Kerr: 'Feels like the end of' Warriors' season

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Even if the NBA can save the 2019-20 season, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is already looking ahead.

"It's different for us because we were down to 17 games, but we were out of the playoffs. It feels like the end of the season for our team. It just does," Kerr said Tuesday, according to ESPN's Nick Friedell. "We don't know anything officially.

"There's still a chance the league could ask us to come back and play some games, but given what we went through this season with all the injuries and the tough record, it's been more of the case of we're staying in touch with guys but everybody is just sort of assuming that this is kind of it. We're not going to be involved much anymore."

Golden State was mathematically eliminated from postseason contention with its loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on March 10, one day before Rudy Gobert's positive coronavirus test result immediately halted the 2019-20 season.

With the hiatus now stretching over a month-and-a-half long - and 10 days into the original playoff schedule - it's unclear how much of the regular season the NBA expects to save whenever it's safe to resume.

Kerr said he and his assistants have already begun preparing for 2020-21.

"Our coaching staff and I have been undergoing staff evaluations, offseason plans, so we are absolutely in offseason mode right now," he said.

In one faint glimmer of hope Monday, the NBA confirmed it hopes to allow teams in markets with loosening stay-at-home policies to open their training centers for individual player workouts beginning May 8.

However, the Warriors are still complying with San Francisco's shelter-in-place mandate, and they'll await word from mayor London Breed before opening their facilities.