What does the ‘Night Night’ remark Warriors coach Steve Kerr made in his speech at the 2024 DNC mean?

On Monday night, Steve Kerr made the transition from Team USA men’s basketball coach at the Olympic Games to speaker at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. And he took inspiration from Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, sending a defiant message to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as he showed his support for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Looking ahead to when the outcome of the presidential election is known on November 5, Kerr offered a prediction: “After the results are tallied that night, we can, in the words of the great Steph Curry, we can tell Donald Trump, ‘Night, night’”. The 58-year-old also did the obligatory ‘go to sleep’ gesture, tilting his head to one side and resting it on his hands.

Why does Steph Curry do a ‘Night night’ celebration?

Curry first became known for the gesture during the 2022 NBA Championship playoffs, which the Warriors, who Kerr also coaches, won. The point guard usually performed it to celebrate scoring a three-pointer, which he believed was enough to kill his team’s opponents off in the game.

With the Warriors having underperformed in the last couple of seasons, we haven’t seen it in the NBA recently, although Curry brought it back while playing for the United States at the 2024 Olympics, famously hushing the home crowd during the final against France in Paris.

When asked about the gesture after Game 2 of the 2022 Western Conference Finals, Curry said, “I have no idea. I don’t choreograph none of that stuff. I was just having fun. You talk about having kids. You know how bedtime routines are important. It’s the final signal for job well done that day. Pretty special.”

Kerr clearly hopes it will be a “job well done” for Democrat duo Harris and Walz when they take on former president Trump in the presidential election in November.