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The Golden State Warriors will reportedly be open to offers for Draymond Green when the trade deadline arrives, as per NBA reporter Sam Amick.
With the veteran forward also reportedly aware of the franchise’s stance, the reactions came quickly, ranging from a jab at Green’s scoring to pushback on the timing.
Green, 36, is in his 15th season with Golden State, the only NBA franchise he has played for, and he has won four championships there. His future with the franchise has been in question before, and Amick’s remarks brought it back up early this season.
Amick laid out plainly how the front office will approach the deadline with its longtime cornerstone: “Of course they’re going to listen to deals about Draymond at the deadline. He (Draymond) knows that.”
Amick also pointed to a possible suitor. The Sacramento Kings could look to trade for the veteran as a mentor for guard Darius Acuff Jr., he reported, noting that Green is on great terms with Scott Perry.
While Amick’s comments described a front office willing to listen, not a deal in the works, one fan was blunt in their take, going after Green’s stat lines and his market at the same time: “Nobody wants Mr. Triple Single.”
That view of the market runs counter to Amick’s report on Sacramento, though interest is not the same as an offer.
Another hoops fan skipped the question of demand altogether and named a landing spot of their own: “He going to Philly.”
More NBA observers took issue with the timing rather than the player. One user pointed to Golden State’s form and posted, “Warriors on a win streak and they already starting Draymond trade propaganda.”
Another user was focused on the calendar: “Bro the deadline is in three months.”
This is not the first time Green’s name has come up at a deadline. ESPN’s Anthony Slater reported in February that Green’s name was part of the trade ideas Golden State sketched out to land Giannis Antetokounmpo, then with the Milwaukee Bucks, at last season’s deadline.
Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy disputed that characterization after the deadline, saying Green’s name came up only when other teams called to ask about him.
Speaking to ESPN in March, Green described his first reaction to learning he could be part of a deal: “There was a second of me … that felt like, ‘Damn, they really going to do that to me?'”
The player on the other end of the potential trade mattered to him, though: “I understand like, yo, this is Giannis Antetokounmpo. They not just about to trade me for a bag of peanuts. It would’ve almost been a point of pride.”
Green also had the Los Angeles teams in mind as possible reroute destinations once the trade idea surfaced.
Green’s scoring has stayed low during the current run, but his playmaking has not. Across Golden State’s last four games, he has scored 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting while handing out 32 assists.
His busiest night came against the Orlando Magic, when he had 13 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks in a 126-119 overtime win. Green followed that Monday with 2 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists in 21 minutes.
Whether the willingness to listen that Amick described turns into a deal will play out between now and the deadline, with Green still in the starting lineup. Sacramento, the team Amick linked to the veteran, visits Chase Center on November 25.