If there’s one thing Warriors head coach Steve Kerr hates more than unforced turnovers, it’s traveling. It’s a hatred that was brought to the forefront when Kerr deleted a tweet that was meant to be a direct message, which called out the league for letting James Harden get away with a blatant travel.
Why Steve delete this ??? pic.twitter.com/4oAMgr7KaV
— James Margariti! (@JamesMargariti) February 2, 2018
Nonetheless, Kerr will not receive any punishment from the NBA for voicing his displeasure, accidentally or not, according to NBC Sports’ Dan Feldman.
The day after the incident, Kerr explained himself during the team’s shoot around in Sacramento, claiming it was a malfunction from his new iPhone X.
“A friend DM’d me and said what do you think about this clip, and I responded to him,” Kerr said. “I hit send, and I was like, ‘oh no.’ I went right over to [assistant coach] Chris DeMarco because I have no idea how to delete a tweet. I rarely even send a tweet, let alone delete one, so I gave it to DeMarco. He deletes it after maybe thirty seconds, and I go, ‘What do you think? Am I going to get away with it?’ And he goes, ‘hell no.’
Steve Kerr explains his accidental Tweet on the James Harden move, blames his new iPhone X, thought it was a DM pic.twitter.com/I79HDn3qVO
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 2, 2018