{"id":75333,"date":"2025-07-02T08:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75333"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:03:05","slug":"draymond-green-opens-up-on-warriors-free-agency-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75333","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Opens Up on Warriors&#8217; Free Agency Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221394418-e1751403435275.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221394418-e1751403435275.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221394418-e1751403435275.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2221394418-e1751403435275.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Draymond Green Opens Up on Warriors' Free Agency Plans\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Draymond Green opened up on what he thinks the Warriors will do in free agency this offseason<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Golden State Warriors are one of the more intriguing teams in the NBA entering the offseason. It\u2019s clear they are all-in when it comes to their hopes of winning another title before Stephen Curry calls it a career, and they found him a new partner-in-crime when they traded for Jimmy Butler midway through last season. With free agency underway now, Draymond Green revealed what he thinks the team is going to do over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>While all eyes are on Curry and Butler, Green remains an integral part of Golden State\u2019s game plan moving forward. The offseason will be defined by how the front office constructs the roster around this trio, but the good news is that, according to Green, the team is in a better spot ahead of free agency than they were last year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Draymond Green Dishes on Warriors\u2019 Free Agency Plan<\/h2>\n<p>This time last year, the Warriors found themselves at a crossroads. After falling short in the NBA play-in tournament, Golden State\u2019s front office opted to move on from Klay Thompson, sending him to the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade deal. Considering all Thompson accomplished alongside Curry and Green, it was a tough pill for the team and their fanbase to swallow.<\/p>\n<p>Making matters even worse, the Warriors didn\u2019t truly replace Thompson. They attempted to do so by trading for Buddy Hield, but he shot just 41.7% from the field and only started 22 games. That led to the blockbuster trade for Butler, which revitalized Golden State and led them to the Western Conference semifinals. Unfortunately, a hamstring strain in Game 1 forced Curry out of their series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the Warriors ended up losing in five games.<\/p>\n<p>With Curry, Butler, and Green in place, though, Golden State is automatically in a better spot than they were last year. While there are certainly moves to be made when it comes to rounding out the roster, Green believes that the hard work has already been done, and he\u2019s looking forward to the Warriors getting back in action and attempting to win with their current core group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the heavy lifting has been done,\u201d Green said on \u201cThe Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis.\u201d \u201cWe added Jimmy (Butler), I think that was the biggest thing that needed to happen. Now that we got that, we can tool around that \u2026 Just going into it, it\u2019s all about looking to see, \u2018Alright, now we know how it looks, we got that part figured out. What does it look like around that?\u2019 I think we\u2019re in a much better position heading into this one than we were last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Warriors Endure Quiet Start to Free Agency<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5386628\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=660,371 660w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=267,150 267w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2059264594-1.jpg?resize=225,127 225w\" alt=\"Draymond Green Opens Up on Warriors' Free Agency Plans\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5386628\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5386628\">GettyGolden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the free agent market having been open for nearly 24 hours, the Warriors have not managed to do much yet. They saw veteran center Kevon Looney depart for the New Orleans Pelicans in free agency, but he could ultimately be replaced by former Boston Celtics big man Al Horford, who Golden State is reportedly heavily pursuing. Of course, the biggest issue the team needs to figure out is Jonathan Kuminga\u2019s restricted free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Based on that, it seems like the front office agrees with Green\u2019s stance that the Warriors need to focus on rounding out the edges of their roster, rather than making a big splash just for the sake of doing so. And while it\u2019s been quiet so far, expect Golden State to pounce on their top targets, with their pursuit of Horford something to keep tabs on in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Owen Crisafulli Owen Crisafulli is a Breaking News Writer at Heavy. In addition to writing for Heavy, Owen serves as the Lead NFL Editor at ClutchPoints while also working as a Content Producer for More Views Media. His work has also appeared on The Sporting News, Athlon Sports, Basketball Network, and FanSided, where he shared his insights on a variety of sports topics primarily surrounding the NFL, NBA, and MLB. More about Owen Crisafulli<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With NBA free agency underway, Draymond Green opened up on what he thinks the Warriors will do this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":75336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Draymond Green Opens Up on Warriors&#039; Free Agency Plans - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75333\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Draymond Green Opens Up on Warriors&#039; 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