The Warriors could be embarking on an “organizational reset” if head coach Steve Kerr decides not to return, several team sources tell Ramona Shelburne and Anthony Slater of ESPN. That could involve significant changes to the roster and coaching staff as the team tries to find a new direction following a 37-45 season and an exit in the play-in tournament.
After Friday’s loss at Phoenix, Kerr indicated that he’ll take a week or two before deciding whether to continue coaching. Team sources tell Shelburne that timeline is respectful to Kerr while giving the organization enough time to address its coaching situation before moving on to roster decisions. The sources also state that staff and philosophy questions will be discussed if Kerr returns, as management believes the team has become too reliant on three-point variance and wants to see more diversification in the offense and a greater emphasis on winning the possession battle.
There are lingering concerns about the 13-15 start when the roster was mostly healthy, Shelburne adds. Late-game performance, turnover problems and a sub-.500 record during a season when so many opponents were tanking were also worrisome.
“We didn’t find it earlier in the season,” Kerr said after the team was eliminated. “We were blowing some games we should’ve closed out. I could’ve done a better job. But when Jimmy (Butler) got hurt, it felt like we were finding it.”
Sources tell Shelburne that a wide search is expected for Kerr’s successor if he opts for retirement. College coaches could be in the mix, although Shelburne cites concerns about pairing someone who has no NBA experience with Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Butler as they move into the final stages of their careers.
Changes to the coaching staff are expected even if Kerr stays, per Shelburne. Long-time assistant Chris DeMarco has already left to become head coach of the WNBA’s New York Liberty, and sources tell Shelburne that former Pelicans head coach Willie Green could return to the Warriors to work under Kerr again.
When Kerr discusses his future with management, owner Joe Lacob will want him to exhibit a strong desire to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the job rather than stay out of loyalty to Curry and Green, according to Shelburne’s sources. They add that Lacob will ask Kerr to sign a multiyear contract instead of returning for a brief farewell tour.
According to Shelburne, the Warriors remain committed to general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr., despite some outside rumors that he may be a candidate to run Chicago’s front office. She reports that Dunleavy recently signed an extension without any fanfare and has multiple years remaining on the deal.
Shelburne also notes that if Golden State’s roster remains largely intact next season, there will still be the issue of having three players in their late 30s who take up nearly 80% of the payroll. Curry will be eligible for an extension of up to two years this summer and has already talked about wanting to keep playing for multiple seasons. Butler will become extension-eligible in February, which is about when he’s projected to return from an ACL tear. Shelburne hears that he’s expected to focus on getting healthy again and work out his future next summer.
Green has a $27.6MM player option for next season that he’s expected to either exercise or use as the basis to negotiate a longer deal. He was reportedly included in the Warriors’ offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo at the deadline and while there’s a still a chance he could be moved for a star, sources tell Shelburne there is “no desire or mandate” to trade Green.
Shelburne suggests that Golden State could make another offer to the Bucks this summer or try again for Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, who became a target in February after the Antetokounmpo deal fell through. She adds that LeBron James could also be a possibility in free agency if he decides to leave the Lakers.
> management believes the team has become too
> reliant on three-point variance and wants to see more
> diversification in the offense and a greater emphasis
> on winning the possession battle.
And there you have it. Kerr hasn’t moved on from small ball.
Kerr still thinks in 2016 and refuses to change while teams has adjusted to his small ball offense. Maybe that is why he is not sure abouit coming back since now it MDJ call on how the team is built. Lacob is also unhappy on how Kuminga was treated who was Lacob’s pick.
How Kuminga was “treated?”
Why don’t you tune in tonight to the Hawks game and let me know what kind of player you think he is. I’d appreciate it.
I am talking about refusing to play the young players so they can get better. Post should have been playing a lot more to start the season. It took moody a long time to start playing in the rotation. Kerr trust old vets even if they are failing. Like CP3 who showed he lost it. warriors need to get younger and more athletic and Kerr is not the right coach for that.
