Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers weighed in on the death of Minnesota protester Renee Nicole Good.
And by "weigh in," I mean they confidently declared verdicts while getting key facts wrong.
Doc Rivers kicked things off by calling it "a straight-up murder."
Those are some bold legal conclusions from someone whose expertise is limited to drawing up out-of-bounds plays. Especially now that additional video angles have complicated the narrative.
Almost as bold as his supposition that she was "probably trying to go home." Apparently that involves impeding law enforcement and then driving a vehicle toward an officer after being encouraged by your lesbian partner.
Rivers then explained that this tragedy proves "we're attacking brown people."
(The woman who was killed was white.)
Presumably the argument is now that enforcing immigration law is racist because ... brown people are uniquely incapable of following it.
That's an interesting form of progressive anthropology!
Rivers also lamented that when he grew up, the president was a role model, unlike today's "bullies" and "liars." Rivers grew up during:
Lyndon Johnson, who lied about Vietnam
Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace
Jimmy Carter, whose foreign policy failures reshaped global instability
But Rivers wasn't alone.
Steve Kerr, longtime patron saint of NBA sanctimony, chimed in to declare that ICE "committed murder" and that the government is lying, despite ongoing investigations and disputed accounts.
No evidence review.
No hesitation.
No humility.
Just vibes.
No one is asking NBA coaches to become legal scholars. But if they insist on using press conferences as political pulpits, the least they could offer is basic factual awareness.
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