Arizona guard Steve Kerr against Illinois at McKale Center on Jan. 30, 1988.

 Elizabeth Mangelsdorf / Arizona Daily Star

Flashback: Kerr’s first income after his UA basketball days was $5,000 to film a TV commercial for the Lakeside Sports Club on East Golf Links Road.

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