{"id":428135,"date":"2023-06-27T18:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=428135"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:22:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:22:02","slug":"nba-twitter-cannot-stop-laughing-at-steve-kerrs-funny-handshake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-twitter-cannot-stop-laughing-at-steve-kerrs-funny-handshake\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Twitter Cannot Stop Laughing At Steve Kerr&#8217;s Funny Handshake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Kerr, the head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/warriors\/\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>, just had the opportunity to get to know his team&#8217;s new weapons from the just-completed 2023 NBA Draft. Brandin Podziemski and Trayce Jackson-Davis shaking hands with Kerr must be an exciting event for them both, but Warriors and NBA fans on Twitter saw something else that they find humorous.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Twitter Cannot Stop Laughing At Steve Kerr&#8217;s Funny Handshake<\/h2>\n<p>Even though the video of Steve Kerr&#8217;s bizarre east-west handshake is 24 hours old, I can&#8217;t quit watching it. or by contemplating it. Or contemplating what motivates someone to shake someone&#8217;s hand in that way.<\/p>\n<p>It seemed a little strange in the Warriors&#8217; footage of Kerr shaking the hands of their two draft choices, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Brandin Podziemski. Instead of a traditional handshake, Kerr swings his arm back and forth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why does Steve Kerr shake hands like that??<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iz9G1vpZcs\">pic.twitter.com\/iz9G1vpZcs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1673360153435860992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After Kerr shook hands with Jackson-Davis, he and Podziemski made the same motion, albeit considerably differently.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @ciaokatie asked, &#8220;What is that side-to-side handshake lmao.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>@Isaac_Meckler asked, &#8220;Why did Kerr shake BP&#8217;s hand like that? &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, @TheoSlater9 also could not get enough of it: \u201cnah bro ain\u2019t ever gettin minutes, what type of handshake is this \ud83d\ude2d\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen anyone shake hands on the x axis before that\u2019s crazy,\u201d quipped @BirdUntruster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;re open to explanations.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5rlk3yVvEo\">https:\/\/t.co\/5rlk3yVvEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deadspin\/status\/1673723032819335169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are a ton of options. Does Kerr never re-create the same shake? Was it intended to win over Podziemski, a first-round pick, by impressing him? Was it an MLK Ultra mental evaluation to see how Podziemski would respond?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">steve kerr with the pendulum handshake LOL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dKdk8D1uFS\">https:\/\/t.co\/dKdk8D1uFS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kevsweaty (@kevsweatyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevsweatyy\/status\/1672407456306327553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To his credit, Podziemski either doesn&#8217;t notice or completely notices but manages to play it off. first day of work, getting to know the new boss, etc. To be honest, that was the proper move.<\/p>\n<p>People would start copying it if Podziemski had made a big deal out of it. It would become popular after first being ridiculed by hipsters who claimed they preferred it over the up-down shake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Kerr with a classic white guy handshake mess up. It\u2019s alright. We\u2019ve all been there. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBASummer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBASummer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/snYcVdubrU\">pic.twitter.com\/snYcVdubrU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt (@MatthewDuell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewDuell\/status\/1016472311002816512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There will always be something funny to say on Twitter. Even though some people don&#8217;t find it hilarious, they must realize that this isn&#8217;t how a handshake is normally given.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, ending the Warriors&#8217; reign as the league&#8217;s undisputed champions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Brian Windhorst Teases Cavaliers \u201cOutlandish\u201d Off Season Plans\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/brian-windhorst-teases-cavaliers-outlandish-off-season-plans\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Brian Windhorst Teases Cavaliers \u201cOutlandish\u201d Off Season Plans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, just had the opportunity to get to know his team&#8217;s new weapons from the just-completed 2023 NBA Draft. Brandin Podziemski and Trayce Jackson-Davis shaking hands with Kerr must be an exciting event for them both, but Warriors and NBA fans on Twitter saw something else [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":392963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2215,2016,10288,10287],"class_list":["post-428135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-news","tag-steve-kerr","tag-steve-kerr-handshake","tag-steve-kerr-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}