Steve's future's kind of topic of the night. Um it he said it'll be decided in the next couple weeks or you know he'll think about it in the next couple weeks. How vocal do you plan to do with Steve about his future and with the organization about keeping him around? I'm take uh Steve's lead just we haven't had any of these conversations. So, um, we all have to kind of assess where we're at and you know, I'm sure decisions either way will be made, but just the idea of just looking at how we try to make something out of this year is the focus for me and we'll get to the rest of what the future looks like. But, um, we had a lot of good moments in the

locker room. just appreciating the fight and the battle that we had and the ability to try to extend our season. Didn't go the way we wanted to and we'll get to the other stuff later. No, but knowing that it is, you know, his choice, how much of a preference is it for you? I want coach to be happy. I want him to be excited about the job. I want him to believe, you know, he's the right guy for the job. I want him to um you know have an opportunity to again enjoy what he does. So whatever that means for him. You know everybody's uh plan is their own and not going to try to tell anybody what to do. He knows how I feel about him. That should uh

shouldn't even need to be said. But um you know, however it goes, you're excited about or act you're uh thankful for what we've been able to accomplish over this run. Thankful for an opportunity hopefully to put it together to do something again next year. And again, I just want coach to be able to look at, you know, the situation as a whole and feel like he's the right guy. We asked Steve about that last moment when you, Draymond, and him on the sideline and he said, "This could be the last time." Did that hit you then? Like the last time you three are together in a competitive moment?

I mean, I was kind of fighting it to be honest. I didn't you always have. We've we've lost games. You've ended your season a lot of different ways and you've had those moments on the sideline where you go up and down and you know thank everybody for what they've poured into the year. But for it to start with that conversation and that moment, it was definitely weird. Um because we had spent the last, you know, all season, but the really these last two weeks trying to hone in on just the moment right now that we had to extend our season and then all of a sudden you look up and times run out. um I do appreciate the fact that he took that moment cuz regardless like we're human beings and we have to be able to

acknowledge each other in that moment. But I don't know if that's a signal of anything. It's just we wanted to appreciate what we've all poured into this journey. Given what you guys have been able to accomplish, how are you going to remember this season given all the ups and downs and injuries and everything that happened? Uh it was a roller coaster ride to say the least. the way we came in with the locker room that we had. We had our sights set on realistically trying to chase, you know, homecourt advantage knowing where we were last year after the trade deadline

with Jimmy. And then, you know, he goes down, Mo goes down, I miss 20 whatever games. And you see like just momentum slipping away, but there was still this underlying like belief that when it comes to the Warriors, you're always talking about championships. that's what we've established as a, you know, a goal. But when we had to reshape that, it's like, okay, can we just make something out of this year to get a playoff experience and playoff birth and it that's that felt like the right goal. Um, and why I forced, you know, my way to try to get back and for us to, you know, have that moment we did in LA, the highs of that and the lows of tonight. It's just what basketball is what sports is about. You never know

what's going to happen, but you give it everything you have. And for us to um have had these last three, four days and a whole playin situation. Um I'm proud of the way we finished it cuz it could have been very sleepy. Like I not come back, we get blown out in the first game and everybody kind of just goes into the summer with no real direction. It was um it was a fun ride these last four days. How would you categorize kind of the state of the knee issue you're dealing with? And do you think any like do you need anything done this summer or just uh it's mostly rest. I mean there are some things I can do to prepare myself for next year which I'll stay on top of. And um they say uh a lot of golf helps my knee.

I heard that was part of the research I did. It was pretty incredible. So hopefully uh we can do that and then um you come back next year and I think long big picture I don't think there's anything you had to be mindful of what it showed how it showed itself this year knowing um there was a clear like how I prepared pre-injjury and post injury. So the things I've been doing recently I'll continue to do when it comes to rehab and maintenance and all that. But um it is kind of touch and go just knowing hopefully rest will get me right go into training camp feeling good and be able to manage it early in the year and kind of see where I'm at. That's kind of the idea, but I don't feel like there's going to be any real

long-term uh symptoms or anything. Still see multiple years beyond multiple for sure. That's more than one. Yes, that's perfect. Would you be interested in an extension? Uh, for sure. Um, but none of those conversations have happened. So, be a busy summer for the Warriors. To follow up on what you were saying earlier, the goal obviously here has always been the title, and you guys were consistent from the start of the year that if everybody was healthy, you felt like you could take some swings and get there. As you see what happened this year and you know the uncertainty about the summer, do you walk into next year

feeling like if you get everybody back healthy with it that you do have that you can still at least push for that level? Yeah, but I think we can approach it differently in the way that we build the year. Um because we started the year with that as an aspiration. I've only been in one locker room for the last 17 years. And before you win the title, there was only like those first two years, like you're building, you know, the foundation for what a championship team looks like, even though you had no idea what that really meant. Then you accomplish it, then everything else is based off of that.

