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The Golden State Warriors got a bit of good news this weekend when it was announced that both Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala would be returning to the lineup after being sidelined with injuries. Curry had been out for the past 11 games with a leg injury and Iguodala had not played since Jan. 13 […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green returned to the team’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers after suffering a left hand injury, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. The injury was a scary moment for Warriors fans, as the team has dealt with a lot of injuries this season. The team is just […]

Along with the rest of the Memphis Grizzlies, Dillon Brooks has emerged as the NBA’s biggest heel this season; he’s your favorite player’s least favorite player. In one sense, Brooks fits within the broader lineage of NBA antagonists alongside the likes of Bill Laimbeer, Charles Oakley, Patrick Beverley, and, most prominently, the Golden State Warriors’ […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dropped their fourth straight matchup coming out of the All-Star break. It was a 70-35 onslaught in the second half that saw the Warriors come back from down 11 at the half to lead by 15 after three quarters of play. The talk of social media early in the game was […]

Russell Westbrook certainly wasn’t the only reason the LA Clippers were blown out 115-91 by the surging Golden State Warriors. Almost from the opening tip of Thursday’s game, though, it became abundantly clear the Warriors’ strategy of ignoring Westbrook on the perimeter neutered the Clippers’ offense—and Draymond Green understands why he was unable to exploit […]

Kendrick Perkins has joined Draymond Green in questioning whether European players are held to the same standard as their American counterparts, making particular reference to the empty shelf in Nikola Jokic’s trophy cabinet. Draymond Green first made the claim on his podcast, saying to Gilbert Arenas that “European players [have] not caught the same flak […]

Thursday night featured a marquee matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers. It was an opportunity for the Stephen Curry-less Dubs to test themselves against a new-look Clippers side that now features Russell Westbrook. As it turns out, Draymond Green and Co. came prepared. The Warriors have a game plan for […]

Whereas most athletes are experts in equivocating PR-speak, Draymond Green has never been afraid to let it rip. On the latest episode of his podcast “The Draymond Green Show,” the Warriors firebrand took a thinly veiled shot at European superstars such as Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic. “I feel like over the last few years,” […]

Damian Lillard recently came out with a lengthy rant about his championship credentials with the Portland Trail Blazers, or rather, the lack thereof. He pretty much criticized the ring culture in the NBA where in players are supposedly judged by the number of titles they’ve won. Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green, who himself has […]

Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors entered their contest against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night knowing that Damian Lillard was arguably the hottest player in the entire league at the moment. After scoring 71 points against the Houston Rockets in his most recent contest, Lillard scored 15 points in the first quarter […]

Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Gary Payton II, and Andre Iguodala are all going to sit out on Tuesday when the Golden State Warriors take on the Portland Trail Blazers. There was also some doubt regarding Draymond Green’s status for this game as the former Defensive Player of the Year continues to nurse a knee injury. […]

The Golden State Warriors are in the midst of another injury crisis of late. This has been a major issue for the Dubs in their title defense this season as they continue to struggle with injuries to a good chunk of their roster. The good news for Warriors fans is that Draymond Green is on […]

Draymond Green is poised to miss his second straight game for the Golden State Warriors due to a knee injury. However, it looks like Green‘s knee ailment could keep him out much longer for the Warriors. Green’s knee unexpectedly flared up on Sunday, which will lead to more testing and potentially an MRI, via ESPN’s […]

The Golden State Warriors meet the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday for a pivotal showdown between Western Conference playoff hopefuls. The defending champions are already poised to be short-handed against Anthony Edwards and company, still missing Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins. Is Draymond Green playing versus the Timberwolves, though? *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (click […]

Draymond Green was a late scratch for the Golden State Warriors on Friday when they took on the Houston Rockets. Green suffered a knee injury in Golden State’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, and while he was expected to suit up for the Rockets game, the former Defensive Player of the Year […]

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green is sidelined Friday night against the Houston Rockets after suffering a knee contusion in Thursday’s brutal loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. We also have a brief idea of how the injury happened. Courtesy of The Athletic’s Anthony Slater, it appears Draymond banged knees with Jarred Vanderbilt in the post […]

Steph Curry is still out for at least the next few games. There’s no timetable for Andrew Wiggins’ return from an excused personal absence. Gary Payton II is definitely more than a month of away from playing, and the true nature Andre Iguodala’s status is pretty much completely unknown. The last thing the Golden State […]

The depleted Golden State Warriors got the season’s stretch run off to a rough start on Thursday, falling to the new-look Los Angeles Lakers 124-111. Here are three key reactions—complete with analysis, numbers and film—from the Dubs’ blowout loss to their Southern California rivals. Lakers dare Warriors bigs to shoot Draymond Green and Kevon Looney […]

The Golden State Warriors’ title defense hasn’t exactly gone as planned. At 29-29 entering the six-week sprint toward the regular-season finish line, the defending champions are ninth in a tightly-packed Western Conference, with outside chances of both rising to third in the standings and missing the play-in tournament altogether. But before turning the page to […]

