Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...

Steve Kerr wants to avoid being a distraction by starring in an ongoing drama, but I’m pretty sure the Warriors would gladly take whatever Kerr can give them the rest of the playoffs. Coach every other game? Fine. Kerr’s their guy. Drama, schmama.

After what the 49ers did to the Bears in the first round of the NFL draft, teams will be loath to wheel-and-deal with draft bullies John Lynch and Paraag Marathe.

The Raiders got the upper hand on the 49ers in the first round. The Raiders’ guy (reportedly) passed a polygraph test, the 49ers’ guy flunked a drug test. Smell test? Results pending.

When general manager Reggie McKenzie says the Raiders “did our due diligence” and “research” before drafting Gareon Conley ,I wonder whether it was the same due diligence and research they did before signing Aldon Smith.

No more dirt-bike adventures for Madison Bumgarner, and I’m guessing the Giants are also telling MadBum ix-nay on spinning doughnuts in the cow pasture in his Ford pickup.

JaVale McGee told me his vertical leap is 33 or 34 inches. The playground measure of a great jumper used to be whether he could he touch the top of the backboard, 13 feet high. Wilt Chamberlain could place a coin atop the backboard. “I used to” reach the top, McGee told me, “not no more. I lost some jump. I got heavier, that’s why.”

Portland’s Damian Lillard, on his trash-talk duel with Draymond Green: “I think it elevates the level of the game. The only time it’s like, ‘Man, be quiet,’ it’s when you hear people at the end of the bench yelling out stuff . ... So (trash talk) is respected on both ends.”

Wonder how the 49ers feel about this: Every time I see documentary filmmaker and left-wing gadfly Michael Moore on a TV news show, he’s rocking a 49ers ball cap.

If you want to become fluent in corporate speak, study Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank. Referring to low sales of the latest Stephen Curry shoe, Plank said that “a sluggish signature market and warm consumer reception led to softer-than-expected results,” creating an “inventory imbalance.”

A tip o’ the chef ’s hat to Ayesha Curry for slamming the White House on proposed budget cuts that will endanger programs like No Kid Hungry, for which she is an ambassador. Hey, maybe we could feed hungry kids with leftovers from President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Chocolate cake like they’ve never seen!