Veteran forward Draymond Green is back with the Golden State Warriors after serving a 12-game suspension. But as it turns out, Green almost didn’t return to the Warriors or the NBA.

Speaking on his The Draymond Green Show, Green revealed that he contemplated retiring. It was NBA Commissioner Adam Silver who talked him out of it.

“I told him, ‘Adam this is too much for me. … This is too much. It’s all becoming too much for me — and I’m going to retire,’” Green said. “And Adam said, ‘You’re making a very rash decision and I won’t let you do that.’”

Green also added that talking with Silver helped him a lot and said that he is “thankful to play in a league with a commissioner like Adam who’s more about helping you than hurting you.”

The NBA suspended Green indefinitely after hitting Phoenix Suns’ center Jusuf Nurkic across the face in the third quarter of Golden State’s 119-116 loss to the Suns on December 12. At the time, the league stated that Green would be required to “meet certain league and team conditions before he returns to play.”

Green was sidelined for almost a month due to suspension before being reinstated over the weekend. It is unclear when the 33-year-old player will be back on the court.

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The Golden State Warriors veteran forward Draymond Green will miss at least three weeks while serving his indefinite suspension, according to a recent report by The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Green was suspended by the NBA last week after hitting Phoenix Suns’ center Jusuf Nurkic in the face during the Warriors’ 119-116 loss to the Suns on December 12. At the time, the NBA didn’t give any details about the length of the suspension, but stated that Green would be required to clear several steps before being reinstated.

As part of the process, Green must receive counseling while working closely with Golden State and the league. Charania reports that the 33-year-old already started attending counseling sessions and that the NBA will reconsider his position after three weeks.

If Charania’s report is correct, then Green could miss the following 12 games. He already missed two games since the incident with Nurkic took place.

Green apologized for hitting Nurkic immediately after the Suns game, saying that his actions were unintentional and that he just wanted to get the officials to blow a whistle.

“As you know, I’m not one to apologize for things I meant to do, but I do apologize to Jusuf. Because I didn’t intend to hit him,” Green said at the time. “I sell calls with my arms.”

However, the apology didn’t do much to help Green avoid suspension as the league took into consideration his “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.” Green was already suspended once this season, sitting out five games for an incident with Minnesota Timberwolves’ center Rudy Gobert.

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The NBA has had it enough with Draymond Green and his problematic behavior on the court. The league announced that the Golden State Warriors star was handed a five-game suspension for his altercation with Rudy Gobert during a 104-101 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. 

The incident took place in the first quarter of Tuesday’s game. Warriors’ Kyle Thompson and Wolves’ Jaden McDaniels got in a scuffle, and Gobert approached alongside several other players with the intention of separating the two. At that point, Green approached Gobert from the back and placed him in a headlock, refusing to let go.

Thompson and McDaniels received two technical fouls and were ejected. Green was also tossed out of the game, being assessed a Flagrant 2 foul.

During his five-game suspension, Green will not get paid, causing him to miss out on $769,970 in salary. Thompson, McDaniels, and Gobert were fined $25,000.

The most recent suspension will be Green’s fifth since he entered the league. He famously got suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals for hitting LeBron James in the groin. Green’s most recent suspension came during the first-round series against the Sacramento Kings in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, when he was suspended for one game after stepping on the chest of Domantas Sabonis.

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The Golden State Warriors received some bad news as they prepare for the start of training camp. According to Jason Dumas of the Bleacher Report, veteran forward Draymond Green is dealing with an ankle sprain and could miss significant time.

Green reportedly got injured during a recent pickup game. He is expected to be limited during training camp, with a sprain keeping him out anywhere from three to six weeks.

Green himself confirmed the injury to ESPN’s Marc J. Spears, but kept a positive attitude about it. 

“I dodged a bullet and learned that today by the way it’s (positively) reacting. Even with an MRI, you don’t see the trend of it immediately. The swelling is down,” Green said.

Draymond Green started 73 games for the Warriors in 2022-23, averaging 8.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team at the end of the season.

While Green isn’t filling up the boxscore this late in his career, he is still valuable to the Warriors due to his leadership and defensive prowess. This is why the franchise decided to lock him to a long-term deal back in June, giving him a four-year, $100 million contract extension.

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The Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is declining his player option for the 2023-24 NBA season. Green will now become a free agent and is looking for a new, long-term deal, even if it doesn’t come from the Warriors.

