OAKLAND — Warriors executive board member Jerry West has agreed to a two-year extension with the team through the 2016-17 season, an NBA source confirmed to this newspaper Wednesday.

West had one year remaining on his original deal with the team, and this new deal will be tacked on for a total of a three-year commitment from this point.

This move, coupled with the new deal for general manager Bob Myers through the 2017-18 season, puts a bow on co-owner Joe Lacob’s desire to keep his front office together for the long term as the team gets set to move into a San Francisco arena by 2018.

West, 76, had told associates recently that he was thinking about retiring for good, especially after the chaos of the Warriors’ 51-win season and subsequent firing of coach Mark Jackson.

But West also told friends that he remains passionately interested in making the Warriors a title contender.

Jackson and West were on chilly terms through most of last season. But team sources say the decision to move on from Jackson was made by Lacob and Myers.

According to multiple sources, West, along with coach Steve Kerr, was a leading voice in the team’s decision this summer not to put Klay Thompson into any trade offer for Kevin Love, who has since been traded from Minnesota to Cleveland.

But that final decision also was made by Lacob and Myers, and the process, while at times heated, was exactly the way Lacob wants his front office to work.

West joined the Warriors’ executive board as a part-owner in May 2011, and his contract was due to expire at the end of this coming season.

West, a Hall of Famer, also has had a large role in the Warriors’ quest to line up sponsors and build support for their move to San Francisco.

As the Los Angeles Lakers’ main decision-maker, West helped craft two championship runs, one featuring Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and another featuring Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant.