Draymond Green Agree Terms key To Warriors Bouncing Back In 2025 Campaign…

The Golden State Warriors 2023-24 campaign did not go according to plan. The Warriors struggled to get their feet underneath them all season long, and they ended up losing their Play-In Tournament matchup against the Sacramento Kings. It’s clear things need to change this offseason in order for the team to improve, and this key admission from Draymond Green may help them accomplish that goal.

It was certainly a rocky season for Green, who was suspended twice for his violent on-court actions, which obviously wasn’t ideal for Golden State. Green returned to contribute for the Warriors, but it wasn’t enough to help them overcome their myriad of issues. Heading into the offseason, Green admitted that the team and their players had to realize they are getting older, so if they are going to continue their winning ways, they are going to have to figure out what sort of team they are.

Draymond Green’s eye-opening admission will catch Warriors’ fans attention

The Warriors have been on a dynastic run for over a decade now, but their core group of Green, Stephen Curry, and Draymond Green are all getting older, so they have to get some help that they have sorely lacked over the past two seasons. Curry tried to do everything on his own this season, but that was largely because he had to.

Green and Thompson are still solid players, but they aren’t as impactful as they once were. Allowing guys like Jonathan Kuminga to take on bigger roles is going to be crucial, but the front office needs to do better to get this group some help. They were woefully undermanned all season long, and even Curry’s excellence wasn’t enough to get them into the postseason.

The first big thing the front office has to do is figure out whether the team will be keeping both Green and Thompson alongside Curry moving forward. This big three has led Golden State to three titles during their time together, but it’s clear that fans and folks within the team are getting fed up with Green and Thompson’s struggles. Could this offseason finally be the time the front office decides to break them up?

Regardless of that, more talent needs to be added to this roster. Youngsters like Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski, and Trayce Jackson-Davis flashed their potential throughout the year, but if the Warriors want to contend for titles in Curry’s final few seasons in the league, he’s going to need more star-caliber talent around him. For many years, that’s what Green and Thompson provided him.

If the team can’t realize who they are, and continue to try to piece it together with a roster similar to the one they just ran out last season, chances are they will be in trouble. This is an attention-catching admission from Green, but it’s clear he’s correct, and it will be interesting to see how Golden State’s upcoming offseason work unfolds.

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Draymond Green Says It’s Hard To Adjust To The Decline Of The Warriors

Speaking on his self-titled podcast, Warriors veteran Draymond Green opened up on how it feels to be a part of an aging dynasty. In a back-and-forth with Danny Green, Draymond was open and honest about trying to get used to his team being in a state of decline.

“It’s going to be very important to define who is it we are going to be. We [are] getting older,” said Draymond. “[The Warriors] are not the same basketball team that we were in 2019, or even 2022 for that matter. It changes. I think Steve is doing an incredible job of where he’s becoming more open to like Jonathan Kuminga having the ball more, Kuminga being in the pick and roll, and running some isos for Kuminga. Whereas, it takes some time to adjust to that when you’ve had the level of success that we’ve had.”

Draymond Green, a 4x NBA champion, is accustomed to dominance and success on the Warriors. Alongside Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, he formed a dynasty in the West and put his name in the history books as one of the best defenders ever. For years, they enjoyed unprecedented prosperity.

But since 2022, a lot has changed for the Warriors. Jordan Poole, who was crucial to that last championship, is no longer with the team and the same can be said for many of the OGs who helped them win before like Andre Iguodala. There’s also the injuries to 5x All-Star Klay Thompson, who dealt with a torn Achilles and ACL in back-to-back offseasons.

Perhaps the most glaring reason for the decline is the advanced age of the core stars. Steph is 36, Klay is 34, and Draymond will turn 35 next March. Even after all they’ve done, it makes sense that those guys wouldn’t be the same given their age, experience, and the thousands of miles on their body.

After finishing 10th in the West last season, and losing the play-in game, the Warriors didn’t come close to making a run and there is serious concern about their future to compete. In a Western Conference that is so deep and unforgiving, the margin for error is slim and the Warriors will need to get better at every position if they want to keep up.

After watching his team dominate for so long, it’s going to take some time before the 6’6″ Draymond gets used to this new reality but he’s willing to put more trust in the young guys if it means setting the team up for more success down the road.