And it's been that way for since, you know, 2015. So, I think we can reshape the narrative like knowing the back of our mind like that is the ultimate goal, but we have to get back to the basics of what makes a good basketball team um a competitive basketball team every single night. Uh understand how realize how hard it is to win in this league, but can we rethink, you know, how we do things with the foundation that we've established? we don't have to keep, you know, saying championship, championship, championship every day, even though, you know, we've experienced that. It's can we just build the foundation again um with what this team needs to do with the way that the game is played now, how fast it is,

how young and athletic it is, all of those things, we have to kind of put everything on the drawing board to get back to, you know, just being competitive every single night. stuff. Steve said the words you use were every coach has an expiration date. Um, you certainly Was he in here like going cra like y'all gave me some lines? I've only had one conversation with him, so I didn't get the I'm learning on the fly. So, please sorry. A week or two. Continue. But my question is I mean, he certainly seemed as engaged as ever in his 12th season. Yeah. and how do you view sort of is he still the right coach for where you guys are and do you agree with that every coach

has an expiration date or can it go longer you know I think everything we've done is unprecedented and there's only a few examples you can kind of look to in the history of basketball especially in the modern era where when we started again the way the game is played has you know has changed from 2013 13 14 when we were kind of ascending to or 14 15 when coach got here where we were ascending to how it's played now roster construction like all those things you have to adapt and evolve for sure I think coach is fully capable of doing that and thinking you know outside the box as we go but to his point and your spirit has to be in it your mind has to be in it the um your coaching staff like every dynamic has to be on that

journey with you So, only he can answer that. Um, and it sounds like he's put a lot of thought into it, but you know, we'll have those conversations where I get to kind of understand where his mindset is cuz it's not like he was going to open up to me on that front over the last, you know, or any point during the season cuz we still had a job to do. Back to the Suns. Um, basically Katie was here last year. He's no longer here. A lot of people thought the Suns wouldn't be doing this well this year.

Um, what did you see on the court from them this season in particular this playing game that kind of just changed their mentality and just looks like they got better this year without Kevin? They got better. I mean, and they look different and they figured out how to put the pieces together to, you know, highlight what they could do uh what their strengths are with this particular group is. They're super talented, fast, athletic. Um, defensively they like to, you know, switch a lot. And you got Devin doing his thing as a playmaker and a scorer. I heard Draymond talking about what Dylan's brought in terms of just the mentality.

Uh, but you have a lot of, we call him the others, but a lot of guys who show up on a nightly basis. You know, what Jordan Goodwin did tonight was incredible. um you know, Igodaro stepping in the starting role when you know you had uh um what's his name? Um Williams out. So like it's uh they do they seem to do it by a committee but they all play hard every night and you know you're going to be in a track meet and that's what it felt like tonight. So they did what they had to do. It' be fun to watch them against OKC. I'm sure they're pretty confident they can go out and uh and challenge the champs.

It's Sam. Sam, you had a question, right? Yeah. I just going back to see for a second. Did this season feel different for you guys and knowing that he didn't have a contract? No, it was more the injuries and the change of who we had available on a nightly basis halfway through the year. that was more of the uh the concern and the challenge that we had to face. Um I think he did a great job of not letting that be too much of a talking point within our circles, which that's what a professional does.

Did Steve literally say on the sideline there that this could be the last time? He said, "Yeah, it's I don't know what's going to happen, but if it is the last time, I just want to share this moment." Um, which is to the point of like after laying it all out on the line for as long as we did during this game, that was kind of a jolt of a message, but he left the door open. Great. All right, last one. So, the Suns had to take a step back last off season in order to take a forward and Warriors 5 years ago had to do the same thing. been playing and then got bounced out and about Lakers and then he had to take that leap forward of

course to win a championship. Do you see similar or different scenarios in that way and what the Warriors had to take that step back just like the Suns took a step back? I know what you think of. Yeah, I think uh when you're at the bottom or you underperform based on your expectations like again that's where we are right now. you have to assess where you're at and put your best foot forward to put a team together that can be competitive. They have more games ahead of them, so they're still writing their story. Um, and however it turns out, I'm sure they're going to be proud of what they've accomplished this year. Um, but there's 30 teams out there that are

trying to do the exact same thing every year and it's super competitive league and you have to hold on to whatever me momentum you have when you get it. So, they're on that ride and see how it goes. me with the heat. I'm CDA on