Ahead Draymond Green believes Steve Kerr has coached his final sport for the Golden State Warriors.
On a Monday episode of his podcast, four-time All-Star Inexperienced predicted Kerr — who’s now a training free agent — will not return to the Warriors subsequent season.
Draymond Inexperienced discusses Steve Kerr’s future
“I hope he is our coach subsequent 12 months,” Inexperienced mentioned of Kerr. “You need my opinion? I believe not. Simply because it seems like that, it felt like that was it.”
Amazon Prime cameras caught Inexperienced, Kerr and guard Stephen Curry sharing a second through the Warriors’ 111-96 loss to the Phoenix Suns through the play-in event this previous Friday.
The coach instructed the celebs, “I do not know what occurs subsequent, however I like you guys.”
Throughout a postgame information convention, Kerr mentioned he will not coach one other workforce subsequent season but in addition prompt he will not return to the Warriors’ sideline.
“I do not know what is going on to occur,” Kerr said (h/t Joe Akeley of Golden State Warriors on SI). “I nonetheless love teaching, however I get it. All these jobs have an expiration date.”
Bringing back Kerr, who has received 4 championships in 12 seasons with the Warriors, could be a superb transfer. The 60-year-old coach, nonetheless, does not wish to coach a workforce that is clearly in want of a reboot. Since beating the Boston Celtics within the 2022 NBA Finals, Golden State hasn’t superior previous the second spherical of the playoffs and has missed it twice.
Curry and Inexperienced aren’t assured to return both. The sharpshooting guard is about to change into a free agent. The ahead, in the meantime, can decline his participant possibility earlier than June 29, which might enable him to discover different choices.
Kerr hasn’t made his resolution. However with the workforce not trying like a surefire championship contender, even when Inexperienced and Curry return, his departure virtually feels inevitable.
