Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has only one year left on his contract but doesn’t plan to talk about an extension until after the season, Anthony Slater of ESPN reports.
“I don’t anticipate any negotiation during the season,” Kerr said. “Who knows — maybe it all comes up at some point, and they come to me. But I’m not the slightest bit concerned about it. I don’t think about it. I just think it makes perfect sense for all of us [to wait].”
Kerr is entering his 12th season as Golden State’s head coach but states he hasn’t lost his fire to pursue more championships with the organization.
“I love my job,” Kerr said. “I love what I’m doing every day. I can’t wait to get to the building. Hopefully, I’m here for another few years. But I think it makes sense for the organization and for me to see where this thing is at the end of the year — where they are and where I am. Hopefully, that means we run it back, we keep going with this group, that’d be awesome. But I like the fact we can do it how we want it.”
As Slater notes, the team’s three aging star players — Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green — all have two years remaining on their current contracts. Curry and Green remain staunch Kerr supporters, according to Slater. Though there’s no guarantee Kerr will remain beyond this season, the fact that he wants to remain with the Warriors along with the brass’ strongly support, it would be a huge surprise if he’s not coaching there again next season.
Kerr is currently working off a two-year, $35MM extension he signed during the 2023/24 season.
“I’m very comfortable going into the season with a year left,” Kerr said. “I’m so aligned with [general manager] Mike [Dunleavy] and [owner] Joe [Lacob]. We talked about this — there’s no reason for discussion or concern. This is kind of a point in our relationship where let’s just see how it is at the end of the year.”
To cut a long story short, he’ll coach as long as Steph is there.
Exactly he will retire when Curry contract is done in 2 years.
Wow Nostradamus. You are predicting something that Kerr has talked about for awhile now. Got a prediction for last year’s NBA finals.
This might be the end.
Don’t throw money away. Kerr will be gone when the wheels fall off one way or another. Warriors are very close to totally rebuilding.
Yup, it’s coming.
Their margin for error is as thin as can be …. an extended Steph injury, a Draymond incident, the brutal West.
Not to mention, Jimmy’s joy-meter can go off any day.
They already went through one rebuild with Kerr. Dunleavy is already making plans for the next one. Kerr has said he would probably retire with Curry. Anymore insight.
A GM with an aging superstar, already making plans for a rebuild/2nd rebuild ……. great analysis there.
You should work for ESPN.
Drafting Kuminga, Moody, and Wiseman was intended to be a rebuild. But, a finals victory got in the way. The Warriors will clear a lot of cap space after 27. There will be a bunch of new faces.
2 timelines and drafting 18 yr olds were a major disaster for this Curry Era :(
Giants….Warriors have NEVER been in rebuild mode with Kerr, stop it. Prime Steph, Klay and Green. If you thought that was a rebuild, you’re in for real hard times soon. Bulls been rebuilding since MJ. I hope for your mental state your teams isn’t as brutal. I was born into parents who were Boston fans and got nothing but horses××t for 20 years.
I dont believe Kerr will be out of basketball onve coaching days are over. He will probably end up as a President of a team. Could he replace Pop with Spurs?
Kerr won five championships as a player in his 30s. He won his first title as a coach at the very tail end of his 40s. And he won three more titles as a coach in his 50s. What’s in store for Kerr now that he just reached his 60s?
Please vote……….
(A) No more titles as a coach but good possibility for at least one more in another NBA role
(B) At least one more title as the Warriors’ head coach – Steph teaming with Giannis still a decent possibility
(C) 9 is it – but what a run it’s been
(D) He eventually coaches elsewhere and has a decent shot at #10 wherever he ends up
As a GSW fan, I choose B
Kerr isn’t leaving unless he gets a much better offer somewhere else…not sure where that would even be.