Kerr waiting until after season to address deal

SAN FRANCISCO -- Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr is entering the last play of his existent contract, the emblematic clip successful a declaration rhythm that established NBA coaches request oregon astatine slightest sermon an extension.

But that isn't Kerr's existent plan, helium said connected Tuesday day aft the team's archetypal signifier of the season. He has nary contented letting it expire earlier cementing his future.

"I'm precise comfy going into the play with a twelvemonth left," Kerr said. "I'm truthful aligned with [general manager] Mike [Dunleavy] and [owner] Joe [Lacob]. We talked astir this -- there's nary crushed for treatment oregon concern. This is benignant of a constituent successful our narration wherever let's conscionable spot however it is astatine the extremity of the year."

The Warriors' 3 prima players -- Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III and Draymond Green, aged 37, 35 and 35 -- each person 2 years remaining connected their existent contracts. That's an alignment that Curry has called beneficial, allowing them to absorption connected a two-year model astatine different title.

There's been immoderate interior wonderment whether Kerr would propulsion to get his declaration lined up with his 3 stars. He is entering his 12th play coaching Curry, Green and the Warriors and, sources said, remains the preferred caput manager for some of his longtime stars. They've won 4 titles together.

But Kerr said helium is feeling nary urgency to get immoderate information beyond this season.

"I emotion my job," Kerr said. "I emotion what I'm doing each day. I can't hold to get to the building. Hopefully I'm present for different fewer years. But I deliberation it makes consciousness for the enactment and for maine to spot wherever this happening is astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth -- wherever they are and wherever I am. Hopefully that means we tally it back, we support going with this group, that'd beryllium awesome. But I similar the information we tin bash it however we privation it."

Kerr entered the 2023-24 regular play connected a akin expiring deal, but determination were important negotiations ongoing down the scenes. Kerr signed a grounds two-year, $35 cardinal hold successful February of that season.

That's not the program this clip around.

"I don't expect immoderate dialog during the season," Kerr said. "Who knows -- possibly it each comes up astatine immoderate point, and they travel to me. But I'm not the slightest spot acrophobic astir it. I don't deliberation astir it. I conscionable deliberation it makes cleanable consciousness for each of america [to wait]."

Wrapped wrong Kerr's transparent treatment of his expiring declaration was a wide acknowledgement that the extremity of this aureate epoch of Warriors' hoops is nearing, and helium intends to locomotion distant gracefully.

"However this ends it's going to beryllium done successful a truly prime way," Kerr said. "It's going to hap the close way. If it's meant for maine to support going, I'm going to support going. If it's meant to beryllium for the squad to determination connected to idiosyncratic else, determination volition beryllium thing but gratitude and appreciation. This makes it casual for everybody. Let's spot wherever we are astatine the extremity of the year."