Steph Curry, Draymond Green discussed Warriors’ fate with Steve Kerr – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

If the Warriors figure things out and put together an NBA playoff run, it would be a welcome sight. But three people at the franchise’s core aren’t willing to give up the team’s future to help facilitate postseason success.

After Golden State cornerstones Steph Curry and Draymond Green recently explained why they don’t think the Warriors, who are a game below .500, should make a desperation trade, Steve Kerr said it’s been a topic of conversation between the trio.

“We’ve talked about this,” Kerr told 95.7 The Game’s “Willard and Dibs” on Tuesday. “You know, the three of us have been together for so long. We have these kinds of conversations and so yeah, the discussion has been had. And I’m so impressed with these guys and how much they care about the Warriors and the future of the Warriors And I think , you’re right – I mean, a lot of players in their situations would say, “Screw it, let’s trade everything and see what we can do.”

“That’s not who they are, and I think part of it is that they’re warriors for life. That’s part of the meaning of a player who’s only on one team in his entire existence. You see Dirk Nowitzki now watches Dallas games he’s on the sidelines as a fan and that’s really cool and I think that’s how Steph and Draymond will be Warriors fans They want the best for this franchise going forward, and so they have a sane mind about this.”

After Golden State handed the Toronto Raptors their second win in 18 games on Monday night, Curry told reporters the Warriors shouldn’t make a “desperate” trade. And last week in Detroit, Green told Yahoo Sports’ Vince Goodwill that mortgaging Golden State’s future to go after one last championship is what “bad teams” do.

Curry, Green and Kerr are all on the same page.

“We’re just in a really unique place, in a really difficult situation, through no one’s fault,” Kerr said. “By the way, this is just the reality of sports and life. (We) had this great run and we’re at the end of it and we’re trying to hang on to it and it’s a young man’s We know that and We were that team 10 years ago. We know that. Draymond and I have talked about it. It would be so irresponsible for this franchise to take one last swing.

“I think you have to know where you are organizationally. You have to know the rest of the league’s position, the landscape. And this doesn’t feel like a time, in my estimation, I think in the Mikes and the Stephs and the Draymonds, where you just pushing all the chips in the middle and taking a wild swing. So we realize that, where we are. We’re in the middle of a bunch of teams that either are good enough or not good enough and we’ve got to find out if we’re good enough that means you can climb into the playoffs give yourself a chance and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

Almost halfway through the 2024-25 NBA season, the Warriors are still trying to find a winning formula. Kerr took the blame for Golden State’s struggles after Monday night’s loss in Toronto, and the evidence on the court shows that anything less than a franchise-altering trade wouldn’t be enough to push the Warriors back to the NBA mountaintop.

However, Curry, Green and Kerr have been there many times. And they’d rather give the next generation of Warriors stars a good chance to make it, too, than make an irreversible gamble for another taste of glory.

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