According to Green’s agent Rich Paul, his client will continue talking with Golden State but is also exploring all other options. This includes signing with a new team or executing some kind of sing-and-trade.

The Warriors, on the other hand, have no doubts about their plans for the future. Golden State’s new general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. made it clear in a chat with reporters on Monday that the team wants Greenback.

“We really want Draymond back,” Dunleavy said. “What he means in terms of this organization and this team, winning at the highest level, we feel like we have to have him.”

Draymond Green is often considered the Warriors’ “glue” guy and emotional leader of the locker room. He also remains one of the best defenders in the league on any given night, so it is understandable that Golden State doesn’t want to lose him.

Green finished the 2022-23 campaign, averaging 8.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.8 assists per game.

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Fresh from winning his fourth NBA title with the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green is looking to get paid. And reportedly, he is looking to get paid the maximum amount of money he can get.

In a recent piece about the Warriors, The Athletic‘s Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II reported that Green “wants and believes he deserves a maximum contract extension” from Golden State. The 32-year-old player is entering the final year of his 2019’s max extension, although he has a player option for 2023-24.

Green will become eligible for an extension in early August and would like to have four years added to his current deal, according to the report. This type of contract would pay him $164.2 million in the next five years while keeping him with the franchise through 2026-27, when he’ll be 37 years old.

Unfortunately for Green, the Warriors are not entertaining the possibility of giving him the max deal at the moment. The franchise’s policy is to negotiate a new deal for the player once he enters the final year, meaning that they would prefer to postpone any talks until next summer.

While Green is an important part of the Warriors’ locker room and one of the team’s best players on defense, it is easy to see why the team would be hesitant to commit max money to him.

He hasn’t averaged double digits in points since 2017–18 and has contributed only 8.0 points during this year’s title run.

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There appears to be no bad blood between former teammates Draymond Green and Kevin Durant over the way the latter left the Golden State Warriors. But despite that and the fact it has been three years since then, Green still believes Durant made a mistake.

During a recent appearance on The Colin Cowherd Podcast, Green reflected on his relationship with Durant and said that he still thinks of him as his “brother” and wants him to succeed.

“What I will say is, when he decided that he was going to leave, I thought it was a mistake,” Green continued. “And not for the reason that everyone else thinks it’s a mistake, by the way. I thought it was a mistake because I know Kevin.”

Green explained that he believes basketball is the most important thing for Durant and that he could be solely focused on it with Golden State compared to his current situation.

“I felt like when Kevin was here, what he was allowed to do was to simply just go play basketball, which is what Kevin loves to do,” he added.

You can check out Green’s full bit on Durant below.

Durant helped the Warriors reach three NBA Finals and win two championships before choosing to team up with Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn in 2019. However, he is yet to find success with the Nets, failing to get out of the second round while there.

Since Durant left, the Warriors missed the playoff twice before returning to the postseason this year. They secured a place in the NBA Finals and are favored against the young Boston Celtics to win another title.

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Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green will probably want to forget the 2019/20 NBA season as soon as possible. Not only his team finished with the worst record in the league, but Green also struggled individually and had one of his least productive performances since entering the league.

And while most coaches would be worried to see this from one of their main players, Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr doesn’t seem to lose sleep over it. According to Kerr, who recently made an appearance on KNBR’s Tolbert, Kreuger, and Brooks podcast, Green was just a victim of a bad situation.

“I think this year was really frustrating for him offensively, and then as a competitor, it was frustrating for him just losing night after night. It’s just too difficult in this league to try to win games when you’re that shorthanded. I think he dealt with the frustration,” said Kerr, alluding to the fact that Warriors played without All-Stars Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry for most of the 2019/20.

Without Thompson and Curry on the court, Green had his statistically worst season since his sophomore year in the NBA, averaging 8.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game this season. He also shot abysmal 38.9 percent from the field and 27.9 percent from the three-point arc.

But Kerr believes that these performances were an outlier and that Green will return to his “very best version” next season.

“He made it through, and he is getting a much-needed rest,” he added. “And I think we’re going to see the very best version of Draymond next year, whenever next season starts. I feel really good about where he’s going to be mentally and physically.”

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Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green was honored by his alma mater Michigan State University in a special way on Tuesday night. Michigan decided to retire No.23 jersey in honor of Green, who wore the number during his time with the Spartans.

