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Draymond Green Makes Intentions With Warriors Clear Ahead of Potential Opt-Out

The Warriors’ quest to defend their NBA title ended on Friday night in a 122–101 loss at the hands of LeBron James and the Lakers. 

Things could look drastically different in Golden State next season, as Draymond Green, a core member of the Warriors’ four championship teams, has an opt-out clause in his contract that would allow him to test free agency. Despite the impending decision contractually, Green said that wants to remain a “Warrior for life.”

“We’ll see what happens as far as my contract goes,” Green said. “Obviously I have an opt-out. Everybody knows about that. I know about that, I’m aware of that. But as I’ve told you guys for years, I want to be a Warrior for the rest of my life. I wanna ride out with the same dudes I rode in with. And I think we’ve put the work in to make that happen and here we are with our worst season as a whole since 2014 and yet, we had a chance to make another run. It’s never as bad as it seems, it’s never as good as it seems…”

If Green opts into the final year of his four year contract extension that he signed ahead of the 2020 season, he will make $27.5 million next season before becoming a free agent in ’24. 

Green will be 33 at the start of next season, and still should have plenty of good basketball left in him as a core piece of the Warriors if the two sides can come together on contractual terms in the event of an opt-out by the star forward.  

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