Warriors Make Telling Comments on Future of Head Coach Steve Kerr

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Max Dible | Last updated Jun 27, 2025 7:02 PM ET

The Golden State Warriors are concentrated on making their roster as competitive as possible over the next couple years, but what comes after that is murky.

Stephen Curry is under contract for two more seasons, as is Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler. Golden State is more or less maxed out from a free agency perspective, with the taxpayer midlevel exception of $5.7 million and veteran's minimum contracts at their disposal to add this summer.

The team has several tradable first-round draft picks, though general manager Mike Dunleavy said on Thursday, June 26, that Golden State intends to be "protective" of those. That isn't to say the Warriors won't use some of them to upgrade the roster now, but they don't want to mortgage everything they have post 2026-27, as there is minimal certainty of what the roster will like look at that point.

A sign-and-trade deal with Jonathan Kuminga is a potential option for the Warriors to improve in the immediate, though that outcome is far from set in stone. Much will depend on the offers Kuminga receives from other teams, any of which Golden State will have the right to match assuming the team extends him a qualifying offer of just under $8 million by Sunday, which Dunleavy said the Warriors intend to do.

Another interesting aspect of the future is Steve Kerr's employment. Kerr will enter his 12th season with Golden State in 2025-26 and is now the second-longest tenured head coach in the NBA behind only Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat.

Dunleavy addressed Kerr's future with the organization in an interview with Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard on Thursday.

"I’d love to have Steve locked in and know the certainty of that, because he’s such a great coach for our organization," Dunleavy said. "But also with Steve, he’s earned that right at his age, all that he’s accomplished -- not gonna push him into anything."

"If there’s a time for him to step away, he’ll know," Dunleavy continued. "He’s going to do that based on [if] he feels that’s what’s right for him, but also the organization. I trust him on that stuff. Basically, [I] feel like he can coach here as long as he wants, and we’ll just work out the contract details as we go."

The Warriors have appeared in six NBA Finals and won four championships since Kerr took over in 2014.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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