Uncertainty is beginning to surround the future of Steve Kerr with the Golden State Warriors, and one of the franchise’s most important voices doesn’t sound confident he’ll be back.
Draymond Green admitted he isn’t expecting Kerr to return next season, despite hoping otherwise.
“I hope he’s our coach next season,” Green said on his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show.” “You want my opinion? I think not. Just because it feels like that. It felt like that was it.”
The comments come just days after the Warriors were eliminated in Phoenix, ending a 12-year run that defined one of the NBA’s modern dynasties. In the immediate aftermath, Kerr shared an emotional moment with Green and Stephen Curry on the sideline, hinting that change could be coming.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but I love you guys to death. Thank you,” Kerr said.
Kerr later reinforced that uncertainty when addressing his future, acknowledging the natural lifecycle that comes with coaching at the highest level.
“I still love coaching, but I get it,” Kerr said late Friday night in Phoenix. “These jobs all have an expiration date. There is a run that happens, and when the run ends, sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas.”
Kerr has been weighing his options in recent weeks, with his return described as essentially a 50/50 decision, according to ESPN’s Anthony Slater. That indecision reflects a broader sense of transition within the organization, as key figures approach uncertain futures.
Green himself acknowledged that nothing feels guaranteed anymore, even beyond the coaching situation.
“I’ve never been so uncertain since earlier in my career in what happens next,” Green said on his podcast. “But I’m truly at a loss now because you don’t know what direction will be next. … I also hope I’m on this team next season. We also don’t know that. Man, if it was, what a run.”
