Draymond Green doesn’t think Steve Kerr returns to coach the Warriors next season: ‘It felt like that was it’

Draymond Green thinks that the Steve Kerr era in Golden State is over.

Green, speaking on his podcast on Monday, thinks that the longtime Warriors coach won’t be with the organization next season. Their loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday night, which kept them out of the playoffs, felt like the end.

“I hope he’s our coach next season,” Green said. “You want my opinion? I think not. Just because it feels like that. It felt like that was it.”

Kerr first took over as the Warriors’ head coach ahead of the 2014-15 campaign. He led the franchise, which is the only one he’s ever served as a head coach for, on a dynasty-level run throughout the league right away. The Warriors won four NBA titles under his watch, and reached the NBA Finals six times in eight years.

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But the Warriors went just 37-45 this past season and are now missing the playoffs for the second time in three years. And after their loss to the Suns on Friday night, Kerr embraced both Green and Stephen Curry in an emotional moment on the court.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but I love you guys to death,” Kerr was heard telling the duo. “Thank you. Appreciate you.”

Kerr openly acknowledged on Friday night that he may not be with the Warriors next season, too. He said he was going to “take a week or two” before eventually sitting down with owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Kerr said. “I still love coaching, but I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date. There’s a run that happens, and sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas and all that.

“If that’s the case, then I will be nothing but grateful for the most amazing opportunity any person could have to coach in front of our fans in the Bay, to coach Steph Curry, to coach Dray, the whole group. It may still go on, it may not. I don’t know at this point.”

Kerr has apparently been conflicted about his future in recent weeks, according to ESPN, and the likelihood of his return is only about 50%. The team reportedly wants “to hear Kerr express a hunger to continue executing…

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Author : Ryan Young

Publish date : 2026-04-20 20:02:00

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