The “general belief” both within the organization and around the NBA is that Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is more likely to step down from his current position than to sign a new contract to remain in Golden State, according to Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area. Poole reports that Kerr will meet with team owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. to discuss his future and that the expectation is his decision will come in a matter of days, rather than weeks.
While it sounds like Kerr is leaning toward ending his run with the Warriors, he has left the door open to returning. For that to happen, Poole suggests the veteran coach would need to have “renewed faith in his role as the franchise shifts toward the future.” Kerr’s decision won’t be based on money, Poole adds.
“They could offer Steve $25 million a year and I doubt that alone would make a difference,” one league source told NBC Sports Bay Area.
Here’s more on the Warriors:
- According to Nick Friedell and Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic, Golden State was operating for most of the season as if it would be tough to bring back De’Anthony Melton, since he seemed likely to decline his $3.5MM player option in favor of a much more lucrative offer that the Warriors wouldn’t be able to match using the guard’s Non-Bird rights. However, an up-and-down finish to the season may hurt Melton’s market and make a return to Golden State more viable. For his part, the 27-year-old said on Monday that he’d “most definitely” like to stay with the Warriors but that he’ll “leave that type of stuff up to my agent and upstairs,” per Dalton Johnson of NBC Sports Bay Area.
- Although the Warriors reportedly offered several future first-round picks for Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo prior to February’s trade deadline, one team source who spoke to Friedell and Thompson said the front office isn’t planning on giving up several future assets to load up on veterans for 2026/27. Noting that Golden State was the most aggressive suitor for Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard prior to the deadline, Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Substack link) posits that the team may be less inclined to pursue a veteran star like Giannis or Kawhi this offseason if Kerr doesn’t return.
- A restricted free agent this summer, Quinten Post said on Monday that he hopes to remain with the Warriors, per Friedell (Twitter link). Post, who is recovering from a foot injury, added that he thinks he’s about two weeks away from resuming on-court work and hopes to play for the Dutch national team this summer.
- Warriors big man Al Horford explained in greater detail on Monday why he left Boston last summer to sign with Golden State. Brian Robb of MassLive has the story and the quotes from Horford, who holds a $6MM player option for ’26/27.
Seems like Melton hit a wall. He hasn’t played a lot of games the last three years and this season he seemed to be gassed.
But it’s a good point that perhaps other teams of course noticed it as well and the offers may not be there as De’Anthony would hope, both in years and dollar amount.
I still think Melton is gone because Podski is too similar. Not good enough to start at the one or the two but a pretty nice backup combo guard. Warriors definitely don’t need two of those guys.
Warriors missed out on trading Melton, Holford at the deadline for assets. :(
I doubt either of those players net more than a second round pick if traded at the deadline.
Could have maybe done enough to get the team below CHI/MIL more than doubling the odds of a top 4 pick in this draft though.
Chap, we talked about that a month ago here and there was no way the Bucks or the Bulls were gonna let the Warriors slip in front of them for that number nine pick. Wasn’t gonna happen.
We’ll just say that when the Warriors had a couple of nice consecutive losses, the Bucks and Bulls suddenly stopped winning.
They were pretty close together at one point. GSW with some of those plucky wins really created seperation.
Yeah his shooting really trailed off, and a lot of the times thats from the legs being gassed.
He’s a great player, one of the best in the league in the last decade or so, but I’m not sure I would trade valuable assets for Kawhi Leonard this summer.
Too many question marks and you don’t really know what you’re getting because from him anymore. 60 games? 35 games? That’s the last thing an old team like the Warriors need.
Sure, Kawhi had one of his best seasons, but still, no thanks.
Couldn’t agree more. The availability concern is overwhelming.
Literally every aging star is in similar risky category. At some point, Warriors have to face the music.
Agreed
I think the whole concept of Kawhi would be that his contract gets voided, and he takes the MLE after they create enough room for it or something. I would say low odds. On the flip Kawhi is more available than Jimmy right now at least, on a similar salary.
If you can get Kahwi for the MLE, that’s a no-brainer. Other than that, he’s radioactive. His big contract will, *probabilistically* speaking, sink your team because of his expected unavailability.
Kahwi has averaged 40.5 games per season over the last 9 seasons.
Over those 9 seasons, he’s played more than 60 games 2 times, including this past season, when he played 65 games. And he’s been mostly unavailable in the playoffs
He’ll be 35 yrs old.
I mean I dont know how many years he gets, but I expect if he gets voided that he will sign a 3+ deal at big money, or take a 1+1 so he can opt out the next summer when theres lots of cap space. Enough teams can open up at least 40M in space that I doubt he takes the MLE.
