NBA: Champion coach makes shocking marijuana admission

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, right, talks with Stephen Curry during the first half of an NBA basketball game. Photo / AP

Steve Kerr isn't into weed, but he gets it.

On Friday, the Golden State Warriors head coach joined CSN Bay Area's Monte Poole's Warriors Insider podcast and discussed everything from basketball to race relations.

Kerr also offered his thoughts on the increasing legalisation/decriminalisation of marijuana in the US, along with his stance on whether professional sports leagues like the NBA will eventually have to change their drug policies to reflect new realities in the changing landscape of drug enforcement in the country.

Kerr said yes - he thinks the leagues should and will change their policies, and also admitted that he had tried marijuana in the past year in the hopes it would help alleviate his chronic back pain.

"I'm not a pot person," Kerr said.

"It doesn't agree with me. I've tried it a few times and it did not agree with me at all... I might actually get in trouble for this, but I've actually tried it twice during the last year when I've been going through this pain, this chronic pain I've been dealing with."

Kerr also had an opinion on the NFL's harsh marijuana punishments against players who face dramatic physical trauma on a weekly basis. A recent example is Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson, who has been suspened for 10 games after using marijuana to treat Crohn's disease.

"I think it's only a matter of time before the NBA, the NFL and Major League Baseball realise that...especially for these NFL guys who are basically involved in a car wreck every Sunday, and maybe four days later the following Thursday, which is another insane thing that the NFL does.

"But I would hope that league would come to its senses...I'm not the expert on this, but I do know this...if you're an NFL player and you've got a lot of pain, I don't think there's any question that pot is better for your body than Vicodin."