Warriors and Steve Kerr expected to hold follow-up meeting next week

Golden State and Steve Kerr are expected to hold another meeting next week after an initial two-hour discussion with owner Joe Lacob and GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. ended without a resolution, according to reporting from Shams Charania with ESPN colleagues.

The follow-up meeting is less about drama than about where the process stands. Another conversation usually means the sides still have enough common ground to keep talking, but not enough to treat this as finished.

The hard parts are pretty clear: timeline, roster direction, and how much the Warriors want to chase the current window while making decisions for the next one.

For Kerr, the issue is bigger than contract language. It is whether he makes sense for the next version of the team. For the Warriors, it is whether continuity is still the best answer, or whether they are getting closer to a real reset. That kind of thing rarely gets solved in one meeting.

In the near term, this keeps the Warriors in an active but controlled negotiation posture. No resolution now does not imply a break; it usually means decision quality is being prioritized over speed. The second meeting will likely be the first true checkpoint for whether the two sides are converging.

Bottom line: the story is still open. A follow-up meeting means the door remains active, and next week now becomes the practical timeline marker for Kerr’s status.