Perhaps the greatest business decision over the last 20 years — other than buying Apple stock — was a choice to coach a basketball team.And to not coach another.
In one move, Steve Kerr looked like Steve Jobs when he decided to stalk the sidelines for the Golden State Warriors, instead of pacing the haunted hardwood of Madison Square Garden for the wretched Knickerbockers.
The symmetry, and contrast, is astonishing. You use the same four numbers to construct their respective records. But the order is another thing. One team went 67-15, the other went 17-65. One team is one win from the NBA Finals, while the other was one loss from the worst record in the league.