game on June 2.
One of the reasons Kerr talked with NBC Sports Bay Area about Clark was that he felt as though she reminded him of a young Stephen Curry, mentioning that, like Clark, Curry had to continue to work to adjust to the professional ranks. In an episode of ‘The 11th Hour’ with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle, Kerr gave an explanation as to how he viewed Clark’s treatment in the WNBA, and why he is reminded so much of Curry through Clark.
“Caitlin reminds me a lot of Steph Curry. A lot of people may not remember this, but in Steph’s first couple of years, he was not a superstar. He was not who he is now. He had to get stronger, he had to understand people were coming after him. That’s what is happening with Caitlin right now.” – Steve Kerr
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