The TBS and TNT All-Star Game broadcast featured the “Inside the NBA” crew of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, and Charles Barkley. They were also joined by Golden State Warriors’ star and fellow TNT crew member Draymond Green on the broadcast, with Green working as a sideline reporter. However, Green and Barkley got into […]

Draymond Green might not be participating in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, but he is still making headlines with his comments on LeBron James during the broadcast. “There’s one guy on this court that’s resume can stack up [to mine],” Green said on the TNT broadcast, per NBC Sports Bay Area. “LeBron. Four of them […]

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green is as savage as they come when it comes to talking trash. This is exactly why it’s very interesting to hear about his smack-talking prowess from his own peers that have experienced the same firsthand. For Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen, however, it appears that he hasn’t experienced the […]

Whether you love him or hate him, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green tells it how he sees it. So, when the seasoned champion addressed the trade that sent 7-foot-0 center James Wiseman — the second overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft — to the Detroit Pistons, one could only accept his perspective. Not […]

No one really expected the Golden State Warriors to beat the LA Clippers on Tuesday night. Not only were the defending champions playing without both Steph Curry and Andrew Wiggins on the second leg of a back-to-back, but the Clippers entered at full-strength, Ty Lue’s rotation reloaded after bringing in Eric Gordon, Mason Plumlee and […]

The revamped LA Clippers proved too much for the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena, sending the defending champions into the All-Star break at .500 with a 134-124 loss. Here are three key reactions from the fatigued, short-handed Warriors’ final game before a much-needed respite in advance of the season’s stretch run. Bench […]

Draymond Green is one of the most outspoken players out there both on and off the basketball court. The Golden State Warriors veteran is not the type to hold back, especially when interacting with referees during games. This habit of his appears to have rubbed off on some of his Dubs teammates, with Jordan Poole […]

The Golden State Warriors suffered another crunch-time collapse on Saturday, falling to the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 109-103 at Chase Center. The loss moves the defending champions back to .500, ninth-place in a packed Western Conference with just two games left before the All-Star break. After the game, Steve Kerr admitted the Warriors were “frustrated” by […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took care of business on Saturday night as they took down the defending champs Golden State Warriors on their own home floor, 109-103. The marquee matchup had no shortage of intense moments, and one of them involved a verbal tussle between Anthony Davis and Draymond Green. Davis and Green went face-to-face […]

Draymond Green is liking what he’s seeing from the Los Angeles Lakers and their frenetic NBA trade deadline moves — at least from a perspective of a basketball fan. The Golden State Warriors veteran believes that LeBron James and Co. got a lot better with the addition of a handful of new faces to their […]

Stephen Curry is without a doubt the greatest shooter of all time. Beyond his awe-inspiring skills on the basketball court, however, the Golden State Warriors superstar is also a real-life MVP. Just as the arena workers around the NBA. League insider Shaun Powell of NBA.com recently dropped some random information he picked up from an […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green doesn’t like how Russell Westbrook was described as a “vampire in the locker room” after his trade away from the Los Angeles Lakers. While Green pointed out that he’s in no position to dispel those talks since he’s not in the Lakers’ locker room, he warned the reporter who […]

The Golden State Warriors did not go quietly into the night. Amid all the frenzy surrounding the NBA trade deadline, the Warriors took their stand and they too decided to join in on the fun. This came in the form of James Wiseman getting shipped off to the Detroit Pistons, while also securing a reunion […]

The Phoenix Suns became one of the favorites to win the NBA title this season after trading for Kevin Durant. However, if they feel that it will be so easy now with a Big 3 or Big 4, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has some bad news for them. In the latest episode of […]

While there was a flurry of activity at the NBA trade deadline, the Phoenix Suns pulled off arguably the biggest and most impactful move with their addition of Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets. What was even more remarkable about the Suns trade for Kevin Durant was the fact that they didn’t even need to […]

The Brooklyn Nets have traded superstar forward Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, and it’s got everyone buzzing. With that trade, the power balance in the Western Conference has shifted — and uh…altered the plans of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green. “Madness!!! I was gone leave the deadline to everybody else but it’s necessary […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Portland Trail Blazers 125-122 on Wednesday night at Moda Center, a five-minute scoreless drought when they needed points most proving the difference in a hard-fought, back-and-forth affair. Here are three key reactions—with related clips and analysis, of course—from another lost opportunity for the short-handed defending champs. Crunch-time drought […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green called out Brooklyn Nets governor Joe Tsai on Wednesday, after the executive reportedly refused to trade Kyrie Irving to the Los Angeles Lakers. Although many assumed that Irving would end up in Los Angeles after he formally requested a trade away from the organization, he ended up being traded […]

Stephen Curry is out again for the Golden State Warriors. The Dubs recently announced that Curry is going to be out for multiple weeks after suffering a leg injury during Golden State’s win over Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. It’s an undeniably significant blow for the Warriors, who will need to keep […]

The Kyrie Irving trade from the Brooklyn Nets to the Dallas Mavericks still has the NBA world buzzing, and it wasn’t long before Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green gave his thoughts on the move. While nobody knows what the end result will be from a team standpoint, what we can be sure of is […]