Draymond Green‘s future with the Golden State Warriors is in jeopardy ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. The Warriors are among the teams looking to trade for Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Given that Antetokounmpo has a massive contract, Golden State needs a player who could serve as a salary filler.
According to ESPN’s Anthony Slater, the Warriors have placed Green on the trade block on Tuesday. The team remains aggressive in trading for the Greek Freak. With the star forward, Golden State remains competitive in the Antetokounmpo sweepstakes.
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“General manager Mike Dunleavy and controlling owner Joe Lacob have maintained a motivation to get a trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo across the finish line and, as part of that, Green’s name has been involved in the framework of available offers to the Milwaukee Bucks,” Slater reported.
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Additionally, Green and his camp have come to terms with the possibility of getting involved in an Antetokounmpo deal. Even if a trade hasn’t happened yet, the Warriors are willing to let go of one of their best players to stay competitive.
Green has been with the team for the past 13 seasons and helped the Warriors achieve success. The NBA veteran was key to the team’s dynasty and won four championships with the organization. If Golden State trades him away, Steph Curry will remain as the only player on the team from the championship years.
With the Warriors, Draymond Green is a four-time champion, a four-time All-Star, a nine-time All-Defensive and a two-time All-NBA.
Draymond Green reacts to trade talk on Threads
NBA trade rumors are being posted everywhere on social media. One post on Threads said that ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel reported on Draymond Green being open to a trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo. That is, if it meant he could return to the Warriors in free agency. It was a post from courtsideheatnba.
Green saw the post and gave his reaction to the trade noise.
“🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣who’s the source?” Green replied.
Siegel was given credit in the post, but one crucial detail was omitted. Green is open to the Antetokounmpo deal, provided he can rejoin the Warriors, according to a statement made by an unidentified executive.
“One rival executive who has dealt with the Warriors before in trade talks spoke with ClutchPoints on Sunday and brought up the interesting scenario where Green himself could be on board with such a maneuver, where he could be traded and return next season alongside Curry, Butler, and Antetokounmpo, since he owns a $27.6 million player option,” Siegel wrote.
Siegel reported that it was something said to him about Draymond Green’s situation in Golden State. However, he made it clear that Green, the Bucks, and the Warriors haven’t discussed it.
Edited by Reign Amurao
