PHOENIX — Steve Kerr doesn’t know if he’ll be back for a 13th season with the Warriors.
“It may still go on,” Kerr said Friday night, after his 12th season at the helmended in a 111-96 play-in loss to the Suns. “It may not.”
The uncertainty and potential finality of the situation had been bubbling under the surface ever since Kerr made the decision to coach this season on an expiring contract. It left open the door that it could be his last with the only team he’s coached, where he won four championships.
And where he still has Steph Curry.
“It’s part of the equation,” Kerr said. “I don’t want to walk away from Steph.”
Yet, Kerr seemed at least at ease with the concept of his coaching mortality as their season came to a close Friday night. He did his best to keep the team’s focus on the court all year. In the waning moments, Kerr huddled with the two players there with him from the beginning and said the quiet part out loud.
“Just appreciating this year, all years we’ve been together,” Green said. “Maybe the last time.”
“But,” Curry added, “he left the door open.”
Speaking to reporters shortly after sharing the moment with Curry and Green, Kerr didn’t commit one way or another but seemed open to the idea of it being their last one together.
“I still love coaching. But I get it: These jobs have an expiration date,” Kerr said. “There’s a run that happens and when the run ends, sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas and all that.”
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