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Steve Kerr expressed agreement with Giannis Antetokounmpo's perspective on failure. GSW head coach praised Giannis for his talent, humanity, and attitude, and noted that his words offered a valuable view on the nature of competition in sports.

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After an early exit in the first playoff round vs. Heat, Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo provided an emotional response to whether he felt the first-seeded Bucks' season was a failure.

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Giannis' reply suggested that he does not consider the season a failure because he believes that every step, good or bad, leads to growth.

This is a common perspective in sports, where athletes often see losses as opportunities for learning and improvement.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr could not agree more.

"My reaction was just how lucky we are to have Giannis in the league and being one of the marquee stars in the league, not only for his talent, but his humanity and his perspective. He's so right. Are there really 29 failures every year in the league? One team -- It just can't be a zero-sum game. The other thing is like these guys -- I watch our guys every day and I know this goes on around the league but -- these guys work so hard and they put so much into it.

And so, when you hear terms like embarrassment or shame, like, why should anybody on Milwaukee be embarrassed or ashamed that they lost a playoff series? They shouldn't. Giannis is right. Nobody should be embarrassed. As long as they put in the work and put in the effort, which you know they did, this is sports of the highest level.

Miami's a hell of a team. Jimmy Butler's one of the great players in the league. Erik Spoelstra's one of great coaches in the league. You can say all that stuff -- upset and one versus eight and all that -- these are the greatest players on Earth. They're competing against each other. And somebody's gonna win, somebody's gonna lose. And I just think we're so lucky to have a guy like Giannis leading our league and talking some sense into people and offering perspective.

When you read stuff like that, it's just sort of mind boggling, but it is the world we live in and we all know what we're signing up for. But it's great when you have representatives like Giannis to try to talk sense into everybody."

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