Both the Kawhi and Lebron scenarios depend heavily on both taking minimal money to create the old dude crew super team. I think for either to do that the team will have to already agree to multiple other moves. If your trading Jimmy/picks for either another super star, or like Trey and Herb from NOP, so the team is already improved and less injury prone, then maybe guys like that think about it. I would think Jimmy with pick 11 in this draft and 2 future unprotected along with a top 1 protected swap could get both from NOP.
> the old dude crew super team.
Love the name, you need to get the copyright!
We always differ on this point, but I don’t see Kahwi getting more than a 2 year deal anywhere with his injury history at 35 years old. (In fact, the NBA rules prevent that with “over-38” rule.)
We’ve just seen with the Butler and Paul George injuries why you don’t give huge multi-year deals to old players. Injuries kill your team for multiple years.
I mean if ORL/UTH or someone wants to get him they probably have to overpay in years and dollars.
Lakers would sign him if LeBron leaves. I doubt he gets bought out.
Not bought out voided. Because of the asperation stuff they may tear up his deal as well as punishing the clips.
I would definitely love to have Al Horford back. He’s just so solid in every sense of the word. I loved his performance on the floor, even though looking at his numbers, you may not come to that conclusion yourself.
Horford playing power forward and center for the Warriors is such a valuable role and letting him go would create a huge vacancy.
Fingers crossed he comes back, but of course support any decision he makes in order to ring Chase.
He took playing time from Post. Hopefully he will opt out. If he opts in, he will be bought out at his request.
Gary, here’s another angle…
Horford was terrific when he played, but 45 games, 21 mpg, doesn’t cut it. And he’ll be 41 years old next season, so expect that to be even worse.
We got Horford to relieve Draymond, which didn’t work because Horford was too often injured. We added DNKP to the mix, and that still wasn’t enough (see Charles Bassey and Omar Yurtvesen.)
This season proved you can only have 1-2 predictably unavailable players on a roster. No more “rotating geriatrics”, please!
I would think none of this matters until you sign a coach. Frankly I don’t see Kerr leaving. He should be the priority, right.
But you have already decided who have to draft. You keep saying it is a must.
I never use the words must, or decided. When talking about other teams or posters.
Only areses like you who have agendas do that.
Does your buttocks get jealous of all the BS that comes out your mouth. 🤮🤮
What I want and Warriors want are two different things. Or didn’t you get that memo by Warriors passing on Raynaud. Keep trying littlefella. O e day you will make a point.
You did say that they had better draft Lendeborg because they weren’t interested in Raynaud. Of course, you ignore the fact that 6 or 7 other teams drafted centers. Teams that actually passed on Raynaud. But for some reason, you only focus on the Warriors. Can’t understand why you only focus on one team and not the dozen or more that could have also drafted him.
Learn the game littlefella. One day you will understand. It’s only been a year. You still asking about last yrs pick …..
Passing on Lendeborg will be 10 times worse than passing on Raynaud. All this time. And you still haven’t bothered to research Lendeborg. I told Davey about him like 4 months ago. Been telling your DA for past 2 months. Is tgat plain enough gor you.
You’re doubling down? You were watching GSW games this year, right? Kerr never once showed anything but ambivalence at best and total disinterest at worst. He doesn’t want to do this job, and hasn’t since 2024.
Davey you over do it when it comes to Kerr. I get you don’t want him. We don’t run tge teams. His offense is still one of best in L. He is only coach I see consistently use his bench. His stars love him. If anything you add a D coach next to him. Thibs can be an advisor in background. I think Warriors want him back. It is what it is.
I am not a big Brown guy. But what can I do.
“His offense is still one of best in L.”
His offense is literally “Steph Curry”. They do not score when he does not play.
“He is only coach I see consistently use his bench.”
To what end? Losing games? Using the bench is infuriating to watch and bad tactics overall, as players gel together better as a unit the longer they are out there. Curry starting cold, then getting hot and Kerr pulls him after he hits 3 3s in a row in a minute is a thing I have watched way too many times in my life. If Curry is your entire offense, you leave him out til he misses two in a row, doing otherwise isn’t maximizing him.
His stars love him.
Love? Cool, go have an orgy in the offseason. Just win the damn games!!
His offense has the most movement of any offense. He not only uses shooters. He uses backdoor picks to get layups. Of course it works better when you have real shooters.
