Following reports that Jonathan Kuminga has “lost faith” in Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors head coach responded to it before their matchup against the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Kerr indicated that he's spoken to Kuminga and wanted to address any internal issues before they're leaked to the press.

“We talked, obviously those things are better discussed behind the scenes anytime something like that goes public. Then, it creates distractions. I think it's important for all of our guys, and I talked to our whole team about it, if you got an issue I'm here,” Kerr explained.

“I am the most accessible coach in the league probably. My door is always open and I have players all the time that come talk to me and I encourage it. It's a difficult situation because every player naturally has his own goals; his own dreams. Everybody wants to flourish; everybody wants to blossom and we have a lot of guys that are very capable of playing and I have very difficult decisions to make.”

The reported issue started after the Warriors' heartbreaking loss to the Denver Nuggets. Jonathan Kuminga, after having a stellar game, was benched for the final 18 minutes of the contest. He was benched in favor of a lineup that featured Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins as the wing players on the floor.

Kerr explained his decision to not put Kuminga back in the game after the loss, saying, “He was playing great. His normal time to go back in would have been around the five-, six-minute mark (of the fourth). (Andrew Wiggins) was playing great, we were rolling, were up 18, 19, whatever it was. So we just stayed with him. Then at that (later) point, it didn’t feel like the right thing to do. He had been sitting for a while. So I stayed with the group that was out there, and obviously, we couldn’t close it out.”

Apparnetly, Kerr's decision to bench Kuminga down the stretch was “the straw that broke the camel's back.”

Now that Steve Kerr has indicated that he's spoken to Jonathan Kuminga following the report, only time will tell if Kuminga's grievances will be addressed.