Draymond Green

Two of those aforementioned players, Thompson and Green, are also due for new contracts soon, alongside Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins. Giving all four of them ...

Green and the Warriors prepare to defend their title as the rest of the league focuses on the Kevin Durant sweepstakes. Slater and Thompson II noted the Warriors usually wait until a player has one year left on his current contract before signing them to a maximum extension. Slater and Thompson II added that “the Warriors have no plans to offer Green a maximum extension, and there isn’t any current traction on any type of extension.”

The Golden State Warriors made waves last season with their exorbitant payroll on their way to an NBA championship. With four players making over $20 ...

With that in mind, even if he opts out for leverage, Green may not see the money he wants to after next season. He is set to make $25.8 million this year. While the Warriors can, in theory, sign all of their contributors to max deals, the luxury tax would come knocking for Joe Lacob. And even the highest spenders have a ceiling. According to The Athletic, however, the Warriors don't have it anywhere in their plans to pursue Green for that price tag. Nearly $25 million of that salary was going to Draymond Green, who has one more year on his contract before he can opt out heading into 2023. The Golden State Warriors made waves last season with their exorbitant payroll on their way to an NBA championship.

Draymond Green wants the Golden State Warriors to pay up ... and so does one writer.

First, it doesn't appear that the Warriors are willing to renegotiate this year, which is probably a more polite way of saying "hellllll no" to the concept of Green getting a max deal. It's unlikely, but in case something like that comes to pass from any team in the NBA, any team at all, let me just say this: I'm also available. This is nowhere near a max deal, and in fact it would put me as one of the lowest-paid players on the team, but if Joe Lacob is in the mood to waste money, I'd like to let him know that I'm also here, asking for money. If the Warriors aren't interested in coming to the table, Green has a couple options. All of which is to say: If the Warriors are intending to give him a max contract, I would like $10 million as well. It should be noted that while Green is an important contributor to the Warriors, who just won the NBA Championship, it's also true that he's 32 years old, hasn't averaged double digit points since the 2017-18 season, and missed two months of play with a back injury this past season.

Draymond Green is elegible for a contract extension this summer, but is he a four-year max player now? If the Warriors don't offer it, how will he react?

Unlikely, but we know Green can react emotionally to situations and that makes the list of potential outcomes far more wide open. All indications, though, are that the Warriors have no plans to offer Green a maximum extension, and there isn’t any current traction on any type of extension. And if he reacts worse to the news, what happens?

Eventually, the Golden State Warriors will have to make important contract decisions on Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole.

Losing him would leave the Warriors with a massive void to fill in the locker room. He isn't a lethal scorer like Steph Curry, but he knows how to stuff the stat sheet. Not only is Green a versatile player, he's a tremendous leader.

Draymond Green will be eligible to sign an extension with the Warriors on August 3. Coming off a championship season, the 32-year-old forward reportedly ...

Draymond Green, according to sources, wants and believes he deserves a maximum contract extension from the Warriors. Aug. 3 is when he is eligible to sign a four-year deal. The former Defensive Player of Year has been an integral part of Golden State as they won four championships in eight years. Draymond Green will be eligible to sign an extension with the Warriors on August 3.

Draymond Green reportedly wants a max contract from the Warriors. Would he get it from another team on the open market next summer?

But if management balks at his desired parameters for an extension next week or a new contract next summer, he can’t count on that hard-earned financial value following him to the open market. Those acknowledgements take nothing away from Green’s exalted place in the league’s historical defensive hierarchy nor add a caveat to his Hall-of-Fame bonafides. What happens to Green as a short-roll playmaker when he’s not running screening action with a guard who commands two defenders on the ball? But players like Durant, Wiggins, Thompson and Poole don’t depend on Curry’s unmatched gravity the way Green does. Draymond Green averaged 6.2 points per game against Boston, shooting 43.5% in the paint and 2-of-16 from beyond the arc. Surrounded by the likes of Andre Iguodala, Klay Thompson, Shaun Livingston and Andrew Bogut at the beginning of the Warriors’ dynasty, it was easy to conflate Green’s defensive excellence with that of his team’s at large. Still, it wasn’t any secret why Kerr sent Green to the bench as his team’s title chances hung in the balance. It’s not unreasonable to suggest he could lift any team, irrespective of personnel and schematic preferences, to above-average defense in the playoffs. Would he really be such a devastating transition engine without shooters like Curry, Thompson and Poole trailing behind him to wreak defensive panic? Kerr famously benched Green midway through the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ pivotal Game 4 victory at TD Garden, rolling with Poole and Kevon Looney for a several-minute stretch that included early crunch time. What really drove the Warriors’ sustained success on that side of the ball is Green’s ability to do literally whatever they needed, whenever they needed it. The Golden State Warriors’ suffocating postseason defense hinged on Green more than anyone or anything else.

The Warriors have a bunch of players who helped lead them to the NBA championship becoming extension eligible. Green, Andrew Wiggins, Jordan Poole and Klay ...

The only problem is, the Warriors have indicated they have no intention of doing so. Draymond Green is a free agent next year, and the Golden State Warriors will have a tough time finding the salary cap space to pay him what he will ask. He can decline the option and, in theory, sign a max extension for four years and $138 million

Warriors star Draymond Green is eligible for a max contract Aug. 3 and he reportedly wants one.

