Drummond Green may also not be able to play for the Golden State Warriors next season. Drummond Green, 33, whose contract expires next season, but he has a player option for next season so he can opt out and test free agency this summer. It depends on whether the Golden State Warriors are willing to see the contract Green wants.
According to Grant Hughes, a prominent reporter for The Bleachers Report, Green has turned down a $27.6 million player option for next season to enter the unrestricted free agent market. That's because Green wants a four-year, $130 million pension contract, and the Golden State Warriors are willing to sign him to a three-year, $70 million contract given Green's age and the team's salary situation. The Warriors' offer was flatly rejected by Green, dismissing it as an insulting offer to him, and the team didn't want to renew him at all.
Green is shooting from the field, shooting from three-point range and scoring points per game this season is the highest since 2017-18, and so far this season, Green has played 31.5 minutes per game, averaging 8.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.9 assists, 1 steal and 0.8 blocks, 52.7% from the field and 30.5% from three-point range. Green should be motivated to lock in what could be the last big contract of his career. While $27.6 million is a lot of money for a 33-year-old, it's clear that a year later might be better off getting a four-year, $130 million contract.
Hughes went on to add that the other core members of the Warriors, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, may not be happy if the team lets the former defensive player of the year go.
Curry and Thompson would certainly have an opinion on the Warriors letting Green go. They know better than anyone how important Green is to the team and their career. Green spent 11 years in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors, helping the Warriors win four championships. Curry and Thompson certainly hope to win a fifth championship for the Warriors along with Green.
According to Heavy Sports' reporter Sean Dwinney, Green's most likely next home if he leaves the Warriors is the Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers.
Sean Dwini also hopes that the Golden State Warriors will convince Green not to turn down player options for next season, saying: "We hope that Drummond decides to enter the final year of his contract, and then he and Curry and Thompson can start again next season." You can trade him at the end of next season, and you don't have to worry about signing deals and all the restrictions that come with them. You can work with him to find a place he wants to go. Or you can say to him, let's try again, be a leader, let's win the championship here. ”