Steve Kerr, was this your final game as the Warriors' head coach? 'I don't know.'
"I don't know what's going to happen. I still love coaching, but I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date.
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"I don't know what's going to happen next but I love you guys to death, and I thank you. I appreciate you. " That was a mic's up Warriors coach Steve Kerr, talking to Stephen Curry and Draymond Green just before the end of the Warriorsโ season, at the hands of the Phoenix Suns in the play-in .
With the end of the season, Kerr's contract to coach the Warriors has come to an end. The sides did not agree to an extension before the season, and while there is no animosity, there also is no certainty about what is next. Kerr was asked about his future postgame, and he said he wanted to step back for a while, first.
"The plan is to take a little time, I don't know, take a week or two, and eventually sit down and talk with Joe [Lacob, the co-owner] and Mike [Dunleavy, head of basketball operations]. We've always had a great partnership and collaboration, and just see where they are, and I'll tell them where I am, and we'll talk about what's next for the Warriors, what the plan is this offseason, and we will come to a collaborative decision on what's next. "I don't know what's going to happen.