Draymond Green predicts Steve Kerr won't be back. The Warriors can't imagine life without him
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Draymond Green made one thing clear on podcast Monday morning: He doesn't expect coach Steve Kerr to stick around with the Golden State Warriors. “I hope he's our coach next year. You want my opinion?
I think not, just because it just feels like that, it felt like that was it,” Green said on “The Draymond Green Show. ” “I also hope I'm on this team next year. We also don't know that.
” The offseason will hardly feel settled for anybody around Golden State, given the uncertainty of Kerr's future following a loss to the Phoenix Suns in the play-in tournament that ended the Warriors' season. Kerr just completed a two-year contract worth $35 million. The 60-year-old has won four championships during his 12 seasons leading the Warriors, who dealt with season-ending injuries to Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody and the long absence of Stephen Curry to finish 10th in the Western Conference.
After beating the Los Angeles Clippers in the first play-in tournament game, Golden State lost 111-96 on Friday at Phoenix. Near the bench, Kerr pulled Curry and Green together and said: “I don’t know what’s gonna happen next, but I love you guys to death and I thank you. I appreciate you.
” The exchange wasn't something Kerr knew would be posted by the NBA on social media. “I've never been so uncertain since early in my career on what happens next, but I'm truly at a loss now because you just don't know what direction will be what,” Green said. “Steph, myself, Steve, shared a moment in what could be our last time playing with Steve as our coach.