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Is this the end of an era for the Golden State Warriors? Draymond Green seems to think so.<\/p>\n
Green addressed Kerr\u2019s uncertain future on Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Draymond Green Show,\u201d saying Friday\u2019s season-ending 111-96 loss to the Phoenix Suns in the NBA play-in tournament might be the last game the Warriors play with Kerr as their coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know that he\u2019s coming back,\u201d Green said. \u201cIf you want my opinion, just all the talk that\u2019s going around, if you want my opinion, I think not, just because it just feels like that. I don\u2019t know. I hope so. I hope he\u2019s our coach next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also hope I\u2019m on this team next year. We also don\u2019t know that, but I don\u2019t know, man. It felt like that was it. It really felt like that was it. Is it? I don\u2019t know. Like I said, I hope not, but for some reason it just felt like that was it. And, man, if it was, what a run it\u2019s been.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Warriors have won four NBA championships in 12 seasons under Kerr, who just finished the final year of his contract. Golden State has missed the playoffs twice in the past three years, losing a play-in game to the Sacramento Kings in 2024 before being knocked out by Suns this season.<\/p>\n
Television cameras captured a hot-mic moment between Kerr, Green and Stephen Curry following the loss to Phoenix.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s next, but I love you guys to death and I thank you,\u201d Kerr said.<\/p>\n
Green said it was a special moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy we got to share that moment, and Steve was in the moment,\u201d Green said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t miss the moment, and it was a big deal because, if you ask me, I don\u2019t know that he\u2019s coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Green went on to discuss Kerr\u2019s record of success and his own uncertain future with the Warriors, who haven\u2019t advanced beyond the Western Conference semifinals since they won their last championship in 2021-22.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo lucky to have had for 12 years Steve as my coach,\u201d Green said. \u201cIt\u2019s no mistake that the same people in the NBA win over and over and over again. It\u2019s no mistake that Steve Kerr has won the way he\u2019s won. This guy knows so much about winning. He taught me so much, like little nuances and different things about winning. I\u2019ve been a winner my whole life, but he taught me so many things about winning that quickly showed me it\u2019s not a mistake. … He just knows how to win and that\u2019s a bigger skill than any skill you can have because ultimately what this boils down to in this league is wins and losses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope it\u2019s not the end, but like Steve said, all these jobs have an expiration date. I have a player option coming up this summer and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. What does that look like? Is that an opt-in and finish the contract? Is that an opt-in and get traded? Is that an opt-out and sign a longer-term deal? I don\u2019t know what that looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n
This story was originally published April 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM.<\/p>\n
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