Steve Kerr

Biography

Steve Kerr (born September 27, 1965 in Beirut, Lebanon (Beirut, Lebanon: beirut (arabic - the french name, beyrouth,...
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Steve Kerr went to Palisades High School (now Palisades Charter High School) in Pacific Palisades, California (Pacific Palisades, California: more facts about this subject) . As the son of an American (American: A native or inhabitant of the United States) ambassador (ambassador: A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another) he spent much of his childhood travelling around the world. One day in September of 1984, he saw his life drastically change when his father, who was then serving as president of the American University of Beirut (American University of Beirut: the american university of beirut (aub) is a private, independent, non-sectarian university...
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Kerr was about to start playing basketball (basketball: A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop) on the Arizona (Arizona: A state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon) basketball program. His college career there started in November, two months after his father's death. Kerr helped the Wildcats reach the Final Four (Final Four: the playoff term final four was originally popularized to refer to the final four teams in...
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Kerr was selected by the Phoenix Suns (Phoenix Suns: the phoenix suns are a national basketball association team based in phoenix, arizona....
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[follow hyperlink for more...]) . The 1993-1994 and 1994-1995 Bulls reached the playoffs, but, without Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan: more facts about this subject) 's presence for all of 1994 and much of 1995, they could not win championships. However, with Jordan back full time for the 1995-1996 season, the Bulls went 72-10 and defeated the Seattle SuperSonics (Seattle SuperSonics: the seattle supersonics are a national basketball association team based in seattle,...
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After the Bulls reached the 1996-1997 finals against the Utah Jazz (Utah Jazz: the utah jazz are a national basketball association team based in salt lake city, utah...
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The Spurs made it to the finals for the first time in their history, and Kerr won his fourth ring in a row when the Spurs beat the New York Knicks (New York Knicks: the new york knicks (or new york knickerbockers) are a national basketball association...
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Kerr, considered by autograph (autograph: Something written by one's own hand) experts to be a good autograph signer for fans, ended his career as a bench player who could help the team by making three-point shots or jump shots during the game's most important stretches. He remained a key substitute for the Spurs until his retirement.

In the 2003 Playoffs, Kerr made some key contributions in Game Six of the Spurs Western Conference Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks (Dallas Mavericks: the dallas mavericks are a national basketball association team based in dallas, texas...
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Kerr announced his retirement after the 2003 NBA Finals. He was then hired as an NBA analyst by TNT (TNT: Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene) , and also contributes to Yahoo! (Yahoo!: more facts about this subject) as an NBA commentator.

His career totals are: 5,437 points for six points per game, 1,060 rebounds for a total of 1.2 rebounds per game, and 1,658 assists per game, for an average of 1.8 assists per game. He also retired as the league's all-time leader in three-point shooting percentage for a season (.524 in 1994-95) and a career (.454).

On April 15, 2004, Kerr was announced as a member of a potential group of buyers that would acquire his old team, the Suns, from Jerry Colangelo (Jerry Colangelo: jerry colangelo (born november 20, 1939) is a respected arizona sports mogul....
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