The NBA trade deadline has a way of turning even the most untouchable relationships into math problems, and for the first time in his Warriors career, Draymond Green is speaking like someone who understands he might not control the ending.
After Golden State’s loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday night, Green addressed the possibility that it could have been his final game in a Warriors uniform.
“If it ends, what a f****** run it has been,” he said,
acknowledging the moment’s weight and adding that he’d “take the fine” for the language.
Draymond Green on possibility that was his last game with the Warriors: “If it ends, what a f****** run it has been.”
He said he would not be “upset” if they trade him “if that’s what’s best for this organization.” pic.twitter.com/lhCx8OTfst
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He wasn’t angry. He sounded resigned, even protective of the franchise he’s defined for more than a decade. Green said he would not be “upset” if the Warriors decide to trade him “if that’s what’s best for this organization,” a remarkable level of acceptance from a player who has spent 14 years as the team’s emotional engine and defensive backbone.
The timing is not subtle. Golden State’s name has been linked in recent days to the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes, and Green’s contract is one of the cleanest salary pieces the Warriors could move in a true blockbuster construction. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the speculation “got real” for Green after a conversation with coach Steve Kerr, who acknowledged it’s the first time Green’s name has surfaced in a serious way and that the week leading into the deadline has felt unusually stressful.
If this is the end, it’s an end no dynasty likes to imagine: the second to last remaining embodiment of the Warriors’ four-title identity being shipped out not because of decline, but because of opportunity, the league’s coldest kind of compliment. Green’s quote lands because it recognizes both truths at once. It can be “best for the organization” and still feel like the closing of an era. And with the Feb. 5 deadline approaching, Green made clear he’s bracing for whatever the business decides, while still framing the whole thing the only way a Warrior lifer can: as a run worth honoring, even if it stops here.
