Steve Kerr defends rookie’s dunk faux pas




San Francisco Chronicle Sports - Spoken Edition show

Summary: Hard to believe that in the NBA, a dunk would upset so many players and coaches.We’re talking about a dunk, people.Monday night in Dallas, Warriors’ rookie sub Jordan Bell, on a breakaway, with the Warriors winning easily, threw the ball off the backboard, grabbed it and dunked it.On the bench, Steve Kerr cringed, then told Bell to be ready for some blowback. Bell responded with a bewildered look. You get grief for dunking the ball? In the NBA? Really?Really. Some folks are sensitive.