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NBA 13/02/2018, 09.30 Video

Steve Kerr lets Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green and David West run Warriors' huddles vs. Suns

Kerr: "It's the players' team, and they have to take ownership of it."

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During the win against the Suns, coach Steve Kerr let his players Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green and David West run the Warriors' huddles.

Per ESPN, "I told them the other night after the last game [on Saturday] that we were going to do it," Kerr said. "It's their team. I think that's one of the first things you have to consider as a coach. It's not your team, it's not [general manager] Bob Myers' team, it's not [owner] Joe Lacob's team -- although I'm not going to tell Joe that.

"It's the players' team, and they have to take ownership of it. And as coaches, our job is to nudge them in the right direction, guide them, but we don't control them. They determine their own fate and I don't feel like we focused well at all the last month, and it just seemed like the right thing to do. I thought they communicated really well together and drew up some nice plays, and it was a good night for the guys."

Immediately after the game, Kerr met with Suns coach Jay Triano on the court.

"I told Jay afterward that it had nothing to do with being disrespectful," Kerr said. "It had to do with me reaching my team. I have not reached them for the last month. They're tired of my voice. I'm tired of my voice. It's been a long haul these last few years and I wasn't reaching them, and we just figured it was probably a good night to pull a trick out of the hat and do something different.

"I thought the players responded really well. I just feel like when we're focused, we are really tough to beat, and tonight we were focused. And I think just having to count on each other, and not hearing my voice -- which sort of sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher or parent or whoever's voice that is. At this point, that's what I sound like to them. So, they needed a different voice."

Triano took it in stride.

"I noticed their plays were a little better out of timeout tonight," Triano told ESPN jokingly. "Nah, I didn't have a problem with what Steve did."

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