“I hope he’s our coach next year. You want my opinion? I think not, just because it just feels like that, it felt like that was it,” Green said on “The Draymond Green Show.” “I also hope I’m on this team next year. We also don’t know that.”

The offseason will hardly feel settled for anybody around Golden State, given the uncertainty of Kerr’s future following a loss to the Phoenix Suns in the play-in tournament that ended the Warriors’ season.

Kerr just completed a two-year contract worth $35 million.

The 60-year-old has won four championships during his 12 seasons leading the Warriors, who dealt with season-ending injuries to Jimmy Butler and Moses Moody and the long absence of Stephen Curry to finish 10th in the Western Conference. After beating the Los Angeles Clippers in the first play-in tournament game, Golden State lost 111-96 on Friday at Phoenix.

Green

Near the bench, Kerr pulled Curry and Green together and said: “I don’t know what’s gonna happen next, but I love you guys to death and I thank you. I appreciate you.” The exchange wasn’t something Kerr knew would be posted by the NBA on social media.

“I’ve never been so uncertain since early in my career on what happens next, but I’m truly at a loss now because you just don’t know what direction will be what,” Green said. “Steph, myself, Steve, shared a moment in what could be our last time playing with Steve as our coach. I’m happy we got to share that moment and he didn’t miss the moment. It was a big deal.”

Wemby wins honor

There had never been a unanimous NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Until now.

Victor Wembanyama — as expected — was announced Monday as the league’s top defensive player. The San Antonio center was second in the voting for DPOY as a rookie, was the favorite last season until a medical condition ended his season prematurely, then left no doubt this year.

At 22, he’s the youngest winner of the award.

“The real struggle might have been getting to 65 games,” Wembanyama said — referring to the number he needed for award eligibility — on NBC Sports Network. “But I’m super, super happy to win this award and actually super proud to be the first-ever unanimous.”

Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren was second and Detroit’s Ausar Thompson was third after both helped their teams secure No. 1 seeds for the playoffs. But this was never in doubt, not after the 7-foot-4 — or maybe taller — Wembanyama led the NBA in blocked shots for a third consecutive season and generally terrorized opponents any time they wanted to score.

The NBA will continue its award announcements Tuesday when the Clutch Player of the Year — either Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Denver’s Jamal Murray — is revealed.

Wembanyama is also a finalist for MVP, with the winner of that trophy not set to be revealed until next week at the earliest.

Coach sticking around

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets signed coach Jordi Fernandez and his staff to multiyear contract extensions.

The Nets went 20-62 this season and are 46-118 in two seasons under Fernandez. They were a young team playing five rookies selected in the first round of the 2025 draft and believe the native of Spain is the right coach to continue leading the way.

Fernandez was the associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings for two seasons before coming to Brooklyn and before that was a Denver Nuggets assistant for six seasons.

Monday’s games:

– Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, James Harden added 28 and the Cleveland Cavaliers scored a 115-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Evan Mobley added 25 points and eight rebounds for the Cavaliers. Scottie Barnes led Toronto with a playoff career-high 26 points.

– CJ McCollum scored 32 points and the Atlanta Hawks rallied late to stun the New York Knicks 107-106 on Monday night, tying their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. McCollum led a late surge that was almost for naught when he missed two free throws with 5.6 seconds remaining. The Knicks rushed the ball up the court without any timeouts left, but Mikal Bridges missed a jumper as time expired. Jonathan Kuminga added 19 points off the bench and Jalen Johnson had 17, including a basket with 10 seconds left. Jalen Brunson had 29 points for the Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns added 18. The sixth-seeded Hawks host Game 3 on Thursday.