Luke Walton’s burst into bloom

After the final buzzer of the Golden State Warriors’ record 16th-straight victory to start the NBA season Tuesday, interim head coach Luke Walton went and hugged Lakers guard emeritus and former teammate Kobe Bryant. The embrace was appropriate and real. Luke rubbed Kobe’s head on the dismount and they exchanged a grin as if the following exchange had occurred: ‘Come here Kobe.” “No, you come here Luke.”

By Andrew Pridgen

At 16-0 is Luke Walton this good?

Yes, Luke Walton is this good.

Good enough, for example, for me to no longer refer to him as Luke Wilson.

Like less than a month ago, I had a conversation (OK ghcat) that went like this:

ghcat friend: What do you think of Steve Kerr?

me: I don’t.

gchat friend: His back surgery. He can’t coach.

me: I think he can coach OK. I have a problem with back surgery though.

gchat…