Sixty-eight days. This is the time spent in the infirmary by Draymond Green. It may not seem like a year, but it represents 31 regular season games, and during this absence, the Warriors lost 14 games, for 17 wins. They let go in the race for 1st place in the Western Conference and the regular season, and now they are fighting for that second place that the Grizzlies and Jazz are eyeing.
“Every facet of a match will change with Draymond on the pitch” assures Andrew Wiggins. “He is one of his players who changes everything in attack, as in defense. Everything will be better with him. “
Kevon Looney less alone under the circle
For the first time since the 2019 Finals, Steve Kerr will be able to line up Draymond Green with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. But the coach remains more cautious than Andrew Wiggins. First because Green is recovering from a big back injury, and he cannot solve, alone, the current worries of the Warriors, especially defensive.
” He’ll fix a lot of things, but he can’t fix everything “Warns the Warriors coach. “Frankly, for a month our defense has been ugly… So he will help our defense considerably, but he can’t make every player do the right thing all the time. “
Nevertheless, his physical presence and his game intelligence will do good under the panels, and Kevon Looney will feel a little less alone. “He makes up for a lot of our mistakes. He’s a very good assist defender, and a very good circle protector. We will be able to be much more aggressive, and it is the best in the NBA to communicate. “
The Curry-Thompson-Green trio reconstituted
This “barking” side is what Steve Kerr expects from him. Even if his playing time will be limited, he will be heard.
” Guys will have to make the right move, and he can yell at them. He’s good for that. Frankly, our players need it because we have to limit our mistakes on both sides of the pitch. Draymond’s leadership will help us with that, but there’s a lot of work before we get back to the team we were, and get away from the team we were for two weeks.. “
The good news is that after a failed road trip, the team recovered well with success in Denver, and another at home against the Bucks. The atmosphere is better before facing the Wizards who have just lost against the B team of the Blazers.
” I think it would have been difficult to bring Draymond back when we were in a tailspin“, concludes Steve Kerr. ” We’re on some momentum now, the guys are feeling pretty good and it’ll be a lot easier to get Draymond back and get him back in the game.. “
| Draymond Green | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2012-13 | GOS | 79 | 13 | 32.7 | 20.9 | 81.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2013-14 | GOS | 82 | 22 | 40.7 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 2014-15 | GOS | 79 | 32 | 44.3 | 33.7 | 66.0 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 11.7 |
| 2015-16 | GOS | 81 | 35 | 49.0 | 38.8 | 69.6 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 14.0 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 76 | 33 | 41.8 | 30.8 | 70.9 | 1.3 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 70 | 33 | 45.4 | 30.1 | 77.5 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 11.0 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 66 | 31 | 44.5 | 28.5 | 69.2 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| 2019-20 | GOS | 43 | 28 | 38.9 | 27.9 | 75.9 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 8.0 |
| 2020-21 | GOS | 63 | 32 | 44.7 | 27.0 | 79.5 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 34 | 30 | 53.7 | 28.6 | 59.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 7.9 |
| Total | 673 | 29 | 44.0 | 31.5 | 71.0 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 8.7 | |
