Steve Kerr won’t ‘shut up and whistle.’ Coach uses Steph Curry’s ‘night, night’ move on Trump

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr speaks Monday during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Kerr, who led the U.S. men’s basketball team to a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, is backing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. So given the opportunity to speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz, Kerr focused on what he knows best — leadership. “After the results are tallied,” Kerr said, “we can — in the words of the great Steph Curry — we can tell Donald Trump, ‘Night, night.’” Endorsing the Democratic ticket was not a surprise from Kerr, who for years has been one of the most outspoken liberal voices in sports. Trump blasted Kerr in 2019 for initially declining to comment on the NBA’s handling of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, tweeting that Kerr looked like “a scared little boy.” Kerr responded a day later, saying, “This was my experience with, wow, has the office sunken low.