Steve Kerr’s pre-game press conference had nothing to do with basketball ahead of Tuesday’s Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Mavericks. Instead, the Warriors head coach delivered a three-minute monologue in response to Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which killed at least 19 students and two adults.

Kerr, who has consistently spoken out about gun violence in America and has campaigned for gun control, visibly trembled and was at times on the verge of tears during his address to the media on Tuesday. Here’s the entirety of his pre-game availability, along with a video of his speech.

I won’t talk about basketball. Nothing has happened to our team in the last six hours. We’re going to start the same way tonight. Any basketball questions don’t matter.

Since we left the shooting, 14 kids have been killed 400 miles from here. And a teacher. In the last 10 days we’ve been killing elderly black people in a convenience store in Buffalo, we’ve been killing Asian churchgoers in Southern California. Now we have children who were murdered at school.

When do we do what? I am tired. I’m so tired of standing up here and offering my condolences to the devastated families out there. I’m so tired. Forgiveness. I am sorry. I’m tired of the moments of silence. Enough!

There are currently 50 senators who refuse to vote on HR8, which is a background check rule passed by the House of Representatives a few years ago. It has been there for two years. And there’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to stay in power.

So I’m asking you, Mitch McConnell, I’m asking you all the senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and the shootings in schools and supermarkets. I ask you: will you put your own desire for power over the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers? Because that’s what it looks like. We do that every week.

So I’m fed up. I’ve had enough. We’re going to play the game tonight. But I want everyone here, everyone listening to this, to think about their own child or grandchild, their mother or father, their sister, their brother. How would you feel if this happened to you today?

We can’t turn a deaf ear to it. We can’t sit here and just read about this and go, well, let’s have a moment of silence – yes, Go Dubs. Come on Mavs, let’s go. We will do that. We’re going to play a basketball game.

Fifty senators in Washington will hold us hostage. Do you realize that 90 percent of Americans, regardless of political party, want background checks — universal background checks? Ninety percent of us. We are being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who are refusing even to vote on it, despite what we, the American people, want.

They won’t vote on it because they want to hold on to their own power. It’s pathetic! I’ve had enough!

Kerr’s father, Malcolm, was killed by gunmen in 1984 while he was president of the American University of Beirut. The Warriors coach has spoken out against various shootings over the past few years and implored government officials to make meaningful changes to America’s gun control laws.

Several NBA players, including LeBron James, expressed outrage at Tuesday’s shooting. The NBA released a statement via Twitter:

“The NBA family is devastated by the horrific shooting that took place in Uvalde, Texas today. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of the victims, as well as to the whole of Robb Primary School and the community of Uvalde.”

Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd also addressed the shooting ahead of Game 4.

“It’s tough. You know, as coaches or dads, we have kids. People in this room have kids. Elementary school. You’re just thinking about what might happen to your family or your friends at a school,” Kidd said. “This is job training on the run. We will try to play the game. We have no choice. The game will not be canceled. But we have to find a way to turn pro, find a way to win and move forward.

“But the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas but across our country, is sad.”

Steve Kerr’s pre-game press conference had nothing to do with basketball ahead of Tuesday’s Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Mavericks. Instead, the Warriors head coach delivered a three-minute monologue in response to Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which killed at least 19 students and two adults.

Kerr, who has consistently spoken out about gun violence in America and has campaigned for gun control, visibly trembled and was at times on the verge of tears during his address to the media on Tuesday. Here’s the entirety of his pre-game availability, along with a video of his speech.

I won’t talk about basketball. Nothing has happened to our team in the last six hours. We’re going to start the same way tonight. Any basketball questions don’t matter.

Since we left the shooting, 14 kids have been killed 400 miles from here. And a teacher. In the last 10 days we’ve been killing elderly black people in a convenience store in Buffalo, we’ve been killing Asian churchgoers in Southern California. Now we have children who were murdered at school.

When do we do what? I am tired. I’m so tired of standing up here and offering my condolences to the devastated families out there. I’m so tired. Forgiveness. I am sorry. I’m tired of the moments of silence. Enough!

There are currently 50 senators who refuse to vote on HR8, which is a background check rule passed by the House of Representatives a few years ago. It has been there for two years. And there’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to stay in power.

So I’m asking you, Mitch McConnell, I’m asking you all the senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and the shootings in schools and supermarkets. I ask you: will you put your own desire for power over the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers? Because that’s what it looks like. We do that every week.

So I’m fed up. I’ve had enough. We’re going to play the game tonight. But I want everyone here, everyone listening to this, to think about their own child or grandchild, their mother or father, their sister, their brother. How would you feel if this happened to you today?

We can’t turn a deaf ear to it. We can’t sit here and just read about this and go, well, let’s have a moment of silence – yes, Go Dubs. Come on Mavs, let’s go. We will do that. We’re going to play a basketball game.

Fifty senators in Washington will hold us hostage. Do you realize that 90 percent of Americans, regardless of political party, want background checks — universal background checks? Ninety percent of us. We are being held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who are refusing even to vote on it, despite what we, the American people, want.

They won’t vote on it because they want to hold on to their own power. It’s pathetic! I’ve had enough!

Kerr’s father, Malcolm, was killed by gunmen in 1984 while he was president of the American University of Beirut. The Warriors coach has spoken out against various shootings over the past few years and implored government officials to make meaningful changes to America’s gun control laws.

Several NBA players, including LeBron James, expressed outrage at Tuesday’s shooting. The NBA released a statement via Twitter:

“The NBA family is devastated by the horrific shooting that took place in Uvalde, Texas today. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of the victims, as well as to the whole of Robb Primary School and the community of Uvalde.”

Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd also addressed the shooting ahead of Game 4.

“It’s tough. You know, as coaches or dads, we have kids. People in this room have kids. Elementary school. You’re just thinking about what might happen to your family or your friends at a school,” Kidd said. “This is job training on the run. We will try to play the game. We have no choice. The game will not be canceled. But we have to find a way to turn pro, find a way to win and move forward.

“But the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas but across our country, is sad.”