{"id":616005,"date":"2026-04-18T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616005\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:39:09","slug":"warriors-notes-curry-kerr-draymond-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616005\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Notes: Curry, Kerr, Draymond, Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-time MVP Stephen Curry<\/a> reflected on the past and looked forward to the future after the Warriors were eliminated from postseason contention on Friday night, according to Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore you win the title,\u201d Curry said, \u201c\u2026 you\u2019re building the foundation for what a championship team looks like \u2014 even though you have no idea what that really meant. Then you accomplish it, then everything else is based off of that. It\u2019s been that way since 2015. I think we can reshape the narrative, knowing in the back of our mind that (a title) is an ultimate goal. But we have to get back to the basics of what makes a good basketball team, a competitive basketball team every single night. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we rethink how we do things with the foundation that we\u2019ve established? We don\u2019t have to keep saying \u2018championship, championship, championship\u2019 every day, even though we\u2019ve experienced that. Can we build the foundation again with what this team needs to do, with the way that the game is played now, how fast it is, how young and athletic it is?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson\u2019s story is largely centered on the uncertain future<\/a> of Steve Kerr, who simultaneously sounded ready to continue coaching \u2014 under the right conditions \u2014 and ready to walk away from the job he\u2019s held for 12 years. Curry admitted he wasn\u2019t expecting Kerr to thank him and Draymond Green<\/a> before the game ended.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was kind of fighting it, to be honest,\u201d Curry said. \u201cYou\u2019ve ended your season a lot of different ways, and you\u2019ve had those moments on the sideline where you go up and down and thank everybody for what they poured into the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for it to start with that conversation and that moment, it was definitely weird. \u2026 I do appreciate the fact that he took that moment because, regardless, we\u2019re human beings, and we have to be able to acknowledge each other in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, multiple sources in the team\u2019s locker room tell Thompson they expect Kerr to be back next season, though Thompson readily acknowledges that decision will be Kerr\u2019s to make.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Warriors:<\/p>\n

As for Curry\u2019s own future, he made it clear he wants to play at least two more seasons and is open to signing an extension this offseason, per Nick Friedell of The Athletic<\/a>. The 38-year-old guard is entering the final year of his contract, which will pay him $62.6MM in 2026\/27. \u201cFor sure,\u201d Curry said. \u201cBut none of those conversations have happened. So it will be a busy summer for the Warriors.\u201d The 17-year veteran also expressed optimism that his nagging right knee injury won\u2019t bother him when next season rolls around, Friedell writes.
\nDraymond Green<\/a>, who controls a $27.7MM player option for next season, sounded a little more uncertain about what could be in store for him going forward, Friedell adds in the same piece. The former Defensive Player of the Year reiterated he wants to stay with the only team he\u2019s ever known \u2014 if Golden State wants him around. \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Green replied when asked about his future. \u201cI\u2019m not retiring from basketball, though. I still love to play and I think I\u2019m still pretty decent. But this league we\u2019re in, it\u2019s an interesting one. And it\u2019s one that you don\u2019t really control everything, so for me, I hope I\u2019ve done enough to still be here. Because at the end of the day, if I ain\u2019t done enough I don\u2019t want to be here.\u201d
\nBobby Marks of ESPN<\/a> previews the Warriors\u2019 offseason, writing that the team projects to be under the luxury tax in \u201926\/27 for the first time since \u201919\/20. A potential rookie scale extension for third-year guard Brandin Podziemski<\/a> will be among the many decisions Golden State\u2019s front office will face this summer, Marks notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time MVP Stephen Curry reflected on the past and looked forward to the future after the Warriors were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,7899,7901,85,7903,58049],"class_list":{"0":"post-616005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-brandin-podziemski","12":"tag-draymond-green","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-stephen-curry","15":"tag-steve-kerr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}