Green attended the ceremony with his family and friends, while several of his Warriors’ teammates, including Klay Thompson, came to support him as well. Golden State’s head coach Steve Kerr and owner Joe Lacob were also in attendance. 

“As a kid from Saginaw, Michigan, my hopes and dreams were to play at Michigan State. It was never to get my jersey retired, and I lived that dream,” Green said. “This is special. I come here, and every time I walk into the arena, I look up there. And, now, when I walk in here, I’m going to see my name up there.”

Draymond Green played four years at Michigan State, between 2008 and 2012, helping the team to reach two Final Four appearances during that time. Green played 145 games (66 as a starter) with Spartans and averaged 10.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors out of college, becoming 35^th overall pick in 2012 NBA Draft.

Green has stayed connected with Michigan State even after going to NBA, and regularly supports the school’s basketball program. He recently gave a donation to help build the strength and conditioning center at the Spartans’ team arena.

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It didn’t take long for Golden State Warriors’ forward Draymond Green to earn his first ejection in the new NBA season.

After missing five games due to a finger injury, Green returned to court on Monday night in Warriors’ 122-108 loss to the Utah Jazz. However, the 29-year-old wasn’t there to witness the end of the contest, as he was ejected in the fourth quarter for arguing with officials.

With just below nine minutes left in the game, Green believed he had taken a charge against Jazz’s Mike Conley, but the official didn’t call it. After standing up, he started protesting about the call with officials and ended up earning a technical foul. While the Jazz took the free throw, Green continued to plead his case with one referee who had enough of it and decided to eject him.

Green exited the game with four points, eight rebounds, and four assists. 

“I disagreed with that call,” – said Green the game. “And I’m never going to be OK with another grown man telling me, ‘Don’t talk.’ If you feel like you got the call wrong, or right, you don’t tell me not to talk. I’m a grown man. I got my own kids. So that’s what happened.”

Warriors currently find themselves in a world of trouble, as they are at the bottom of West with 2-8 record. This might be the team’s reality this season, as they will be without All-Star Klay Thompson for the rest of the season, while their superstar guard Steph Curry is questionable to return in 2019/20 due to a hand injury. 

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Veteran forward Draymond Green is back with the Golden State Warriors after serving a 12-game suspension. But as it turns out, Green almost didn’t return to the Warriors or the NBA.

Speaking on his The Draymond Green Show, Green revealed that he contemplated retiring. It was NBA Commissioner Adam Silver who talked him out of it.

“I told him, ‘Adam this is too much for me. … This is too much. It’s all becoming too much for me — and I’m going to retire,’” Green said. “And Adam said, ‘You’re making a very rash decision and I won’t let you do that.’”

Green also added that talking with Silver helped him a lot and said that he is “thankful to play in a league with a commissioner like Adam who’s more about helping you than hurting you.”

The NBA suspended Green indefinitely after hitting Phoenix Suns’ center Jusuf Nurkic across the face in the third quarter of Golden State’s 119-116 loss to the Suns on December 12. At the time, the league stated that Green would be required to “meet certain league and team conditions before he returns to play.”

Green was sidelined for almost a month due to suspension before being reinstated over the weekend. It is unclear when the 33-year-old player will be back on the court.

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The Golden State Warriors veteran forward Draymond Green will miss at least three weeks while serving his indefinite suspension, according to a recent report by The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Green was suspended by the NBA last week after hitting Phoenix Suns’ center Jusuf Nurkic in the face during the Warriors’ 119-116 loss to the Suns on December 12. At the time, the NBA didn’t give any details about the length of the suspension, but stated that Green would be required to clear several steps before being reinstated.

As part of the process, Green must receive counseling while working closely with Golden State and the league. Charania reports that the 33-year-old already started attending counseling sessions and that the NBA will reconsider his position after three weeks.

If Charania’s report is correct, then Green could miss the following 12 games. He already missed two games since the incident with Nurkic took place.

Green apologized for hitting Nurkic immediately after the Suns game, saying that his actions were unintentional and that he just wanted to get the officials to blow a whistle.

“As you know, I’m not one to apologize for things I meant to do, but I do apologize to Jusuf. Because I didn’t intend to hit him,” Green said at the time. “I sell calls with my arms.”