I said for a long time. Klay and Steph are two of best shooters ever. He’s been trying to find that other shooter since Klay got hurt lol. Now its KP. His offense still works Davey. No reason to stress yourself out over something you can’t control. You make the best of it. Find that other shooter lol.
Kerr is staying as long as Curry stays. Forget it.
Worry about the draft. Very important draft for Warriors.
But Al, if you watch non-Curry games, GSW have literally zero offense, so, no, it doesn’t work. Why is he so locked into only using one offense anyway? At that point, its on him to create other options, which he never has done aside from his “Podz is Lebron because I say so and I’m bringing him up like this is true” mantra over the last 3 years.
You don’t have another shooter like Curry. Me personally, i think its a good offense. Like any offense you need good fits. The point is Warriors not getting another coach. I would be shocked if Kerr doesn’t come back.
Simons is a shooter. He fits here.
You are spot on with Simons, Steph and Cryer being the 2022 team reincarnate, Cryer has so much of Poole’s game about him it would be silly not to use him in the same way. This is why Kerr deciding small ball with GP2 and Podz was so infuriating to watch, neither of those two are shooters. If he had Steph, Simons and Cryer he could have pulled it off this year like it was 2022, and he never has the 2022 roster, but keeps acting like he does.
My guess is that Kerr is less interested in the $$$, although more never hurts. What he should be seeking is reassurances regarding roster construction. The team cannot compete in the west the way they are put together. Dray and Jimmy are limited, Steph too. How can you put together a squad with those three that can win at least one playoff series? Is it even possible? Can Dray or Jimmy even be moved given their salaries?
The Warriors need like six brand new starting caliber guys. They have their work cut out for them this summer or it will be a looong season in ‘27.
Ummm…How do you start 6 players?
Bring one of them off the bench? Keyword “caliber.” it would be a nice problem to have.
I know. I was just playing with you.
I don’t think they can do it in one off season. I also don’t think there an easy ways to get there. Right now. It is about watching the young players get better.
Yeah, I thought about it after I wrote it. It’s what they need but there’s no way they can do it. Maybe hope for 2/3 new guys that are good. Warriors in a tough spot for next season.
He says he loves coaching, and wants to keep coaching. He says he wont coach another team. How is this anything but negotiations to get the type of 4/100M life changing money, along with a roster that he believes in.
Half the changes the FO wants are ones he would love to make if they actually give him players capable. They need size, athleticism, and players that can attack 1 on 1 to at least draw help, so they dont have to use 30 as the only guy who can attack or create advantages for others.
On the plus I do think Podz really developed to finish the season, and can be very useful if they find a guy or two to push him down the depth chart. They should either have a rotation level player, or a fairly valuable trade piece with the 1-4/11th pick.
Chap, your assumption is that Steph is going to be a healthy superstar for 4 more seasons.
I don’t believe any of the stakeholders — Kerr, ownership, or, even, Steph — are thinking that way. It’s now 1 year-at-a-time with Steph’s future.
GSW is not going to trade away future draft picks to maximize the remainder of Steph’s career. This is about planning the post-Steph era.
No the 4 seasons is just a deal that makes Kerr 100M. He didnt earn that much in his playing career, but he could get a huge deal as an analyst. I think he probably wants to be the first coach to crack 25M AAV, and it has no impact on the cap for a team that can afford it.
Herb/Trey are young players on good long contracts that the team could easily afford to extend. I mean obviously if Steph is no longer your star those guys cant be your number 1, but they would be valuable pieces once you find your alpha, or as part of a tear down in a couple seasons. You can probably boost the stats and value of them while Steph is here too. Your not going to throw a ton at KD, but an asset that should hold or gain value over the next few years while you push to win is perfectly reasonable for both timelines.
Ah, I see where you’re going.
Fr0m listening to Lacob over the past few years, two things stand out:
1. he believes a contending team must be built primarily by developing a core of young players, with free agency and trades used opportunistically to complement that core . Lacob talks about the beginning and ending of “6-7 year cycles” (exactly the same language that Brad Stevens and Sam Presti use). When they couldn’t get Giannis at the trade deadline to make a run this season, that concluded the cycle. Now it restarts.
2. You can’t operate above the aprons indefinitely, which is what they’ve been doing. I believe this was the last year of over-spending, and now begins a couple of years and designing another
That’s what comes next, IMO, whether or not Kerr stays.
I think Kerr wants more say in the team roster but MDJ wants to start the rebuild. So Kerr is saying he doesn’t want to start over.
