Steve Kerr signs 2-year extension to stay with Warriors as NBA's highest-paid coach

Steve Kerr is staying in the Bay. The Warriors and their Hall of Fame coach agreed to a 2-year extension that keeps Kerr as the highest-paid bench boss in the league for a 13th season in Golden State. Shams Charania broke the news.

The extension comes after a brutal year. Golden State finished 37-45, slipped to the 10 seed, won a play-in game over the Clippers, and got bounced by the Suns. There were real questions about whether Kerr wanted to keep coaching this aging roster. But both Steph Curry and Draymond Green publicly said they wanted him back, and Kerr said the same about them. The math worked.

The Warriors now have to remake their team around the core. Curry is 38 and missed 39 games last season. The roster has been described as 'old and unathletic.' Kerr is back to oversee the rebuild — or the next reload, depending on whether the front office can find pieces in the lottery and on the trade market. Curry's extension talks are next on the docket. For now: Kerr stays, and the Warriors avoid the lame-duck circus they've been worried about for two years.