Steve Kerr reportedly agrees to 2-year deal with Warriors after exit rumors, remains highest-paid coach in NBA

But that Warriors dynasty has largely fallen apart in recent years. The team went just 37-45 and missed the playoffs for the second time in three years this spring.

In their season-ending loss in the NBA play-in tournament, Kerr had an emotional moment with stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green — the last two real pieces of the Warriors’ championship runs — on the court, telling them he didn’t know what was happening next.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen next, but I love you guys to death,” Kerr was heard telling the duo. “Thank you. Appreciate you.”

Kerr admitted after that loss in the play-in tournament to the Phoenix Suns that a change might be coming, too, and he seemed at peace with that as a possibility. Kerr met with Warriors’ owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy at the end of April, but the two sides weren’t in a rush to determine anything.

The Warriors reportedly wanted Kerr to sign a multi-year extension with them this offseason rather than return for a farewell tour-type season, and Kerr has been conflicted for weeks. Green even predicted that Kerr wouldn’t be around next season.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Kerr said. “I still love coaching, but I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date. There’s a run that happens, and sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas and all that.

“If that’s the case, then I will be nothing but grateful for the most amazing opportunity any person could have to coach in front of our fans in the Bay, to coach Steph Curry, to coach Dray, the whole group. It may still go on, it may not. I don't know at this point."

Three weeks later, the Warriors got their answer. It figures to be only one part of their high-stakes offseason.