Steve Kerr will have at least two more seasons to work his magic for the Golden State Warriors.
ESPN reported Friday night that the Warriors have signed the four-time NBA champion coach to a two-year, $35 million contract extension that runs through the 2025-26 season.
Kerr becomes the highest paid coach in NBA history (San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich makes more per season, but also handles the role of team president).
BREAKING: Golden State’s Steve Kerr has agreed on a two-year, $35 million contract extension, Rick Smith and Dan Eveloff of @PrioritySports tell ESPN. Kerr’s new deal makes him the highest paid coach in league history at $17.5M a year. pic.twitter.com/Hpd0xslyCU
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 24, 2024
The Warriors find themselves in unfamiliar territory this season, entering Friday 28-26 and 10th in the Western Conference. Draymond Green’s antics have been a distraction, as has the drama surrounding Klay Thompson’s role. Those struggles have led many Warriors fans to call for a coaching change, if not midseason, certainly when Kerr’s contract expired at season’s end.
As it turns out, Kerr, who collected his 500th career coaching victory last week, isn’t going anywhere.
The NBA world and Warriors fans had mixed thoughts on the issue.
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Y’all really thought Joe was gonna let this guy go? Whether you like it or not…Steph, Klay, and Draymond love Kerr and will go to bat for him any day & everyday! But this 2 year extension essentially aligns his tenure with the Big 3’s remaining years. Congrats coach! 👌🏻 https://t.co/NSwIyA1RYK pic.twitter.com/n1f1WItXsL— Conrado Pascual (@CP3_777) February 24, 2024
YOOOOOOO #dubnation HOW WE FEELING ABOUT THIS https://t.co/6uDDbsaRPJ
— LoonMuse (@KevonLooneyMuse) February 24, 2024
Warrior fans reading this: https://t.co/WVVhcVFRdY pic.twitter.com/uKWmhbo0bh
— PMT (@PlayoffModeTone) February 24, 2024
Klay 2-year deal loading, all in on the Core 4 til 2026. One last ride into the sunset, let’s get it https://t.co/lk315vAmW9
— Gautam Ratnam (@GautamRatnamNBA) February 24, 2024
2 MORE YEARS OF KERRS TERRORISM LMAOOOO GOODBYE https://t.co/mCwEfuTzx6 pic.twitter.com/5tNWMBIW6U
— ً (@J0NATHANKUMINGA) February 24, 2024
I’m not mad at this 🤷🏽♀️ I know we’re unhappy with him at times, but I can’t imagine anyone else coming in and doing better or the guys wanting someone else.
What we need is a new Defensive Coordinator imo https://t.co/o5wXKm6Yyf
— Anika (@WardeIICurry30) February 24, 2024
[Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN]
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