Young players make mistakes that cost games. You can’t expect to make the playoffs with a lot of young players. To many people think like Davey. They don’t understand that it takes a full team, and not one superstar, to win a ring.
On the other hand you can’t keep bringing in old vets and be the oldest team in the league without knowing a injury here and there and your chances are gone. warriors had a old team and still made a whole lot of turnovers.
arc that’s the dilemma.
While you’re trying to win, it’s hard to play young guys who are not very good.
As I’ve said many, many times it’s not Kerr’s fault, it’s that Bob Meyers doesn’t do a good job judging Young talent and drafting them.
He screwed up the Warriors two timeline plan with crap drafts. Just go through all the names of the last 10-15 years of Warriors drafts before Dunleavy came in.
That’s not on Kerr. He’s the coach and tries to win games. They have 10 guys on the “developmental staff.”
It’s their job to work with players after practice, before practice, and that’s if the players want it !! A player has to want to work on his game !!
Or does the young player hang out with the veterans because he thinks he’s arrived as well?
This is not on Steve Kerr. Yes he’s made mistakes but refusing to give big consistent minutes to young guys is not one of them
MDJ did not get the draft picks you need to rebuild that was the previous guy’s mistakes. Only 1st round pick MDJ had was Podz. Now look at how he found bargins in the 2nd round. Myer was teh 1 that picked Kuminga, Wiseman, and Moody. Only moody turned out good. Kerr love of small ball is 100% obvious to anyone that follows the NBA. Even Green at the start of the season said he doesn’t like guarding centers because it takes too much energy. Still kerr goes with small ball line up and gets killed. It only works against a few teams.
Moody sucks !!
Bob Myers was horrible at drafting. Jacob Evans, Allen Smilegic, Jordan Bell ?? I’m not going to go back and look at the list online. You know the names.
There is a long list of names. I trust MDJ in making the right draft call. Look at both OKC and Spurs the 2 top teams in the NBA they had great drafts.
He sure does. Someone was saying he was MVP before he got injured
Gary, What is on Steve Kerr is the refusal to adapt since 2022.
Kerr gets huge props for introducing an offensive scheme in 2015 that transformed the team from good to dynastic. That offense fit the skills of the players he inherited. Motion, read-and-react, outshoot the opponent from deep.
But that offense has NOT fit since 2022-23 for several reasons. Although the offense maximizes Steph and Draymond (and GP2 and Kevon Looney), it reduces the effectiveness of the rest. Yes, the team struggles mightily without Steph. But Kerr has a huge part in that.
The offense is by far the most difficult in the league to learn. It means that young players don’t fit. And, it dramatically limits the players that you can acquire from outside. The players that are suited tend to be older.
Finally, as the article implies, this offense is bucking the most important offensive trend in the NBA, which is getting high quality shots early in the clock. The game is shifting heavily to athleticism and youth.
The offense is built around steph curry. He’s still amazing on offense so riding steph through this offense makes sense. I’m sure Kerr has his flaws. If you told me that butler, moody, horford, curry all missed half the season or more and they traded kuminga for porzingas who then missed a lot of time himself I would of assumed they were a losing team.
> The offense is built around steph curry.
He’s still great, but he’s 38 years old and he missed 1/2 this season. That means he’s on the floor for a fraction of the team’s total minutes, even if he plays 60 games next season.
If you force an offense on the rest of the team that doesn’t fit, you’re losing.
Totally fair. I just think with the injuries this year no matter the system the results would of been bad. With the nba current rules and how the pace is they have major personnel issues.
I agree with what you said above, particularly this paragraph:
“The offense is by far the most difficult in the league to learn. It means that young players don’t fit. And, it dramatically limits the players that you can acquire from outside. The players that are suited tend to be older. ”
However, ultimately it comes down to winning in the playoffs and assuming you would have a healthy Curry for that. If you don’t it’s all a moot point. So although a less demanding offensive system may benefit the team in the regular season and for those games Curry misses, what happens come playoff time?
