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Warriors’ Draymond Green not expecting contract extension before season



The Golden State Warriors are facing a number of impending critical contract decisions, and Draymond Green’s expiring deal is among them. The star said at the team’s media day Sunday that he doesn’t think a contract extension will get done before the upcoming season.

“I don’t think it will happen, and so for me, I’m just focused on this season and being as great as I can be and as I know I’m capable of being and winning another championship and reaching my individual goals that I have as well. I think that’s my main focus,” Green said.

Green, 32, has a player option after this season and can enter free agency in the summer. He is set to make $25.8 million this coming season and would be due $27.5 million for 2023-24 if he opts in.

The Athletic’s Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson reported in August that the four-time All-Star wants and believes he deserves a maximum contract extension, which he was eligible to sign as of Aug. 3. So the maximum extension Green could sign involves him opting out of the final year of his current deal and signing a four-year extension worth $138.4 million. His starting number for a max extension is only $3.4 million higher than his option year. Including this coming season, a max extension would lock in Green for $164.2 million over the next five seasons. He’d turn 37 years old in the final season.





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