Frustrated by the lack of traveling calls, Warriors coach Steve Kerr openly criticized the league and its officials for not being more judicious with players taking extra steps. Kerr is not just complaining about opposing teams. He believes his own team travels as well and is shocked that officials are, in his mind, simply ignoring it.

Kerr made his critique on sports radio in the Bay Area, but it looks like he'll pay for speaking his mind. The NBA announced Sunday a $25,000 fine for Kerr for "public criticism of officiating."

From CSN Bay Area:

"How is it that everybody on Earth can see these traveling violations except for the three people that we pay to do the job? I don't get it. It's bizarre," Kerr said on KNBR 680. "It's (traveling) a point of emphasis on one particular play and that's when you catch and go ... it's just the one that the officials are taught to see.

"But I can literally put together a blooper reel of plays that are embarrassing travels that are just not called. I believe it's a case of they have so many things to look at -- they are looking at defensive three seconds, the contact in the lane when people are cutting through the lane, they're looking at the charge and block circle -- they're looking at everything except what they should be looking at which is the basic rule of the game, which is traveling.

"And it's a shame because guys are getting away with murder out there and the fans see it. My favorite is when you see the visiting team travel and you see like a 1,000 fans in the background all doing the traveling signal with their hands. If those people saw it, how come the refs didn't?"

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"I want to make it clear -- our guys travel all the time, too. So this is not me saying, 'Hey, we're getting a raw deal.'"

Kerr has a point as officials miss calls all the time. But why he is complaining about it when the Warriors are surging and haven't lost a game because of a missed call? He wants the league to call a fair and even game. Unfortunately for Kerr, his comments did cost him. But if Kerr getting fined prompts the league to call more traveling violations, it will be money well spent for the Warriors coach.