MDJ doesnt have the tenure or clout to force a rebuild before Steph retires if Steph isnt on board. The literal only way Steph gets traded is if Steph wants out, since Lacob knows he cant sell Steph leaving any other way. It doesnt have to be ugly, but unless 30 publicly makes it known he no longer wants to be a one team player like hes always said it aint happening. You cant rebuild around 30 without him being on board, and really how much value can you get for anything else on the roster?
Sounds like Curry is on board. He said he wants to be the bridge to the future of the franchise.
He wants to compete. Everything he says is about wanting to compete. Theres no way he wants to play 50 games in a season the team wins 18 while tanking for lottery odds. There is literally not one quote you can find of Steph saying he is ok with not trying.
Could you sell him on a 1 year reset while they get off of Butlers money after the season, I mean its a sliver of a chance, but your never going to get his sign off on the team just sucking for the whole time before he retires just waiting for the lottery each spring.
Green can be moved for sure, a 26M expiring contract can fit all sorts of places.
Butler and his 56M? Not so much
Except its far more likely Green opts out for something like 3/50M where it opens up some extra room this season, and he gets his last contract. Between Draymedia, and the toll his play takes I doubt he plays more than 2-3.
More cap isn’t really a thing , they’ll have the full Mle either way
The savings could be used to re up Melton or Kp via bird rights but it’s not actually providing any cap …. Even if he just retired and green had a zero cap hit you wouldn’t have cap room
Im assuming they are either re signing ,or trading before the league year ends KP, since I doubt they let the slot walk without it opening up room. If KP takes a pretty steep reduction with his health, and Draymond shaves some they may with a little shuffling be able to sign like 3 guys in the non min 5-8M range to fill out the roster.
I expect bigger moves though. Like could they trade Jimmy and a future first in a dump, and then have actual cap room?
KP will come back at a little cheap deal that has an option at a bigger amount. I can’t see a team out bidding the warriors unless they are desperate.
I would also say there is a non zero chance he retires if he doesnt see improvement with managing his condition.
They won’t get to cap this summer nor would it even be beneficial if they did ( it actually be detrimental ) I’d put that outta mind looking forward
Def infinite trade possibilities exist
A draymoond shave secures a better possibility at melton or Kp but not outside help
Full Mle exists in all scenarios here regardless – you can get 3 5 m players 2 7.5 mill or say the whole 15 on Lbj if he wants that ( I’d 100 go Lbj here )
If it’s green light time the driver will be Butler and Moodys 70’ mill with the future draft capital – There will be plenty of interest in GSWs future draft capital if it indeed is on the table
With what they have if Horford/Green opt in, and you resign KP I dont think you can get to the full MLE, maybe the TPMLE.
I see him moving into FO running a franchise – GS, San Antonio, Chicago. This way, he can continue ti give Nick Kerr a prominent job, lol.
Pretty sure he hated being a GM in PHX and would never do it again. Its probably coaching or a media job.
He has said he didn’t enjoy being a GM but he also said he would never coach another team. Being a president of a franchise is different from being a GM.. he can always hire one to be a GM under him.
We were all shocked when Myers turned down a huge extension with warriors, but Myers has a great gig right now. Let’s see what Kerr does. There is just too much money to be made in the business for him to completely walk away forever. He had a great run with GS.
Am I missing something or did Horfords statements contain zero explanation of anything?
I thought the same thing. Didn’t tell us squat lol. Look for a book deal in five years lol
Warriors should trade Curry, Butler and Green. Just take whatever they can get. Don’t resign Porzingis and Horford. Accept reality that the dinesty is over. The ‘aging superstar’ method doesn’t work. Look at the teams who have won recently OKC, Denver and Boston.
dynasty
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You dont trade the best player your team ever had when he wants to stay at the end. If they go more rebuild, and Curry wants a change, maybe. The Yankees dont trade Jeter GSW dont trade Curry.
Also I think you wouldnt want to start a rebuild until you see what the league does with the lottery and tanking rules. If its flat odds with play in teams in the lottery than it doesnt even matter to sell since they have their pick, and can have a bunch of cap space after next season.
It still has to be said as Curry is on the final year of his deal, and has said he wants to extend. He can take an 8% raise on his current deal, and finish his career on a middling team, or he can take 20-30M per season, and the team can open up max plus more money for the summer of ’27. Steph knows this, so the choice is his, does he like money or winning more? Its not fair, but he’ll be alright financially. He probably even makes most of the loss up if the team is pushing for finals berths in his final years with endorsements.
When next season is over, the Warriors will have paid Curry more than $500 million. That’s enough appreciation and gratitude.
