The health of Warriors coach Steve Kerr may be a cause for concern again.
The team announced on Saturday that Kerr would not coach in Game 3 of their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers due to an illness and that assistant Mike Brown would assume head coaching duties.
UPDATE: Steve Kerr will not coach Game 3 at Portland tonight due to illness. Mike Brown will serve as acting head coach tonight.
— Warriors PR (@WarriorsPR) April 22, 2017
A Warriors team spokesman also told Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle that Kerr wasn’t sure if his current symptoms were related to his 2015 back surgeries.
Per a @warriors team spokesman, Steve Kerr isn't sure whether his current symptoms stem from the back surgery that has caused problems.
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) April 23, 2017
The 51-year-old Kerr underwent the procedure on his back in July 2015, then needed a second operation in September of that year due to a spinal fluid leak (which you can read the full details of here). Kerr’s recovery kept him sidelined for the first 43 games of the 2015-16 season, so any potential recurrence of symptoms is obviously worrisome.
