Kerr gave Barnes first alcoholic shot after Warriors won NBA championship

Over the lips and past the gums, look out stomach, here it comes.

Harrison Barnes had refrained from drinking alcohol his entire life, but after the Golden State Warriors won the 2015 NBA championship, it was difficult for the 23-year-old to avoid the champagne being sprayed around the locker room.

During a recent radio interview on 1460 KXnO in Iowa, Barnes revealed that head coach Steve Kerr gave him a shot at dinner following the title victory, which was technically his first real taste of liquor:

Barnes: "We go back to the hotel afterwards and have this big dinner, teammates all around. Coach Kerr comes over with a little shot. I was looking at him, like 'wow this is a shot, I don't know how you drink this.'"

Host: "He starts you with a shot? Okay, so what was it?"

Barnes: "Don Julio. I hated it, it wasn't good. I don't know why people drink."

Host: "There was champagne in the locker room, correct?"

Barnes: "Yeah, it was all in my eyes."

Host: "None of it went down the hatch?"

Barnes: "My eyes were burning too much, really couldn't really see. I was trying to find my goggles, that was the most important thing."

Host: "I'm so sorry that your first taste of alcohol was tequila. So did you end it right there?"

Barnes: "Yeah, it wasn't for me after that. But it was probably good in hindsight, maybe he was doing that to say 'Look, we don't want you to get started on this thing. We will give you the worst stuff right now so you don't have to worry about this again.'"

Kerr knew what he was doing. He wasn't pressuring Barnes into downing a shot just for the heck of it. It seems the awful experience of tasting tequila will turn Barnes off alcohol forever.

Genius.

- With h/t to CBS Sports