It’s doubtful the Warriors engage in contract talks with Thompson, who is coming off a rebuilding year and has two years and $83.8 million left on his max deal. Looking further into the future, where would the possible landing spots for Green be? A preseason deal for Poole, who will be a restricted free agent after next season, remains a possibility. There may not be an easy answer for the Warriors, who just paid $170 in luxury taxes as part of their NBA-record $346 million in combined salary and luxury taxes. Now, the Warriors could push serious negotiations off until next summer by pointing to their precedent of waiting until their stars have just one year left before talking about an extension. Green has two years remaining on his four-year, $99.7 million contract, however, his final year (2023-24) contains a player option of $27.6 million he’ll likely decline after this season.

Adding to their already complicated and expensive price tag, the Warriors have several potential contract extensions looming, including for their four-time All- ...

Since being selected in the 2012 draft out of Michigan State, Green has been a stalwart in Golden State’s rise to multiple trips to the NBA Finals and four championships. While his desire is to remain with the Warriors, Green is said to be willing to explore his outside options to get the kind of contract he wants. Green playing this season with a chip on his shoulder, motivated by proving to the league he deserves a max contract, could have a positive on-court impact.

Draymond Green's mom Mary Babers Green didn't hold back on Twitter after a Wednesday report that the Warriors have no plans to offer him a max contract.

In 2015, Green had signed a five-year, $82 million deal during the offseason. Green, 32, has two years remaining on his current contract with the Warriors, including a player option for the 2023-24 season. “I’m sure it’s been a dream of his.

Warriors star Draymond Green is eligible for a max contract Aug. 3 and he reportedly wants one.

It’s doubtful the Warriors engage in contract talks with Thompson, who is coming off a rebuilding year and has two years and $83.8 million left on his max deal. Looking further into the future, where would the possible landing spots for Green be? A preseason deal for Poole, who will be a restricted free agent after next season, remains a possibility. There may not be an easy answer for the Warriors, who just paid $170 in luxury taxes as part of their NBA-record $346 million in combined salary and luxury taxes. Now, the Warriors could push serious negotiations off until next summer by pointing to their precedent of waiting until their stars have just one year left before talking about an extension. Green has two years remaining on his four-year, $99.7 million contract, however, his final year (2023-24) contains a player option of $27.6 million he’ll likely decline after this season.

Mary Babers-Green explained why her son, Warriors star Draymond Green, deserves the max contract he desires.

Whether her area team would actually be willing to give Green the max, though, seems unlikely. The Warriors wouldn’t be the Warriors without him, absent the all-court defensive impact and playmaking genius that’s helped them to four titles in eight seasons. Just don’t expect him to budge from demanding a max contract, though.

The Golden State Warriors just won a championship with the highest payroll in NBA history and Draymond Green is set to make $25.8 million next season. He's then ...

The Golden State Warriors just won a championship with the highest payroll in NBA history and Draymond Green is set to make $25.8 million next season. To add even more to it, Stephen Curry reportedly stated that he views himself and Draymond Green as a packaged deal for a big three. The Draymond Green contract extension saga has a plethora of different possibilities.

Draymond Green will be asking the Golden State Warriors for a max contract extension. What does this mean for the franchise?

Focusing on Draymond, for this article, how much longer can he continue to be a max-caliber player if his jump shot doesn’t return? The Golden State Warriors have grown accustomed to paying their players handsomely. Both Thompson and Green are 32.

This list includes extensions for Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, and Jordan Poole. In theory, the Warriors could elect to keep all of them, but ...

A deal would most likely mean the Warriors would forgo the extensions to one of their younger players in an effort to lessen the luxury tax. If that’s not enough, there is also the fact that the trio has never lost a playoff series in which they have played in every game from the start. He is a Warriors’ legend, a 4-time NBA champion, a future hall-of-famer, and the vocal leader of the team. The argument for Green to get paid is obvious. Although Green is under contract for the upcoming season, he has a player option for the final year where he can opt out and become a free agent. With this in mind, Slater and Thompson note that Green’s max extension will only result in a salary cap hit that is $3.4 million higher than his final year. With all that being said, signing Green to such a hefty contract does have its negatives. All indications, though, are that the Warriors have no plans to offer Green a maximum extension, and there isn’t any current traction on any type of extension. Of the names listed, the most divisive conversations amongst Warriors fans revolve around Draymond Green. He is currently set to make $53.3 million for the remaining two years of his deal. This results in some tough decisions for the Warriors front office as they have to decide who to pay and who they may have to let go. He is due $27.5 million for 2023-24, but it’s a player option. This list includes extensions for Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, and Jordan Poole. In theory, the Warriors could elect to keep all of them, but that would result in a luxury tax bill totaling upwards of $564 million dollars — a fee Golden State owner Joe Lacob is unlikely to pay.

Skip Bayless calls out Draymond Green yet again for supposedly 'running' from him over their long-awaited confrontation.

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On "The Draymond Green Show," Warriors forward Draymond Green admitted that he wasn't sure the Warriors could win the 2022 NBA championship.

“Steve said to me at one point, he goes, ‘You know, I don’t know if this is a championship team,’” Myers said. Both Finals runs concluded in easy wins over the Cavaliers, one of which was a sweep. An up and down regular season even left Steve Kerr unsure of what the playoffs would hold. The Warriors’ path to the Finals required them to get through the Nuggets, Grizzlies and Mavericks, who they defeated in five, six and five games respectively. Once we got to that date, I knew we could win. “The first championship we won, after that regular season, I knew like, ‘Yo, we got the best team,’ but we didn’t know how to win a championship,” Green said.