However, the apology didn’t do much to help Green avoid suspension as the league took into consideration his “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts.” Green was already suspended once this season, sitting out five games for an incident with Minnesota Timberwolves’ center Rudy Gobert.

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The NBA has had it enough with Draymond Green and his problematic behavior on the court. The league announced that the Golden State Warriors star was handed a five-game suspension for his altercation with Rudy Gobert during a 104-101 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday. 

The incident took place in the first quarter of Tuesday’s game. Warriors’ Kyle Thompson and Wolves’ Jaden McDaniels got in a scuffle, and Gobert approached alongside several other players with the intention of separating the two. At that point, Green approached Gobert from the back and placed him in a headlock, refusing to let go.

Thompson and McDaniels received two technical fouls and were ejected. Green was also tossed out of the game, being assessed a Flagrant 2 foul.

During his five-game suspension, Green will not get paid, causing him to miss out on $769,970 in salary. Thompson, McDaniels, and Gobert were fined $25,000.

The most recent suspension will be Green’s fifth since he entered the league. He famously got suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals for hitting LeBron James in the groin. Green’s most recent suspension came during the first-round series against the Sacramento Kings in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, when he was suspended for one game after stepping on the chest of Domantas Sabonis.

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The Golden State Warriors received some bad news as they prepare for the start of training camp. According to Jason Dumas of the Bleacher Report, veteran forward Draymond Green is dealing with an ankle sprain and could miss significant time.

Green reportedly got injured during a recent pickup game. He is expected to be limited during training camp, with a sprain keeping him out anywhere from three to six weeks.

Green himself confirmed the injury to ESPN’s Marc J. Spears, but kept a positive attitude about it. 

“I dodged a bullet and learned that today by the way it’s (positively) reacting. Even with an MRI, you don’t see the trend of it immediately. The swelling is down,” Green said.

Draymond Green started 73 games for the Warriors in 2022-23, averaging 8.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team at the end of the season.

While Green isn’t filling up the boxscore this late in his career, he is still valuable to the Warriors due to his leadership and defensive prowess. This is why the franchise decided to lock him to a long-term deal back in June, giving him a four-year, $100 million contract extension.

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The Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is declining his player option for the 2023-24 NBA season. Green will now become a free agent and is looking for a new, long-term deal, even if it doesn’t come from the Warriors.

According to Green’s agent Rich Paul, his client will continue talking with Golden State but is also exploring all other options. This includes signing with a new team or executing some kind of sing-and-trade.

The Warriors, on the other hand, have no doubts about their plans for the future. Golden State’s new general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. made it clear in a chat with reporters on Monday that the team wants Greenback.

“We really want Draymond back,” Dunleavy said. “What he means in terms of this organization and this team, winning at the highest level, we feel like we have to have him.”

Draymond Green is often considered the Warriors’ “glue” guy and emotional leader of the locker room. He also remains one of the best defenders in the league on any given night, so it is understandable that Golden State doesn’t want to lose him.

Green finished the 2022-23 campaign, averaging 8.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.8 assists per game.

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Fresh from winning his fourth NBA title with the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green is looking to get paid. And reportedly, he is looking to get paid the maximum amount of money he can get.

In a recent piece about the Warriors, The Athletic‘s Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II reported that Green “wants and believes he deserves a maximum contract extension” from Golden State. The 32-year-old player is entering the final year of his 2019’s max extension, although he has a player option for 2023-24.

Green will become eligible for an extension in early August and would like to have four years added to his current deal, according to the report. This type of contract would pay him $164.2 million in the next five years while keeping him with the franchise through 2026-27, when he’ll be 37 years old.

Unfortunately for Green, the Warriors are not entertaining the possibility of giving him the max deal at the moment. The franchise’s policy is to negotiate a new deal for the player once he enters the final year, meaning that they would prefer to postpone any talks until next summer.

While Green is an important part of the Warriors’ locker room and one of the team’s best players on defense, it is easy to see why the team would be hesitant to commit max money to him.

He hasn’t averaged double digits in points since 2017–18 and has contributed only 8.0 points during this year’s title run.

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There appears to be no bad blood between former teammates Draymond Green and Kevin Durant over the way the latter left the Golden State Warriors. But despite that and the fact it has been three years since then, Green still believes Durant made a mistake.

During a recent appearance on The Colin Cowherd Podcast, Green reflected on his relationship with Durant and said that he still thinks of him as his “brother” and wants him to succeed.

