Kurtenbach: The Warriors are the Bay’s top organization — their NBA Draft showed why

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• Kurtenbach: Steve Kerr turned in a coaching masterpiece to claim the Warriors a fourth title BOSTON — When Steve Kerr came to the Warriors, it was because the team needed a head coach that would reset the culture in Oakland. Five-straight NBA Finals and a move across the Bay later, it’s obvious that Kerr was able to do that. The Warriors’ systems are the envy of the league and the team’s environment of positivity and accountability is legendary. But the Warriors needed something more than a big-picture coach this season, particularly in the NBA Finals.…
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• Kurtenbach: The Warriors built a perpetual winning machine. Now they have to pay for it The Warriors are atop the NBA once again. This status — once unimaginable for this organization — has become so commonplace that forward Draymond Green has taken to calling the NBA Finals the “Warriors Invitational” after Golden State’s fourth title — and sixth championship-round appearance — in eight years. Yes, the Warriors might have been down for the two years leading up to this incredible, improbable 2022 championship, but Green and the Dubs know what happens next: Twenty-nine other teams…
• NBA Draft: Santa Clara’s Jalen Williams goes No. 12 overall to Oklahoma City The post-season ascension of Santa Clara guard Jalen Williams is complete. Williams became the highest drafted player in school history Thursday night when the Oklahoma City Thunder made him the 12th pick in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft. That’s three spots better than Steve Nash, the Canadian guard who went No. 15 to the Phoenix Suns in 1996 and went to win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award. The selection was a minor surprise, given a sampling…
• What will Clippers do with 43rd pick? It’s a mystery “Now, we know it’s 43,” Lawrence Frank said, back in April, when he was asked think ahead to the Clippers’ sole pick entering the NBA Draft. It was just a few days after the Clippers’ postseason run ended before it could even get started with play-in losses to Minnesota and then New Orleans. The Clippers can thank the Pelicans for the fact that they’re entering Thursday’s draft with just the one pick: That play-in loss didn’t just end L.A.’s season…
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• Payton, Porter and Looney say they want to stay. Can the Warriors keep their big free agents? SAN FRANCISCO — The champagne buzz is still wearing off from the party in Boston and a parade is planned in San Francisco Monday to celebrate the Warriors’ fourth NBA title in eight years. But the Warriors have one eye looking forward to free agency that starts July 1. This championship proved that, even with the core in their mid-30s, the contention window is still wide open. Pressure is on the front office to keep the roster well-equipped to run…