Steve Kerr believes Russell Westbrook's "no comment" approach in dealing with Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman could become a dangerous precedent for the NBA. 

“I just feel that we have to be very careful as a league,” Kerr said. “We’re in a good place right now. Very popular. Fans love the game, the social dynamic, the fashion. But more than anything they love the connection they feel to the players. I think it’s important for the players to understand that it’s a key dynamic to this league. I don’t think this is a healthy dynamic, for this league, for any player, any team, any local media, any national media.”

Kerr views the complete avoidance of communication as different than uninspired responses to questions.

“It’s all part of the business,” Kerr said. “You’ve got to feed information to the fans. You don’t have to give a great answer, but it’s dangerous when you go down that path of no communication because one of the reasons people like the league right now is we have a lot of great players, really good guys who handle themselves well. So don’t kill that. You’ve got to keep that going. That’s a big part of the business.”