The Golden State Warriors managed to secure a new contract with Steve Kerr on Saturday, ending a long three weeks that had everybody on the edge of their seat waiting to see if the 12-year head coach would be back on the sidelines.

There were a couple of reports last week indicating that ESPN wanted Kerr to return to broadcasting — a job he was quite good at in the 2000's for TNT's NBA broadcasts — and were reportedly lobbying him aggressively to return, something that aligned with the idea that Kerr may step away from coaching to return to the mic.

If some of the newest reports are to be believed, the Warriors may have secured their coach just in the nick of time.

In the aftermath of Kerr's new contract, many clarifying stories and new information emerged about the entire situation.

One particularly interesting note came from Tim Kawakami of the San Francisco Standard. Just a few hours after the news broke of Kerr's return, Kawakami released an article that detailed a few of the reasons that drew Kerr back to the Warriors, such as Steph Curry, a relative understanding and agreement with the front office, and more.

The final reason was straight to the point, as Kawakami said, "Kerr is a coach. That's what he wants to do."

He then backed that up by revealing just how coveted Kerr is as a TV analyst, saying that ESPN was "especially aggressive about the chase, probably offering up to $7 million per (year), and I heard was willing to meet almost any possible condition of his, including staying away from all hot-take panel shows."

The money amount isn't super crazy, considering Kerr is currently the highest-paid coach in the NBA with a $17.5 million salary, but it's still in the ballpark of some of the other highest-paid commentators across the NBA's networks.

The bigger part is the willingness to meet almost any conditions. If that's true, then ESPN was willing to pull out all the stops to bring Kerr on as part of their cast of broadcasters and analysts.

However, less than two days later, this has turned into a he-said, she-said situation.

ESPN content president Burke Magnus took to Twitter to refute the claims, responding to a tweet from Awful Announcing that covered Kawakami's report. He bluntly said, "For anyone that may care, this is not true," and tagged both the Awful Announcing account and the company's owner.

Awful Announcing then updated their story to reflect that Magnus' response "categorically denying" Kawakami's report and quoting him as saying, "We have too much respect for Coach Kerr. We were not even going to engage until he made a decision on coaching."

It may seem a bit more likely that ESPN's content president is telling the truth than Kawakami or his sources, but in situations like these, there's never a real way to tell.

All in all, this is just water under the bridge at this point. Kerr might venture back into the media space when he's done coaching, but for now, he is locked and loaded for the Warriors.