Luke Walton managed to keep a straight face when asked about his career trajectory.
“That’s the way it’s supposed to work, right?” he deadpanned Monday after directing the Warriors through a morning shootaround at Stanford.
Oh, sure. Get your first NBA coaching job, win a championship, get promoted to top assistant and then suddenly find yourself as interim head coach of the reigning champs. All within about 14 months.
Walton, 35, has been so busy since finding out last week that he would step into the head-coaching duties while Steve Kerr recovers from back surgery that Walton hasn’t had a chance yet to think about how surreal the situation is.