The letter Warriors’ Steve Kerr wrote Draymond Green as he was spiraling

Amid a trying 2025-26 season, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr penned a letter to Draymond Green. After surviving the trade deadline, Green could be the subject of trade rumors during the offseason. While Kerr has re-committed to Golden State for the foreseeable future, the Warriors' front office will do its best to put together a title-contending roster.Kerr reflected on Green's legacy with the Warriors in a letter, he said, per ESPN's Wright Thompson.“He told Dray how much he meant to him. He talked about the turnovers, how the Warriors were 9-2 when they turned the ball over less than their opponents, and 3-11 when they turned it over more. He talked about aging, about how all great players adapted at the end of their career,” Thompson wrote. “Magic Johnson learned how to shoot threes, he wrote, and Steph Curry got stronger, and Michael Jordan learned to dominate the low post.“Your superpower, he told Green, is your brain and your defensive instincts. He told him he loved him. Most of all, he told him he understood him. Kerr and Green fought because they were wired so similarly, with lots of internal rage that Steve had learned how to outwardly control better than Dray. “He's so passionate,” Kerr said once as we walked through the Presidio. “He's so loyal. He's such a winner. But he's complex.”Green's anger got the best of him when he punched Jordan Poole in the early stages of the Warriors' title defense, which ended before it actually started. Kerr says he visited Draymond at his home in Los Angeles to talk. “You're walking on the edge,” he told him. “Don't go down this path of anger.” This happened two years ago. “I've been very proud of him,” Kerr said. “But at least once every season, you can just see the rage building.” Was the 2025-26 campaign Green's final season with the Warriors? Would Warriors be willing to trade Draymond Green? Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Warriors veteran Draymond Green weighed in on the Clippers' offseason regarding Kawhi Leonard's immediate future. After the Pacers lost their top-4-protected first-round pick in this year's lottery to the Clippers via the Ivica Zubac trade at the deadline, Green addressed the potential options the front office will face over the summer. “You have to look at the Los Angeles Clippers in the fifth spot and say: ‘Huh, what are they gonna do?' Are they going to draft the fifth pick and put him next to Kawhi Leonard, or are they going to move Kawhi Leonard, try to get more draft assets, and start a rebuild? But I will say, tough luck. You did get your starting center,” Green said. “If that comes at the heels of a perennial All-Star, unless the Pacers win a championship, this could be viewed as the top-5 worst trade ever.” Draymond on Pacers losing their pick to the Clippers in the NBA Draft Lottery “Are they (Clippers) gonna draft the fifth pick and put him next to Kawhi Leonard or are they gonna move Kawhi Leonard, try to get more draft assets and start a rebuild?… but I will say, tough luck… pic.twitter.com/AxROfKLGKz — The Draymond Green Show (@DraymondShow) May 13, 2026 The Clippers and Warriors will be two teams to keep tabs on during the summer. Amid a trying 2025-26 season, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr penned a letter to Draymond Green. After surviving the trade deadline, Green could be the subject of trade rumors during the offseason. While Kerr has re-committed to Golden State for the foreseeable future, the Warriors' front office will do its best to put together a title-contending roster.