Said tradeoff is still worth it imo, as the team won’t win a championship even with Steph playing at his best. No disrespect to him or Butler or Draymond, but at their age the team absolutely has to rely on the development of the young talent to secure another ring. And if your offensive system inhibits their development, you need to do a better job adjusting your offense to strike a balance between maximizing Curry, etc, and accomplishing that secondary objective.
Obviously that’s a lot easier said than done, but I’m also generally a proponent of prioritizing the aforementioned development vs trying to maximize regular season wins, even if it means worse seeding or being stuck in the play-in. Most head coaches, including Kerr, would seem to disagree with that.
@Gary
It’s not hard to give young players consistent minutes, even if it’s not big minutes.
Continuity game to game really helps young players improve.
For example, Santos would never have broken out like he did if the vets hadn’t been unavailable.
There is talk in Atlanta that the Hawks might decline Kuminga’s option because of his inconsistent play.
I would not be surprised because $24 million for a 2nd unit player is a lot of money. Like I said before he will be another Oubre a guy that is offense off the bench but not good enough to be a starter.
Once a trashcan always a trashcan.
> Why don’t you tune in tonight to the Hawks game and let
> me know what kind of player you think he is. I’d appreciate
> it.
GARY! HERE YOU GO :–)
Just watched Atlanta upset the Knicks at MSG. Kuminga played 35 mins, scored 19 points, and had the best +/- on the Hawks. He played the entire 4th quarter as the Hawks overcame a 12 point deficit.
JK’s defensive versatility is what stood out. He was given the responsibility of guarding KAT in Q4, but he can guard all positions.
Kerr got what he wanted, with JK gone. Dubs got Porzingis for a few games in return. Atlanta is the beneficiary.
Talk out of Atlanta is that they’ll decline Kuminga’s option. He is still inconsistent.
Only a Kerr fanboy would make that stuff up
Watch the games. Listen to Quinn Snyder. Kuminga is getting starter minutes, finishing games for the Hawks. 37 minutes tonight. He’s critical to what Hawks are trying to do at both ends.
You need to take a closer look. He has only started one game in Atlanta. He is averaging 21 mpg and 12 ppg. His play is up and down. Just like it was in GS. Look it up.
@Giants 74
The reason they will likely decline the option is to sign him to a new deal at less money per year.
Apparently the Hawks coach likes him since he played starter minutes off the bench including the entire 4th Q where he scored a team high 7 pts on 4 shots 2 reb 1 ast 1 stl 1 blk 0 TOs +13
Actually what i would say yes he had a great game but let’s see if he can follow it up. He is inconsistent like 1 game he looks great and the next he is invisible on the court. Towns might be one of the worst defenders in the league.
The trade had to happen because Kerr and Kuminga couldn’t coexist.
Excellent game for him last night, but the only reason the Hawks won was the Knicks choking at the ft line (17-27 to the Hawks 18-23).
Kerr never had the call on how the team was built. He left those days behind in Phoenix. He played the players he was given. After signing Durant, all the bigs were on minimum deals. You can’t find many players when you are shopping at the bargain basement.
i don’t believe that. He has a big say in who is on the team. That is why he will not commit right now because he is not happy going younger.
Yes, Kerr had a say and from what it sounds like, Bob Myers did not have autonomy.
So sure, there’s that factor. But that’s on Bob Myers.
Either step up or step out and we saw what his choice was when the run was over three years ago.
Maybe Steve Kerr is thinking the same thing right now. Get out because the run is over?
I think that there is a difference in opinions between him and management on going forward.
Teams haven’t adjusted they still play the same. The difference is Curry is freaking 37. He can’t carry a team for 82. And you’ll never find another shooter as good as him and Klay
Hmmm….almost exactly what I have been saying for the last 3 years!