“What I will say is, when he decided that he was going to leave, I thought it was a mistake,” Green continued. “And not for the reason that everyone else thinks it’s a mistake, by the way. I thought it was a mistake because I know Kevin.”

Green explained that he believes basketball is the most important thing for Durant and that he could be solely focused on it with Golden State compared to his current situation.

“I felt like when Kevin was here, what he was allowed to do was to simply just go play basketball, which is what Kevin loves to do,” he added.

You can check out Green’s full bit on Durant below.

Durant helped the Warriors reach three NBA Finals and win two championships before choosing to team up with Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn in 2019. However, he is yet to find success with the Nets, failing to get out of the second round while there.

Since Durant left, the Warriors missed the playoff twice before returning to the postseason this year. They secured a place in the NBA Finals and are favored against the young Boston Celtics to win another title.

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Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green will probably want to forget the 2019/20 NBA season as soon as possible. Not only his team finished with the worst record in the league, but Green also struggled individually and had one of his least productive performances since entering the league.

And while most coaches would be worried to see this from one of their main players, Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr doesn’t seem to lose sleep over it. According to Kerr, who recently made an appearance on KNBR’s Tolbert, Kreuger, and Brooks podcast, Green was just a victim of a bad situation.

“I think this year was really frustrating for him offensively, and then as a competitor, it was frustrating for him just losing night after night. It’s just too difficult in this league to try to win games when you’re that shorthanded. I think he dealt with the frustration,” said Kerr, alluding to the fact that Warriors played without All-Stars Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry for most of the 2019/20.

Without Thompson and Curry on the court, Green had his statistically worst season since his sophomore year in the NBA, averaging 8.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game this season. He also shot abysmal 38.9 percent from the field and 27.9 percent from the three-point arc.

But Kerr believes that these performances were an outlier and that Green will return to his “very best version” next season.

“He made it through, and he is getting a much-needed rest,” he added. “And I think we’re going to see the very best version of Draymond next year, whenever next season starts. I feel really good about where he’s going to be mentally and physically.”

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Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green was honored by his alma mater Michigan State University in a special way on Tuesday night. Michigan decided to retire No.23 jersey in honor of Green, who wore the number during his time with the Spartans.

Green attended the ceremony with his family and friends, while several of his Warriors’ teammates, including Klay Thompson, came to support him as well. Golden State’s head coach Steve Kerr and owner Joe Lacob were also in attendance. 

“As a kid from Saginaw, Michigan, my hopes and dreams were to play at Michigan State. It was never to get my jersey retired, and I lived that dream,” Green said. “This is special. I come here, and every time I walk into the arena, I look up there. And, now, when I walk in here, I’m going to see my name up there.”

Draymond Green played four years at Michigan State, between 2008 and 2012, helping the team to reach two Final Four appearances during that time. Green played 145 games (66 as a starter) with Spartans and averaged 10.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors out of college, becoming 35^th overall pick in 2012 NBA Draft.

Green has stayed connected with Michigan State even after going to NBA, and regularly supports the school’s basketball program. He recently gave a donation to help build the strength and conditioning center at the Spartans’ team arena.

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It didn’t take long for Golden State Warriors’ forward Draymond Green to earn his first ejection in the new NBA season.

After missing five games due to a finger injury, Green returned to court on Monday night in Warriors’ 122-108 loss to the Utah Jazz. However, the 29-year-old wasn’t there to witness the end of the contest, as he was ejected in the fourth quarter for arguing with officials.

With just below nine minutes left in the game, Green believed he had taken a charge against Jazz’s Mike Conley, but the official didn’t call it. After standing up, he started protesting about the call with officials and ended up earning a technical foul. While the Jazz took the free throw, Green continued to plead his case with one referee who had enough of it and decided to eject him.

Green exited the game with four points, eight rebounds, and four assists. 

“I disagreed with that call,” – said Green the game. “And I’m never going to be OK with another grown man telling me, ‘Don’t talk.’ If you feel like you got the call wrong, or right, you don’t tell me not to talk. I’m a grown man. I got my own kids. So that’s what happened.”

Warriors currently find themselves in a world of trouble, as they are at the bottom of West with 2-8 record. This might be the team’s reality this season, as they will be without All-Star Klay Thompson for the rest of the season, while their superstar guard Steph Curry is questionable to return in 2019/20 due to a hand injury. 

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