Steve Kerr followed the footsteps of his star forward, Draymond Green, on Monday night.
Late in the matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers, the head coach attempted to argue with the referees. As a result, he was ejected from the game with under one quarter left to go.
The Warriors were trailing against the Clippers, who were looking to avoid dropping their second matchup in a row.
Steve Kerr Stays Away for the Night
Typically, Kerr would hit the podium for a routine postgame presser. Instead, the second coach in charge, Terry Stotts, took on postgame duty for a logical reason: to save Kerr from sounding off to the point where he ends up with a fine in the mail.
The Warriors haven’t been as strong as they had hoped when they were heading into the 2025-2026 NBA season.
Although they believed the core of Steph Curry, Draymond Green, and Jimmy Butler could get them in championship contention, Golden State finds itself hovering around Play-In territory.
Heading into Monday’s action against the Clippers, the Warriors held a 19-17 record, winning six of their last 10 games. They seemed to be turning it around, but the James Harden-less Clippers put another obstacle in front of them, forcing another game between the Warriors and the seventh-seeded Suns.
Kerr is Catching Heat Lately
An ejection from the head coach isn’t going to fire anybody up on Golden State’s side. Lately, Kerr has been catching heat—not only for his team’s underwhelming record—but for his public comments on the state of the Warriors’ franchise.
“We know we’re not where we were five or six years ago, but we did win a championship three years ago. That felt like a post-glory years title,” Kerr said on The Tom Tolbert Show.
“We weren’t quite ourselves, but we were good enough to give ourselves a swing at the plate. Everything fell our direction. We went and got a ring. That was pretty cool. Last year was pretty cool. I just don’t want anybody to think that we’re all just like disillusioned and we’re thinking like we should be competing for titles year in and year out, with San Antonio and Oklahoma City—that’s not realistic.”
Kerr might not be on the Warriors beyond the 2025-2026 season. With his contract set to expire, the future hasn’t been decided. The Warriors and the head coach mutually decided to revisit conversations about the future after the current season.
The Warriors are undoubtedly going to give Kerr, a multi-time champion, a lot of faith as they work on contending for another title. As far as the fan base goes, support for the head coach might be running thin. The Warriors have to find consistency before it gets out of hand.
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