SAN FRANCISCO – One more season. One last chance to prove the Warriors still had the goods to win a couple of playoff series and perhaps even reach the NBA Finals.That’s all Steve Kerr wanted and believed he could have, according to multiple league sources.Kerr arrived at training camp mentally prepared for the 2025-26 NBA season to close his 12-year tenure as head coach of the Warriors. Whispers heard around the NBA last summer were reinforced when Kerr quickly and firmly dismissed the idea of extending his contract.“I’m very comfortable just going into this season with a year left,” Kerr said last September. “I’m so aligned with (general manager Mike Dunleavy) and (CEO Joe Lacob). There’s no reason for discussion or concern. This is kind of a point in our relationship where it’s like, let’s just see how it is at the end of the year.”The end of the year came last Friday, when Golden State’s season of torment was euthanized in a play-in tournament loss to the Phoenix Suns.The general belief among the Warriors – openly expressed by Draymond Green – and around the league...
Sources: Barring renewed faith, Steve Kerr not expected to return to Warriors
Published April 21, 2026 • 19 hrs ago
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