Sources: Met with Warriors’ Brass Kerr; Will meet again next week

a long time Golden State Warriors Head coach Steve Kerr met with controlling owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy for two hours on Monday, league sources told ESPN, as the teams continue to determine whether Kerr’s continued coaching is the best course of action.

Both sides described the meeting as productive, but nearly two weeks after the Warriors’ season ended in Phoenix, no resolution has been reached. Kerr, Lacob and Dunleavy plan to meet again next week to continue discussions, league sources said.

Kerr will take a previously planned golf trip to close this week as those around him continue to describe Kerr as torn about his own preferred side.

“It’s April,” a source said. “There’s no need for us to rush.”

In the coming days the calendar will flip to May. The draft lottery, the first significant off-season checkpoint, comes on May 10. The Warriors make it into the 11th slot, with a 9.4% chance of making the top four and a 77.6% chance of finishing 11th.

That lottery pick is an important tool in the Warriors’ plans to reshuffle the roster this coming summer, which is part of the equation in Kerr’s decision to return.

At this stage in his life and career — at age 60, having just wrapped up his 12th season in the same role — there is a consensus belief that Kerr still makes sense as a head coach leading a solid playoff contender built around Steph Curry. Draymond GreenBut not necessarily the fresh face of a restructuring.

“I still love coaching, but I get it,” Kerr said the night the Warriors were eliminated. “All these jobs have an expiration date. There’s a race that happens, and when the race is over, sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas.”

Team sources are adamant that this is purely a “basketball decision,” based on Kerr’s desire to retain coaching, management’s desire for some offensive philosophy and staffing changes, and whether there is a collective belief that the Warriors will be able to use the offseason to further improve its roster to compete in a crowded conference.

Warriors management has not initiated any kind of coaching search, league sources said. It will only start in the event that Kerr chooses to quit.