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That has forced the Warriors to find advantages in new places. “Chase South” is one of them. “If you come in here and you haven’t seen it before, you’ll go, ‘Wow, are we at the Chase Center?’” Warriors assistant general manager Larry Harris said. Inside the Las Vegas Basketball Center, pictures of Curry, Draymond Green, Steve Kerr and other current and former team staffers, players and coaches adorn the walls. Warriors and Golden State Valkyries banners hang from the ceiling. Two of the actual courts the Warriors played on over the last few seasons make up part of the Las Vegas facility’s five full-sized courts. A weight room sits in the back of the building. Longtime Warriors public relations maestro Raymond Ridder and his staff have a dedicated workspace. So does the team chef, who puts together made-to-order meals while players get their work in on the courts nearby.
When appearing on "The Draymond Green Show," Rick Carlisle shared that he advised Steve Kerr to consider the Golden State job seriously rather than signing on with the New York Knicks. "I said, 'What's going on with the Knicks? I keep hearing you're going to take the job, but it hasn't happened yet,'" Carlisle told Green of his conversation with Kerr. "He said, 'Well, they don't -- they don't want to do the fourth year.' Now, this was when it was this was a different regime, and they were they were quabbling over the fourth year. "And I said, 'Steve, do you have any idea how much money that the Madison Square Garden operation has with Cable Vision and all that?' ... He goes, 'Well, there's -- I don't know -- some reasons.' I said, 'I've heard your name with Golden State a little bit. ... That is a conference finals team, like right now. If you want to go to a team ready to win, that's the place you should go if you can.'"
ESPN's Anthony Slater, in an appearance Tuesday on "NBA Today," shared what Steve Kerr told him in a conversation after LeBron James chose to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers last week. “I didn't even think we were realistically in the running for LeBron,” Kerr told Slater. “It's just that everyone kept saying we were. It never seemed serious to me despite all the reports.”
Speaking at the Berkeley Forum at the University of California, Berkeley, Kerr said that he can no longer separate the legends. “So that was an easy answer. A few years ago, it was Michael Jordan. Then I got to coach LeBron James in the Olympics. And since people have their phones on here, this somehow may end up on social media. LeBron won a gold medal, and I got to coach him. He was an amazing guy to coach. I’m gonna say it’s a dead tie.”
“Jonathan likes the Cavs, likes (coach) Kenny Atkinson, and (star) Donovan Mitchell likes him,” Turner, Kuminga’s agent, said in a brief interview. Turner said Kuminga is fond of Cleveland generally and spent two months training there last summer. Kuminga has a relationship with Atkinson from when the coach was an assistant under Steve Kerr at Golden State. While both sides confirmed interest, it is unclear which avenue the Cavs might take to acquire Kuminga if they decide on that path.
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NBABase: Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg says Steve Kerr already told him he might start next season, per @anthonyVslater "I asked him about his early conversations with Steve Kerr, and he mentioned, 'Hey, you know, Steve has a history of not playing rookies,' but basically said, you know, he's different, and Steve Kerr's already told him he might start."
Tomer Azarly: Not a lot of guys get to say they come in and play with Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, under head coach Steve Kerr. I'm wondering, has that sunk in for you? Have you let that sink in? What's that been like? Yaxel Lendeborg: Yeah, I've talked to Steph and Draymond a couple of times, just about how to navigate the rookie year. What are the things that I should do to try to stay in the league as long as they did. And just getting the actual feedback, actually talking to them, getting to follow in their footsteps. It's like, man, I'm really here with these guys and this is insane, you know? So it definitely feels amazing just being able to just even talk to those guys.
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr seems, at least in jest, to have the answer to the question currently stalling the last moves of NBA free agency. Where will LeBron James sign to play next season? In a video posted to X, fans caught Kerr in his car and asked him to sign James. A reunion between James and his Team USA coach and teammate — and longtime rivals — in Kerr and Stephen Curry at Golden State has long been rumored. “Oh, we got him,” Kerr said.
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Michael Scotto: The Golden State Warriors are hiring Frank Vogel as their lead assistant coach, league sources told @hoopshype. Vogel spent last season as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks. Vogel won the 2020 NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers as their head coach.
Marc Stein: The Mavericks, I’m told, are expected to secure former Pelicans coach Willie Green as a top assistant for Dusty May’s first NBA coaching staff. The Warriors hoped to bring him back for a second stint on Steve Kerr’s staff but May’s jump to the NBA gave Green two strong options.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst revealed on the Hoop Collective podcast that Dusty May -- the newly hired Dallas Mavericks head coach and reigning national championship-winning coach at Michigan -- would have been on the Warriors' coaching short list had Kerr chosen not to return. “I think had Steve Kerr not re-signed in Golden State, Dusty May would have been on the Warriors’ short list,” Windhorst said. “I think he was on the short list a couple of other places, and he was clearly on the short list for the Mavericks.”
Behind the scenes, however, Golden State continues to signal a reluctance to use Butler's contract when he's injured for a move like that. Consider the strong relationships with Butler held by Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy and coach Steve Kerr. Butler and Kerr are frequently in San Diego in the offseason and known to cross paths.