Draymond Green Unleashes Controversial Comments: Warrior Star Slams Teams Who Trade Major Assets for Short-Term Gains

The Golden State Warriors are 19-20 this season, looking like they’re in danger of even being a Playoff franchise. This would be their second straight season outside the Playoffs, a shocking outcome for a franchise that still has prime Stephen Curry on the roster. Multiple fans and experts have been pushing the Warriors to make a win-now trade which mortgages their future for a shot at contention now.

Draymond Green made it clear to Yahoo Sports that the Warriors’ leadership is aligned on not making an aggressive bad move because that’s what bad organizations do.

“The beautiful part about being in the space that we’re in is, Steve Kerr, Steph Curry and myself all disagree with mortgaging off the future of this organization, saying that we’re going for it right now. Bad teams do that. Bad organizations do that. We’re not neither one.” 

“So for us, if something is going to happen, it needs to be the right thing. We’re not going to jump and make the wrong decision because we panicked. That’s how you set your organization back five to seven years.” 

Green also maintained the importance of having a perspective on long-term success and not overreacting to bad seasons by selling the team’s future.

“We’re still going to compete at the highest level. We’re still going to do all we can to win, but I don’t know a single person who’s played in the NBA for a long time that won every year. So you don’t auction off your future because you’re not winning in a said year or two.”

“You have to continue to build. And for us, that will always be the focus. It’ll never be, ‘Something’s going wrong. Make the dumbest move you can make.’ We’re not that organization.”

“When I’m done, when Steph is done, I want us to come back, when Steve’s done, I want us to come back, sit on the court, and talk so much s*** to everybody because our organization, our team, is that good.”

The Warriors are one of the best organizations in the NBA right now on the strength of the dynasty they built in the mid-to-late 2010s. They won their last title in 2022, but the overall story of the last three years has been rough. In fact, if they miss the Playoffs this year, it would be their fourth missed Playoffs in six years.

At some point, we need to admit that the Warriors’ current state isn’t a sign of a good organization. They traded away the only young star who actually emerged over this stretch in Jordan Poole and are still waiting for Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody to take a leap.

Green’s comments do indicate the team won’t be making aggressive moves mid-season. This sentiment explains why the team reportedly ruled itself out of the Jimmy Butler sweepstakes and why they overvalued young stars like Brandin Podziemski and Jonathan Kuminga in the summer.