The Golden State Warriors and Steve Kerr left feeling nauseated about their loss to the Houston Rockets in the NBA Cup. The game instigated a polarizing discussion. The last-second foul call on Jalen Green angered Kerr who bludgeoned the officials after the game. But Stephen Curry remained. Rather, he reflected on their performance, one which the team wasn’t proud of either.

With just over three minutes remaining, the Bay held a seven-point lead in the contest. From that point on, they only scored one point, giving Houston a gateway to stage a raging comeback. That was what the Chef felt lost the Warriors a chance to play in Las Vegas. “The pattern of scoreless droughts down the stretch has to be addressed, or else we’re going to be a mediocre team,” he told the media.

It came as a loaded message to the team, one that probes for answers. However, Stephen Curry also took accountability for the same as the scoring anchor in the clutch. Even Steve Kerr relates to the same. After having time to process his emotions from the dramatic loss, he commended Curry for his ‘authenticity’ that propels the Warriors to remain undivided.

“The beauty of Steph is that he’s one of the only superstars in sports who can just say that so authentically. So genuinely. So non-threateningly. There’s no controversy. Nobody’s writing stories today or yesterday about Steph Curry calls out his coach. It’s just genuine collaboration,” Kerr said about his superstar.

However, what exactly is it that the esteemed head coach identified as areas the Warriors can improve upon?

Steve Kerr is taking the healthy feedback from Stephen Curry

This wasn’t the first time Curry had voiced his opinions regarding the schemes the Warriors chose to run. A few ago, the four time champion also spoke about Kerr’s ’12 man rotation’. The ideology did pay dividends at first. But once teams began to catch on, it’s vitality has declined. To that Curry kept the floor open for going back to the traditional route.

“Do we need to shorten it? We probably need to be more predictable on a night-to-night basis so guys can get a little bit of a rhythm. Is that shortening it one or two guys? Maybe,” he said.

Since then, Steve Kerr has actively tried to shorten the rotations. Only in the loss to the Timberwolves did he utilize more than 11 players, but even that was due to the margin of their defeat. Now, with Stephen Curry voicing the need for organization, the nine-time champion feels he was “dead on” about what the Warriors need to do.

“What he (Steph) said was, we have to be better organized. We have to get certain go-to sets. We have to really be comfortable with what we’re doing with the personnel that we have,” the coach reflected.

One of the solutions could be to have Stephen Curry play for a longer duration throughout the game. Thus far, he is averaging the least minutes of his career. Moreover, with just 7.3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Bay has found it difficult to cope without the sharpshooter. In 178 minutes without Curry, they have been outscored by 31 points in the fourth quarter.

There are other aspects of team chemistry and continuity that the Warriors, a relatively new group are still figuring out. But having a healthy star-coach dynamic could be the start of great things to come. Collaboration is how the Bay has achieved success in the past. It doesn’t seem like the mantra is changing anytime soon.