Don Nelson Same as Ever While Waiting on Coaching Future

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Don Nelson isn't returning to the Golden State Warriors ... until his new boss tells him to.



Speaking by phone from his home in Maui, the coach whose future remains in doubt because of the team's impending ownership change said he remains in the dark as to whether he will be retained for the final year of his contract that is worth $6 million.



"(I'm here) until I get a call to come home," Nelson said with a laugh Thursday when asked when he might return to Oakland, Calif. "I know nothing."



As is always the case for Nelson this time of year, the league's all-time winningest coach refuses to stress ... He is three weeks into his annual Hawaiian getaway, unwinding with his family after watching over his Warriors at Las Vegas summer league in July.



Yet Nelson -- who has made it clear he hopes new owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber allow him to finish his contract next season before a certain parting of the ways -- mixed business with pleasure this week. He spent the day with Stephen Curry and his family, golfing during the day with the second-year Warriors guard and his father, Dell, then joining the families for dinner on the town and a visit to Nelson's waterfront home.

 

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