CLEVELAND — On a day that commemorates Martin Luther King Jr.’s beliefs in racial equality, non-violent resistance and inclusion, Warriors coach Steve Kerr could not help but notice the irony.
MLK Day is both a federal holiday and takes place on Dr. King’s birthday in honor of his civil rights activism before he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. But Aaid the United States’ political divisions, racial tensions and ineqality, what would Dr. King have made of the current climate?
“That’s a great question,” Kerr said. “He would be less than inspired by the leadership in our country, no doubt about that.