Davey gets a ton of slack on here, and most of it is deserved, however NOT ONE person can deny the fact that he was been airing his grievances with the lineups/play style Kerr demands to play. He has been saying it for years. Ownership has finally caught on.
Fun fact: I am a very calm, sane-appearing person in real life, I am simply a lifelong Warriors fan who has slowly been driven slightly insane by almost every single thing Steve Kerr has done as head coach of the Warriors. This place is the place I air my grievances. Everyone can deal with it. /sunglasses emoji
I will be a lot more sane when he is gone, because he is the only guy in the league committed to smallball. All I want are Steph PNR’s with bigs, lol
@guilderc, ownership and Kerr have been at odds since the 2022-23 season about this exact issue. Kerr had the ‘Chips, so his roster choices prevailed.
What Davey has been saying about Kerr has been largely correct ever since then.
This was the 4th straight disappointing season. Other than maximizing Steph, little else has been achieved and there is nothing to build on.
Huh? If Kerr and ownership were at odds with each other, then why does Lacob want Kerr back? The Warriors ownership is not the type to sit around and wait on replacing a HC. That is just silly.
Uh…You don’t follow the Warriors do you? If Kerr doesn’t want to play big men, then why did he play Porzingis and Horford together? Why was Kerr playing Bassey 15+ minutes a night? Why did he hire Deki? The ownership has known all about it.
Kerr isn’t the problem. They are old and slow. Time to dump Curry and tank. If they wait a few more years they will have nothing and no extra picks.
Yawn. Another filler article that says absolutely nothing.
Gives us something to talk about before the Jonathan Kuminga game tonight.
You don’t like articles about hoops rumors on a site called hoopsrumors?
None of this is new.
Kerr’s mind is destroyed from Hamptons 5 and also Strength in Numbers, he thinks he still has all-all-stars and also goes out of his way to play too many players, who cant get enough time to gel together. GP2 was a curse on this team because Kerr believes he is a superstar who can play every position, when he is just a 2way scrub SG with hops that no other team wanted in FA.
Kerr’s coaching is so awful, for real. He never adjusts. He is on perma-autopilot because he is not good at the job. He is “Mr. Half Days” he is “Mr. I don’t know how to schedule a practice to get the new guys involved” It’s a surprise GSW won any titles with this numbskull who doesnt know ball at the helm. Pat Spencer should not be in the NBA, let alone getting major minutes, but Kerr thinks otherwise! Bye Steve, thanks for getting the least from the most!
I hope he sticks around tbh. Him and Steph should ride off into the sunset together
Blaming Kerr for this roster is ridiculous. Some of y’all have proposed different player combinations from the available bench, but this lineup could do much better than what they’ve achieved this year, considering availability. I’d like the Warriors to diversify their offense too, but you need to operate with the players you have, and run plays that emphasize their strengths. Shooting threes is a good strategy for this group. Get some players that can get to the rim consistently and then run plays for them.
> Blaming Kerr for this roster is ridiculous.
Every player on this roster, with the possible exception of Jimmy Butler, was acquired because they fit the W’s unique offensive style.
You can say that the GM should have found better players to trade for or that they drafted poorly, but the roster would be entirely different, for better or worse, if there was a different coach.
Curry and Draymond want 3 more years, Including next season that is already on the books. That would be a 3 year deal for Kerr.
– The personnel is the issue. Jimmy is one of their studs. Any team int he NBA would have major issues if a stud player goes down. Draymond is a nothing all season here and there till playoff time. Curry makes too much, pertaining to the Cap, not his fault at all. And Porzingis is their 3rd wheel money wise.
I think Kerr is a good coach. But if they can reset the money they might have a chance to balance the scoring better. They need points, and ball protection. More 3s, less turnovers. And they win.
@JayRyder, Steve Kerr doesn’t want a 3 year deal.
