Steve Kerr's Warriors Future Receives Update Before Play-In Tournament

Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Steve Kerr are still in the Bay, but the Golden State Warriors dynasty feels like a distant memory.

The Warriors we’ve come to know might literally be a distant memory after this season.

Klay Thompson, of course, departed for Dallas in July 2024. Curry is under contract for next season, but Green has a player option after this season, and Kerr’s current contract ends after this season.

On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Nick Friedell provided an update on Kerr’s future as head coach of the Warriors.

“Kerr and general manager Mike Dunleavy have been consistent all season: they'll address the future after it ends,” Friedell wrote. “There’s been no indication of a split. A team source reiterated recently that nothing has changed and that all sides will communicate openly when the season concludes.”

Friedell added, “Kerr's preference is clear: He wants to stay. He has no desire to leave Curry or the Warriors. But he's been around long enough to know that anything can happen after a season that didn't live up to expectations.”

On Wednesday, the ninth-seeded Warriors will face the tenth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Play-In Tournament, Golden State’s third Play-In appearance in as many years. Fans always want their team to win - and who doesn’t want to watch Stephen Curry as much as possible? - but there’s an argument that the Warriors may be better off by losing.

It may be better to shatter any ounce of remaining illusion that the Warriors, as currently constituted, are still legitimate contenders.

Injuries have surely exacerbated that. Curry was absent between Jan. 30 and April 5 with what’s commonly known as “runner’s knee.” Jimmy Butler tore his ACL in January, and Moses Moody ruptured his patellar tendon in March. Some of it is the harsh, inevitable truth that even the richest things eventually run stale.

Clinging to the past resulted in Golden State finishing the regular season at 37-45. Regardless of the result of the Play-In game, the Warriors will have to toil over whether the past is still serving their future.

The Warriors will visit the Clippers at the Intuit Dome on Wednesday at 10 p.m. EST, and the game will air on Prime Video.

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This story was originally published April 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM.