The Golden State Warriors have seen many rumors and reports come to the surface in the past couple of weeks regarding Steve Kerr. With his role as head coach hanging in the balance pending upcoming decisions in the near future, the media have had extensive coverage on both sides of the predicament.

However, this increase in reporting and focus also brings the risk of conflicting reports, and as more and more information arises, some things are bound to clash.

On Wednesday, ESPN's Shams Charania, Ramona Shelburne, and Anthony Slater released their combined reporting on the entire situation about Kerr and the Warriors.

The main revelation was that the two sides had met this past weekend and are set to meet once again next week to continue discussions, but there is one more thing that now conflicts with previous reporting.

"Team sources remain adamant that this is purely a 'basketball decision,' based around Kerr's desire to keep coaching, management's desire for some offensive philosophy and staffing tweaks, and whether there's a collective belief that the Warriors will be able to utilize transaction season to better beef up its roster to compete in a crowded conference."

Last week, it was a major story from two reporters — noted NBA reporter Marc J. Spears and The Athletic's Nick Friedell — that one potential reason for the Warriors' ownership to want to part ways with Kerr was because of his activism. They said that his outspoken mannerisms towards social and political issues caused some internal frustrations, and, for Kerr's side, it may have made him feel stifled.

Now, it seems like the reporting from ESPN is overruling that, at least from the organizational side.

If it's truly a basketball decision, based on Kerr's success and how they believe they can move forward with Kerr in the position as head coach or not, then it relieves some of the oddities from last week's reporting, considering Kerr's activism is not a hidden trait over his career and doesn't particularly affect his coaching one way or another.

With this, the question now turns to how the Warriors' front office believes they could improve if Kerr were to move on. The ESPN report also noted that management hasn't begun any sort of coaching search, and while the NBA's coaching carousel isn't quite as cutthroat or time-sensitive as the NFL or college football, the Milwaukee Bucks already filled their opening with a solid candidate in Taylor Jenkins.

The NBA Draft continues to draw closer, and if they don't make a decision on Kerr soon and end up being in the midst of a coaching search while also trying to make a good draft pick, it might end up with a dissonance between prospect evaluation and the potential coach's desires.