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Steve Kerr Makes Donald Trump Joke About His Forgettable Time with Orlando Magic

Steve Kerr took a jab at White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's lying press conference.

With the Warriors in town to blow out the Magic on Sunday, media gathered with Steve Kerr to reminisce about his brief and hard-to-remember time as a player in Orlando during the 1992-93 season. During pregame introductions, the public-address person had trolled him as "former Orlando Magic star Steve Kerr." Kerr seemed to find it funny while mixing in a topical joke, referencing White House press secretary Sean Spicer's "alternative facts" news conference that overstated the size of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration crowd.

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ESPN's Ramona Shelburne transcribed the exchange:

Here's the full setup of that Steve Kerr/Sean Spicer line pic.twitter.com/sOos2abjdB
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 22, 2017

Twelve or 14 points in three months? Sounds awful! However, not to get all "WELL ACTUALLY" on the Warriors coach, but Kerr appears to be exaggerating, or whatever the opposite of "exaggerating" is. (De-exaggerating? Un-embellishing?) Fact-checking the statistics in Kerr's joke reveals that while he was close-ish on the amount of time he spent in Orlando (in reality, it was about four and a half months, not three), Kerr actually scored 122 points for the Magic that season. He scored 12 points for the Cavaliers, who traded him for a draft pick about a month into the regular season. So it appears that Kerr mixed up these details somehow—or did he?

In 2015, Kerr famously admitted to lying to the media, by knowingly spreading misinformation about his starting lineup, before Game 4 of the NBA Finals. "I don't think they hand you the trophy based on morality," Kerr also said. "They give it to you if you win."

That was kind of a moment of reckoning for Steve Kerr fans (yes, they exist). Many pro athletes, they flop, they exaggerate in order to get a call from officials. Coaches gild the lily, or even spread misinformation through the media, in order to gain an advantage. But when a so-called "good guy" like Kerr came out and said he lied in order to win, deep down it confirmed what most of us probably knew already: These guys—all of these guys—will say or do anything. OK, except Tim Duncan. He has never lied or cheated.

So, was Kerr simply mixing up the details of his career during playful banter with the media this weekend? Or was Kerr lying again in order to land his joke? He's on the record as an admitted Lying Liarson already! You're probably thinking, If only the media worked this fervently to fact-check our politicians! Well, perhaps that's right, but we've got to start somewhere.