The window on the Warriors’ dynasty certainly is nearing it’s end, but coach Steve Kerr is confident that the 2025-26 NBA season won’t be the swan song for Steph Curry and Golden State’s aging core.
Kerr was on the famous 1997-98 Chicago Bulls team that earned the “last dance” moniker as the final season in a storied dynasty led by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson.
This iteration of the Warriors won’t be the same final chapter, as Kerr explained to The SF Standard’s Tim Kawakami on an episode of “The TK Show.”
“By no means am I looking at this as the last dance or my last dance,” Kerr told Kawakami. “I think this team, you know obviously Steph [Curry], Draymond [Green] and Jimmy [Butler] are signed for two more years. That Bulls team, everybody was a free agent. Michael [Jordan], Scottie [Pippen], Phil [Jackson] were all free agents. It was very clear cut and defined. We were also coming off back-to-back championships. Very unique situation.”
“This is different. This is more of a traditional NBA situation where you got some aging stars, you’re just trying to be good for as long as you can. You don’t know if it’s going to be this year or two more years or three more years. None of us have any idea. So, this definitely is not the last dance.”
Curry, Green and Kerr have led the Warriors to four NBA championships, solidifying Golden State’s place among the best dynasties in league history.
While Curry (37), Butler (36) and Green (35) make up one of the NBA’s older cores, but the hope is their combined experience and generational feel for the game can make up for the tremendous amount of wear and tear on the trios bodies from lengthy professional careers.
The relatively small sample size is encouraging, as Golden State posted a 23-7 record in the regular season after acquiring Butler before dispatching the No. 2 seed Houston Rockets in the NBA playoffs.
Although the Warriors enter this season with high hopes, Golden State fans can rest easy knowing there still will be more Curry-led basketball on the horizon.
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