the origins and development of the Warriors’ “Death Lineup”…
Nick U’Ren, special assistant to Steve Kerr (who calls him his “chief of staff”), famously suggested that the Warriors start the small unit in the middle of last year’s Finals and then got name-checked for it by Kerr immediately after Game 4 in Cleveland.
U’Ren hasn’t talked about the whole thing very much, or talked about anything publicly, because he likes to stay behind the scenes and sure doesn’t want it to seem like he did or does anything more than any other members of Kerr’s staff do on a daily basis.