NBA fines Warriors coach Steve Kerr $25,000 for criticism of officials

Steve Kerr went on KNBR radio earlier this week and blasted NBA officials. By Sunday, he paid for it.|

OAKLAND — Steve Kerr went on KNBR radio earlier this week and blasted NBA officials for their inability to spot obvious traveling calls. By Sunday, he paid for it.

The league hit Kerr with a $25,000 fine for the comments, which can be read below.

'How is it that everybody on earth can see these traveling violations except for the three people that we pay to do the job?' Kerr told KNBR. 'I don't get it. It's bizarre. (Traveling's) a point of emphasis on one particular play and that's when you catch and go.It's just the one that the officials are taught to see.'

'But I can literally put together a blooper reel of plays that are embarrassing travels that are just not called. I believe it's a case of they have so many things to look at - they are looking at defensive three seconds, the contact in the lane when people are cutting through the lane, they're looking at the charge and block circle - they're looking at everything except what they should be looking at which is the basic rule of the game, which is traveling. And it's a shame because guys are getting away with murder out there and the fans see it.'

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