Steve Kerr Goes Off on LaVar Ball and Calls Him 'the Kardashian of the NBA'

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has had about enough of LaVar Ball. Prior to the Warriors' game against the Denver Nuggets on Monday, Kerr went on a rant, blasting the media, specifically ESPN, for their coverage of LaVar and the entire Ball family. "Somewhere, I guess in Lithuania, LaVar Ball is laughing," he said. "People are eating out of his hands for no apparent reason, other than that he's become the Kardashian of the NBA or something. That sells, and that's what is true in politics, entertainment and now in sports. It doesn't matter if there's any substance involved in an issue."

Kerr's problem with the Worldwide Leader in Sports in all of this is that, not too long, ESPN laid off a number of journalists who covered the NBA and provided substance by writing about the X's and O's of the game of basketball. However, all of that has gone out of the window, in favor of what Kerr refers to as "sensationalized news."

"You can see they’re not playing for Luke no more," Ball said of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton. "Luke doesn’t have control of the team no more. They don’t want to play for him." LaVar's remarks must have struck a chord with Kerr since Walton served as an assistant coach under him for the Warriors from 2014 to 2016.

It's the second time in as many days where an NBA head coach has criticized ESPN for giving LaVar a platform. On Sunday, Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle called the article where LaVar ripped Walton a "disgrace," adding that ESPN "should back up the coaches."

Watch Kerr's rant regarding Ball, ESPN, and the media below.