Steph Curry is 38 yrs old. He missed half this season, and he still wasn’t 100% for the playoffs. Jimmy will be 37 yrs if and when he returns with 25% of the games remaining next season.
The oldest NBA team to win a Chip this century were San Antonio Spurs. Tim Duncan was 36 yrs old, Ginobili was 35, Tony Parker was 30.
I understand. I believe the team is also looking at profitablity and continuity with Curry, who they don’t want to get rid of. Ride it out seems to be what they’re doing. With fill in players here and there till he retires, then they will rebuild as they see fit.
I’m sure some the fans want more of a rebuild now. – Before Jimmy went down though they were a higher seeded playoff team. They need another star player !
> I believe the team is also looking at profitablity and
> continuity with Curry…Ride it out seems to be what
> they’re doing.
That’s the “magical” thinking of many fans here, but it’s not what ownership is thinking. Steph missed the Minnesota series the previous year. He missed half this season. And he wasn’t nearly 100% for the playoffs, even after 2 months off.
GSW will keep Steph until he chooses to retire, but they know they know they can’t count on him to carry this team anymore.
As Lacob has said often, you can have up 2 bad seasons in a row if the fans trust the next season will be better. If you have 3 bad seasons in a row, the bottom falls out on ticket prices. We just had our first bad season. 2026-27 will also be bad but they will be messaging about the “next generation Warriors”, and that won’t be about Steve Kerr, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green.
So we agree.
Trey Murphy III is 26 years old and isn’t on a max deal until after the 2028-29 season, so he is relatively cheap all things considered.
Throw the house at him, MDJ.
@daveyj, I love your optimism, really I do. But they’re not trading draft picks. Start thinking about the rebuild.
You seem to be on payroll for the Org. ?
Curry 2/3 more seasons at best. And you’re wanting to rebuild ??? Rebuild what ? Picks that take 3 seasons to maybe progress. At a number #12 pick ? That’s one.
How many seasons are we investing into this rebuild with the Most Popular Player in the World ?
1. You can’t compete every year, no matter how much money you’re willing to spend. The CBA requires that teams dip under the aprons 2 out of 4 seasons, otherwise they can’t use the luxury tax. They paid 2nd highest luxury tax this season, and it’ll be even greater next season without cutting.
2. They can’t have a competitive roster next season, even if they want to spend big becasue they have $70M tied up in the injured Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody. That’s why it’s the ideal year to get under the cap.
3. They can’t count on Steph carrying the team beyond next season because he’s 38 years old, and showing it. He dropped out of the playoffs in 2024-25. He played 1/2 of the last season. Being the “Most Popular Player in the World” doesn’t stop Father Time.
1. – I’m sure you have read up on this on, I have not. But your saying the cap will only allow over cap spending for 2/4 years ? I don’t know about that. Seems the dubs have been a luxury tax team every season since Lacob took over. This would need more explaining. Up to you
2. – Jimmy is a part of the payroll for now. He could be traded. Or he will come back and play by next Feb. Moody they have other options, not the end all of the Org. This is definitely opinion based. Big Money teams make moves. Expect it.
3. – Again more opinion, but not wrong. I also don’t think they relay on Curry for everything anyway(At least thru the season). Playoffs of course Curry needs to shine. & Butler was supposed to carry load as well. Also the youth/depth. -The greatest shooter in history just beat the play in game Clippers and showed he’s still great, You want to do what with him? Act like he doesn’t matter ? Is that a good team or business to run ? Other players see this treatment around the league.
– I’m guessing you personally want a total rebuild. My guess, Not going to happen till Curry retires.
– They will still be hunting a star and bench roles. Kerr, I’d go 50/50. They might let him go, but for who ???????
> But your saying the cap will only allow over cap
> spending for 2/4 years ?
No. Simplified, I’m saying that to “reset” the progressive repeater tax, a team must stay under the aprons in 2/4 years. They can choose never to do that, but the tax penalties are prohibitive.