I suppose the Warriors could ‘run it back’ one more season. Curry, Butler and Green’s contracts all expire at the end of next season. I wouldn’t extend any of their contracts. Just prolonging the inevitable.
He has been the main factor in the team going from a valuation of 450M to 12+B they owe him a loooooottttttt more…
In what world would GSW ever let Curry walk? The deal is basically Steph comes in and tells them what his next contract is, and they sign whatever it is. If he wants the max they will give him the max. They may try and talk through reasons to take less, but he will get whatever he asks for. Curry is a made man, and thats how it works in the NBA with a one team all time great.
Steph Curry has literally said he is going to sign a multi-year deal in a few weeks man, lol – and yall call me a “dreamer” lmao
Funny. All the Warriors players love Steve Kerr. But, you hate Kerr. I guess you hate the Warriors.
It’s never easy but you can never have true rebuild. For every yr he stays, it sets Warriors back several yrs. Yes, it can theoretically work, but that’s assuming everything will work out perfectly. Warriors made too many mistakes in draft and with their assets, and they no longer have that luxury. We have to face the music and make the painful decision.
Exactly. Next season Curry will be 38 years old, Jimmy Butler will be 37 years old and Draymond Green will be 36 years old.
Show me in 2026 where Steph Curry on the court looked visibly “slowed down” or had any of his skills looking diminished, go:
Draymond you can say that about, but he still played most of the season and was very good in the Clippers elimination game. So, who knows? I would trade him if needed, but keep him if no upgrades are available.
Jimmy was fantastic til Podz made that stupid last second pass to him. With surgical tech, he might be able to come back, but he will be 37. I would trade him for a healthy player.
Steph was same ol’ Steph. He has been literally the same player on court, since 2022. No fall off. Age doesn’t matter to him. His player type can play longer too, especially if they move Steph back to an on-ball PG role, and have someone else play off-ball, or use a different offense altogether that has Steph as a “trad” PG. You haters have so many more Curry years left to endure and for me to enjoy, lol
I will never understand this take: GSW are the #1 highest valued franchise, due entirely to Steph Curry. He will never leave, he will retire a 1-teamer.
Boston literally had Al Horford and Kristaps.
YDKB
Warriors need to resign Post he made a huge leap on defense if he leaves they will regret it. Melton comes back if he doesn’t ask for very much more than last year. Horford is all up to what he wants.
Horford signed a 2 year deal, he is under contract for next season.
He literally has a player option if he wants to come back at $5.9M. I think he’ll go back to Boston.
Post will probably take the Santos contract, or maybe even less. He has shown stuff, but not enough to get an offer sheet, especially when his 3pt shooting dipped so much this season. He did improve noticeably defensively at least.
Imagine Post under a coach like Todd Golden…imagine all GSW youngsters under a coach who knew how to develop players!!!
My thing is trading a future protected pick to OKC for 1 of their picks. OKC needs to trade a pick or two.
Haven’t seen HR post it, but Kevin O’Connor says if Kerr leaves, GSW’s favorite to replace him is the Gators’ Todd Golden – Will Richard’s college coach.
Yes. Please!
Also: Monte Poole saying Kerr is gone.
Last season Curry only played in 43 of the 82 regular season games. The Warriors were 37-45 and didn’t make it out of the play in game situation. Not trending in the right direction.
Curry doesn’t have much choice in where the warriors going next year. His hope will be they stay around.500 until Butler and Moody is back near the end of the season. Why they might not pick a raw talent player in the draft but a player that can play now.
Why not draft a player, then trade them as part of a package for Trey Murphy III, the perfect player for a properly-working GSW offense and defense?
Pelicans asking price is so high he will not get traded. The price they want is as much as Giannis.
But Murphy is young and not that expensive, he is worth it. Perfect fit along Steph. Imagine a Forward corps in the playoffs of Murphy III, Lebron, Jimmy, Dray, Kawhi and Gui…title time…
Trey Murphy III and Derik Queen for Kristaps and 3 FRP is 100% going down.
Lebron signs for min in a pure ring chase move
Kawhi’s deal gets voided and he cant play for anything but the min, so why not help them chase the ring
GSW loads up on them all…plenty of articles about this already, I’m not making it up
link to heavy.com
It’s not 100% impossible, it -could- happen.
LeBron ego will not sign for minimum.
As Warriors fans and knowing the league is corrupt but like, never seeing it be corrupt FOR us, is so damn frustrating. If the league is really corrupt, and Kerr leaves, the league the should rig it so Kuminga can some back to the Warriors as a FA. We did not deserve to lose JK because old man Kerr lost his marbles.