Steve Kerr reveals Warriors All-Star Draymond Green has done things he can 'never forgive him for'

Golden State Warriors All-Star guardant Draymond Green is rather nan polarizing hoops player, and his caput coach, Steve Kerr, tin attest to that complete their years together successful nan Bay Area.

Kerr and Green person gotten into their spats complete nan years, but 4 NBA titles together has besides been nan result.

During a recent, in-depth question and reply pinch The New Yorker, Kerr admitted that Green has pushed him to his limits. And while he would "do thing for him," Kerr besides admitted that Green has crossed nan statement to nan constituent of nary return.

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Draymond Green reacts pinch caput coach Steve Kerr aft being ejected during nan last moments of an NBA play-in tourney crippled against nan Phoenix Suns astatine Mortgage Matchup Center successful Phoenix, Ariz., connected April 17, 2026. The Suns defeated nan Warriors 111-96. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

"There’s things he’s done that I tin ne'er forgive him for, and yet I will do thing for him," Kerr said to nan outlet.

It’s nary concealed that Kerr and Green person needed to beryllium separated, whether it’s during a crippled aliases successful a much backstage setting. In December 2025, Green was seen telling Kerr, "F--- you," yet starring to nan prima guardant getting sent to nan locker room successful a crippled against nan Orlando Magic.

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"Yeah. I mean, group pulling america apart. And successful my first 5 years, we would get into 3 knockdown, dragouts a year," Kerr said astir him and Green. "Part of it was, I conscionable had to show nan remainder of nan squad that I’m successful charge. You person to do things by a group of standards. It’s a organization that you’re building, not conscionable a squad -- a small nine pinch values and standards and expectations. And past you’re a organization that has to constabulary itself. The coach has to request definite behaviors, definite habits. So past for a agelong clip we had a truce. I understood him truthful well. He understood me. But this year, we had a awesome blowout successful December."

Kerr called Green "such a unsocial person" who has rather nan mind for basketball. He’s needed it to play his position astatine only 6-foot-6, erstwhile forwards are usually overmuch taller elsewhere successful nan league.

As Green, 36, is person to status than he isn’t, coaching has been a speculation. He was usually not successful that authorities of mind, but successful caller discussion, Green seems unfastened to nan imaginable of coaching aft his playing days.

Kerr isn’t sure, though, if he’s temperament is fresh for it.

"I don’t cognize that he’ll coach. He decidedly has nan encephalon for it. I don’t cognize if he has nan patience," Kerr explained. "He’s an incredibly passionate, affectional guy, and that passion and power has often gotten him successful trouble. And I emotion him. I deliberation he’s a really good-hearted personification pinch an unthinkable brain, but if he wants to coach, he’s going to person to study really to power immoderate of that emotion, that desire, and that occurrence that burns wrong him, and it’s not an easy point to do."

Draymond Green and caput coach Steve Kerr of nan Golden State Warriors respond during nan 4th fourth against nan Atlanta Hawks astatine State Farm Arena successful Atlanta, Ga., connected March 21, 2026. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Green isn’t nan astir talented NBA players successful position of beingness stature, velocity aliases strength. But Green knows really tenacious he tin beryllium arsenic a defender, making nan All-Defensive NBA squad 9 times successful his career, while winning nan 2016-17 Defensive Player of nan Year Award.

In fact, Kerr, who played pinch nan iconic Chicago Bulls dynasty during his clip connected nan hardwood, said Green is nan champion defender he’s ever witnessed successful nan league.

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"That’s saying a lot, fixed that I played pinch Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman," Kerr added. "The modern crippled demands truthful overmuch much than it did successful nan 1990s. You person to beryllium capable to defender each 5 positions, because there’s truthful overmuch gait and power and crossmatches. You title backmost connected defense, you’ve sewage to defender nan feline successful beforehand of you. And past there’s nan "pick-on" game: nan opposing squad is going to bring nan weakest defender into each pick-and-roll to summation an advantage.

"Draymond, he tin defender immoderate action, immoderate position, immoderate player. And he tin besides rustle up nan play down nan play if he’s not progressive successful nan action because of his brain, his speed, his reach."

It’s 1 of those rollercoaster relationships, but 1 that Kerr will ne'er regret pinch Green – moreover if he’s crossed nan statement a clip aliases two.

Draymond Green talks to caput coach Steve Kerr aft receiving a method foul successful nan 4th fourth against nan Sacramento Kings during nan NBA In-Season Tournament crippled astatine Golden 1 Center successful Sacramento, Calif., connected Nov. 28, 2023. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

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While Green has a subordinate action for adjacent play pinch nan Warriors, each eyes are connected Kerr arsenic he mulls a large determination of whether he wishes to return arsenic caput coach aliases not. He told nan outlet it would beryllium an easy determination if Green and Steph Curry were to discontinue this year, but that’s not nan case.

Kerr said nan Warriors will talk their imagination for nan early successful nan coming weeks, but he’s unsure correct now if he will beryllium a portion of it.  

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