> I’m guessing you personally want a total rebuild.
> My guess, Not going to happen till Curry retires.
It’s not what I “personally” believe. I’m attempting to describe the management/ownership perspective expressed in numerous news reports today. Lacob and Dunleavy don’t get to think like fans. They’re on an 8 year plan, not a 1-2 yr plan.
> The greatest shooter in history just beat the play in
> game Clippers and showed he’s still great, You want
> to do what with him?
Nobody said that Steph isn’t still great when he’s healthy. The problem is that he’s been available only 1/2 the time and decline is inevitable at 38 yrs old. You’re free to be more optimistic, but ownership can’t count on Father Time failing to show up.
2. – Jimmy is a part of the payroll for now. He could be traded. Or he will come back and play by next Feb. Moody they have other options, not the end all of the Org. This is definitely opinion based. Big Money teams make moves. Expect it.
Nobody is trading for Butler unless coming back is a bad contract or draft picks going to that team. Its not worth it Warriors are stuck with Butler.
Reality is unless a miracle happens the warriors are going nowhere anytime in the future. How do they become good with about no assets and $65 million in dead weight on teh cap? warriors are stuck in mud right now just spinning their wheels. they got to bring back same players and hope they can stay above .500 until Butler and Moody come back if they do next season.
@aristotle, I despise your pessimism, I really do. It’s an ugly look. “Bad fan” territory – it really shows a lack of respect for Steph Curry. But they aren’t rebuilding, period. We will never have a #1 highest-valued team enter a rebuild process, the NBA front office will never allow that, and Lacob has always said he will spend to win. They likely will make their pick then trade it, or trade it before they make the pick – UNLESS what I say is mega-correct and, like Dallas, GSW ends up with a top 3 pick “somehow” (league corruption to make them profitable via winning).
Curry has not declined in performance, at all. Playing through injury is one thing, but that Clippers game showed Steph is still top 10 in this league. Such a weird take to have from someone who knows better. You have been reading too much from GSW-haters on here, like Gary.
“They’re on an 8 year plan, not a 1-2 yr plan.” – site your sources. No one has ever said this out loud before. You made this up.
> @aristotle, I despise your pessimism, I really do. It’s an ugly
> look.
What one man calls “pessimism” others may call “reasonable”.
I respect that, as you’ve stated multiple times publicly, you’re not here to be objective about the Warriors. Maybe you should respect that other Dubs fans prefer reasonable discussion. To each his own.
Do you think Kerr will decide to stay?
> Do you think Kerr will decide to stay?
IMO, as with Bob Myers, Kerr is being pushed out in a way that allows him to save face. Lacob has leaked that he wants Kerr to sign a multi-year deal, which he knows Kerr will not do. Lacob has also leaked changes to personnel and style of play are necessary, which, again, he knows Kerr will not give up control over.
Then you have the fact that Dunleavy was just given a 4 year extension. That’s a commitment to give him a license for a full rebuild.
Based on all the media sources plus Draymond, I think he’s gone, and we will get the announcement within days.
It’s not “reasonable” to openly want and cheer for your fave team to lose games. That’s a fake fan. You are hating your own team, a team that plenty already hate on here. You don’t have to.
> it’s not “reasonable” to openly want and cheer
> for your fave team to lose games.
I’ve never once done that. I trust you’ll take that back.
But you are parroting the same reason why all those people did.
It’s never “reasonable” to count a Steph Curry team out. Ever.
> It’s never “reasonable” to count a Steph Curry team out. Ever.
Ok, now we’re at the crux of the disagreement. I’m saying:
Agree, when Steph is available, you can’t count the Warriors out of a given game.
But with this supporting cast, GSW isn’t making the playoffs next season — not with injuries to Butler and Moody, along with their cap situation.
