Warriors’ Draymond Green Says He Has 2 Or 3 More Years Left In NBA

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green told Paul Pierce that he has two or three more years left in the NBA.

Green is in his 12th season in the NBA. 

Draymond Green says he’s got 2-3 more seasons left in the NBA and will not be announcing his farewell tour 😂

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Green signed a four-year, $100 million contract with the Warriors last summer. He has a player option worth $27.7 million for the 2026-27 season. 

The Warriors drafted Green with the 35th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft out of Michigan State. Green has made four All-Star teams, two All-NBA teams and eight All-Defensive teams. 

A future Hall of Famer, Green won the 2016-17 Defensive Player of the Year Award. The Warriors have played in six NBA Finals in the Green-Stephen Curry–Klay Thompson era, winning four titles along the way. 

Green has career averages of 8.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks. He’s one of the best defenders in NBA history. 

The Warriors will retire Green’s number 23 jersey one day. Green will go down as one of the greatest second-round draft picks of all time. 

The Warriors won the 2022 championship over the Boston Celtics in six games. However, they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the playoffs last season in six games. It was the first time Golden State didn’t reach the Finals after making the postseason in the Steve Kerr era, which began in 2014. 

Speaking of Kerr, he just signed a two-year, $35 million extension with the Warriors. Kerr is now the highest-paid coach in NBA history.

Kerr’s current contract was set to expire at the end of this season. His $17.5 million-per-season extension takes him through the 2025-26 season. The extension aligns him with the two years left on Curry’s contract. 

“I think it’s incredible,” Green said. “Wouldn’t want to finish my time here with any other coach. What he’s meant to this franchise … the winning ways that he brought here, you can’t replace that. … He got what he deserved.”