Steve Kerr is human, and that makes him fallible. But having flaws or making mistakes does not automatically exclude you from doing good deeds or being a respectable person.

I won't mince words - Kerr is deflecting, similarly to how Trump deflected attention away from his own administration's silence on China towards Kerr in the first place (but that case was much worse because it was literally the person in charge of US foreign policy and I am now digressing).

People like to point out Kerr's previous quote: "...if you look at the history of the world, the biggest problems come when people don’t speak. So I think it’s important to express your views." (Paywall, couldn't find any other source for the quote)

But he never promised to be an unwavering pillar of justice either, he's been honest about that in the past as well. From Mercury News, February 2017:

[Kerr] has declined several recent invites from CNN and other political stations to be a panelist or tell his story.

“I talk to my wife about what she thinks, what’s appropriate, what’s not,” Kerr said. “I’m sensitive to the fact that I’m kind of part of the face of the organization — Steph, KD, Bob (Myers), Joe (Lacob) — we’re all interviewed the most. But I don’t necessarily represent the views of everyone in the organization. So that’s a line I have to walk and I’m wary of. I don’t want to anger anyone in our organization. So I try to say things from a place of practicality.”

So yes, there's a lot of stuff he could do right. But that doesn't take away from the stuff he does do right. At the same time, we're free to criticize his decisions or indecision. It's a weird decision, that's why I think the whole situation is so messy for everyone, even in the comments