Steve Kerr isn’t worried about the frustrated email that Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob sent a fan earlier this week.
A Warriors fan sent Lacob an email after the team’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday with a quick plea, asking him to “please do something about this team.” The fan, according to SFGate, was 27-year-old Justin Dutari, who also asked rhetorically if Stephen Curry had to score 50 points each night for them to win, among other things. He also brought up the fact that he thought the Warriors were playing Jimmy Butler out of position.
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The email address that Dutari found for Lacob ended up being accurate, and Lacob replied within minutes.
“You can’t be as frustrated as me,” Lacob replied. “I am working on it. It’s complicated. Style of play. Coaches desires regarding players. League trends. Jimmy [Butler] is not the problem.”
Lacob signed the email simply, “Joe.”
Kerr was asked about the email on Tuesday, and said that “it’s not a big deal.” His relationship with Lacob, he insisted, is fine.
“I hate when people are gonna post private emails,” Kerr said, via ESPN’s Anthony Slater. “Imagine if everyone’s emails were just posted publicly, how tough that would be to live our lives.
“Joe supports me 100%, I support him. We have a great connection, and we’ve had so much continuity here and our stable environment in our organization is one of our strengths.”
Though Kerr isn’t bothered by the email, at least publicly, it’s easy to understand why Dutari and other Warriors fans could be upset. The team has lost eight of their last 12 games, and fell below .500 on the season after Sunday’s four-point loss in Portland. Curry dropped 48 points in that contest, too. They’ll enter Thursday’s game against the Phoenix Suns with a 13-14 record.
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Kerr shares that sentiment.
“We’re all frustrated,” he said. “Joe is frustrated, I’m frustrated, Steph and Dray, everybody’s frustrated. And this is kind of how the league works.”
As for Dutari, he’s just happy to have gotten his anger about his favorite sports team off his chest.