You were openly capping for GSW to not win games, you wrote the season off before it was over. I would never do that until Curry is out for season. You wanted draft picks over playoff wins – that’s disgusting imo. Gary is the lowest of the low for cheering that on. Gary is a Red Sox fan, not a Warriors fan – that’s why we should never listen to him, he doesn’t know ball, at all, and he dominates these discussions because all of the masses of Curry-haters who love to see him not win titles all keep up his brand of nonsense. You have fallen for it too.
You can throw around “realism” all you want, but 2022 proves we can’t do that with this team. Steph Curry, is better – HE is not “realistic” by any metric!
> You were openly capping for GSW to not win games
Don’t know what you mean by “capping”, but I have never “hoped” that GSW would lose games, including playoff games.
Stating that I don’t believe we can win a game or games is no reflection on my loyalty to the team.
I don’t think anyone knows how many more seasons Curry, Draymond, and Kerr want. They haven’t said anything.
Some Warriors fans(?) are oblivious to things that are going on with the team. Kerr wanted to play Post and Horford together since training camp. But, injuries got in the way of that. So, when got the chance, Kerr played KP and Horford together. Dunleavy traded for Bassey back in December, but couldn’t sign him. Kinda goes against the whole small ball narrative.
Kerr would stay if they offered him a 1 year deal and an option. But it’s not about what Kerr wants. It’s what management wants. And that is no more year to year stuff. Like the article says. Can’t run a team that way.
Draymond is also not in control. If he wants to stay longer than next season he needs to take a big pay cut. Even then nothing is certain.
Even Steph doesn’t know himself about how many more years. He says it depends on how his body holds up.
> But your saying the cap will only allow over cap
> spending for 2/4 years ?
No. Simplified, I’m saying that to “reset” the progressive repeater tax, a team must stay under the aprons in 2/4 years. They can choose never to do that, but the tax penalties are prohibitive.
> I’m guessing you personally want a total rebuild.
> My guess, Not going to happen till Curry retires.
It’s not what I “personally” believe. I’m attempting to describe the management/ownership perspective expressed in numerous news reports today. Lacob and Dunleavy don’t get to think like fans. They’re on an 8 year plan, not a 1-2 yr plan.
> The greatest shooter in history just beat the play in
> game Clippers and showed he’s still great, You want
> to do what with him?
Nobody said that Steph isn’t still great when he’s healthy. The problem is that he’s been available only 1/2 the time and decline is inevitable at 38 yrs old. You’re free to be more optimistic, but ownership can’t count on Father Time failing to show up.
Potential replacement = Steve’s brother JOE KERR.
Here to see if anyone revisits the Kuminga talk 👀
He looked pretty good tonight. There was a few fast break opportunities where he really showed his speed and athleticism.
I can see why someone would be intrigued enough to draft him in the top 10 5 years ago and I wish it could’ve worked out with the Warriors. He’s still only 23 years old.
He had jumped over Risacher in the rotation during the regular season. Not sure if Risacher is hurt but he didn’t get a minute tonight. Also not sure if that says more about Kuminga or Risacher turning out to be a bad pick
Kuminga is using his speed and explosiveness to give the Hawks an athletic option on the wing. Plus, JK really seems to want it right now. He’s realizing he can’t just coast or allow the game to come to him. He has to get after it. It’s great to see !
Good observations. So interesting to follow development of high draft picks, and JK vs Risacher is a study in contrasts…
IMO, at #1 Risacher wasnt’t a bad pick by Atlanta so much as 2024 was an historically weak draft year Of course, Risacher had the benefit of being given a lot of minutes his rookie year, and you could argue that he hasn’t shown enough improvement.
Kuminga was a #7 pick in the 2021 draft, which was considered the deepest since 2003. He was also only 18 yrs old when drafted and, because Warriors had Championship roster, played much less than the other top 10 picks, whose teams were poor. Performed brilliantly at times, but frustrated his coach.