There’s little doubt that Steve Nash will make Stephen Curry better at reading defenses, that he will make Klay Thompson a better ball-handler or that he will make Harrison Barnes a more efficient player.
But the full breadth of Nash’s potential impact on the Warriors might have been best conveyed at Friday’s practice, his second in Oakland since being hired as a player development consultant.
On what was supposed to be the first full day of Steve Kerr’s medical leave of absence, the Warriors head coach came to the team’s facility for treatment on his back and couldn’t help but pop into practice for a bit.