Draymond Green
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Draymond Green will have to decide on a $27.6 million player option this offseason.
There has been a significant amount of time since the Golden State Warriors were able to grab their seventh NBA Championship in 2022. Years have come and gone, taking a toll on a couple of not -so-young main pieces anymore in Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.
It’s difficult to see the Warriors parting ways with Curry, who’s still arguably the best shooter in the NBA when healthy. However, this conversation has started to raise some concerns for Draymond Green.
At 36 years old, the 2025-26 season has been the year that Green has seen his name floated in trade rumors. This doesn’t seem like the ideal situation for the four-time All-Star.
Mike Dunleavy: ‘We Want Draymond Here, We Want Him to Finish His Career Here.’
Draymond Green
GettyDraymond Green’s future with the Golden State Warriors is to be determined.
The reports speculating on Draymond Green getting moved fell through, and he remains with Golden State moving forward. Although there was a sense of panic at one point, Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy is committed to keeping Green with the team in the future.
“For me, it’s hard to picture this team without Steph (Curry), without Draymond (Green), without Steve (Kerr). I don’t really picture those things. But … if we’re operating in absolutes, it’s impossible for me to guarantee anything,” Dunleavy told Tim Kawakami of The San Francisco Standard. “But we want Draymond here, we want him to finish his career here, just like we do Steph. I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t be back.”
Draymond Green has the rest of this year and a $27.6 million player option for the 2026-27 season remaining on his contract. He could decline the option and restructure a new deal with the Warriors or sign with a new team in free agency. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
He’s still used as the glue guy in a Warriors rotation that’s been dealt a lot of injuries this season, averaging 8.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 5.2 assists, but the defensive numbers have gone down.
His 0.6 steals and 0.8 blocks per game this season are both the lowest we have seen from him since his rookie year in 2012-2013.
A Potential End of an Era
Steve Kerr, Stephen Curry
GettySteve Kerr’s contract with the Golden State Warriors expires at the end of 2025-26.
Green is an uncertainty for Golden State, but so is head coach Steve Kerr. The Warriors’ head coach for the past 12 seasons has a contract that expires at the end of 2025-26.
Negotiations have been somewhat quiet, which is concerning. But Dunleavy believes that an extension will get done at some point.
“Yeah, I would project that he’s our coach next year,” he said. “But again, we’re going down to absolute certainties, and a lot of it’s in his court, so we’ll have to see.”
Ultimately, the decision appears to rest with Steve Kerr. Maybe he wants a break, or maybe he’s interested in joining another team that has better odds of adding on to his resume of nine NBA championships (five as a player, four as a head coach).
In 12 seasons with the Warriors franchise, Kerr has led the team, alongside Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, to rings in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022, and helped lead the team in 2015-16 to an NBA record-setting 73-win season.