Beam coached within the East Bay for 40 years, first at Skyline Excessive College after which at Laney School, earlier than retiring from teaching in 2024 and turning into Laney’s athletic director. He was shot on the faculty’s athletic fieldhouse on Thursday, and was pronounced useless on Friday morning.
“It’s a really difficult time for people in Oakland right now,” Kerr stated. “Coach Beam was a legend … a sad day, sad day for the Bay Area, and a sad day for coach Beam’s family.”
The longtime coach was beloved by members from each nook of the Oakland neighborhood, and later grew to become a nationally-recognized determine for his position in Netflix’s “Last Chance U” documentary that featured Beam’s Eagles.
Kerr then made a heartfelt plea to deal with gun violence within the metropolis that the Warriors performed in till 2019.
“Everybody knows he’s a revered figure in Oakland, who did so much for so many people,” Kerr stated. “On behalf of the Warriors, I want to extend our condolences, and remind everybody we have to be the change, as a community, as citizens, we have to be the ones who insist that we address gun violence issues.”
Kerr stated that he didn’t “know him personally,” however that the 2 had many mutual mates.
Kuminga standing
Jonathan Kuminga is not going to play towards San Antonio as he battles knee soreness that saved him out of the second half of Wednesday’s victory.
Kuminga is averaging 13.8 factors, 6.6 rebounds and a couple of.8 assists per recreation whereas beginning 12 occasions earlier than coming off the bench within the final recreation.
“Hopefully over the next couple of days as he visits with our training staff every day, they’ll get him on track soon,” Kerr stated. “But just day to day (for now).”
Curry’s new kicks
The day after Below Armour introduced that the shoe model could be splitting with Steph Curry – his Curry Model will develop into an unbiased entity – the famous person’s footwear was a extremely anticipated a part of the pregame routine.
He took to the courtroom in a pair of black and white Nikes. Curry left Nike in 2013 to signal with Below Armour.
