Steve Kerr’s coaching future is tied to Stephen Curry’s retirement

There has been a lot of speculation about the head coach Steve Kerrfuture with Golden State Warriors in the midst of another up-and-coming season, as well as the recently concluded Jonathan Cumminga saga. However, none of that may matter in the end.

Instead, Kerr, who is in his 12th season with the Warriors, may end up being the head coach as long as the team’s star, Stephen Curryremains in the Bay Area.

“Steve Kerr’s future has been a topic of conversation throughout the NBA, but all signs point to him continuing with Steph and Draymond. The Warriors will work out the details of a short-term deal if that’s what Kerr would like.” ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel reported.

“All talk of the franchise not wanting to return is simply false, and there is no indication that Kerr’s coaching staff or the Warriors were preparing for this to be his last season. The Dubs would like Kerr to continue coaching as long as he wants, and sources said the idea has always been for Kerr and Curry to retire together.”

Although he played in the NBA for 15 years and was an executive for six years, Kerr had never coached before succeeding Mark Jackson as the Warriors’ head coach in 2014. In his first season, he helped steph curry, then a one-time All-NBA and All-Star selection, became back-to-back league MVPs, including the first unanimous NBA winner in 2016. In addition, he, Curry, Green and Klay Thompson led the Warriors to their first title in 40 years, and then, with the help of Kevin Durant, three more record holders such as Kevin Durant and Andrew Whiting 73 regular season wins.

However, since their last title in 2022, the Warriors have failed to reach the same heights. The following season, while dealing with the aftermath of Green’s teammate Jordan Poole, they won nine fewer games and lost in the second round of the postseason. In 2024, Golden State, despite winning two more games than the year before, missed the playoffs entirely. Last year, after acquiring Jimmy Butler mid-season, the Warriors swept the second-seeded Houston Rockets before being swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kerr has been criticized and questioned many times over the years, though probably not more than for his dealings with Cuming, the team’s seventh overall pick in 2021. Kuminga set career highs in games played, starts, minutes, points, field goal percentage and free throw percentage during the 2023-24 season, but saw his playing time decrease in each of the next two seasons, including last year’s playoffs and when this year’s regular season was short of several DNPs. faith in him. Before last week’s trade deadline, the Warriors finally traded Cummings to the Atlanta Hawks in a deal that netted the talented, though injury-prone big man Kristaps Porzingis.

Curry, who is in his 17th NBA season, signed a one-year, $62.6 million contract with Golden State back in August 2024, which would allow him to become an unrestricted free agent next summer. Despite approaching the age of 38 and he is currently working with a knee injuryCurry is averaging 27 points per game this season, his most in three years.

The Warriors (29-25) host Kerr’s former team, the San Antonio Spurs, tomorrow night.