Warriors forward Draymond Green expects to return next Monday, March 14 against Washington, he said on his podcast (video link; hat tip to Marc Stein).
“That is the day I’m targeting,” Green said. “It’s been almost two-and-a-half months. I’ve never missed that much time during a season. … This is something different for me. I’m excited to get back out there with my guys to try to help right the ship.”
Green has been sidelined since early January due to a back injury. Golden State could certainly use the boost. The team has lost five straight and nine of its last 11 games.
The Warriors have three more games before Green’s target date — home games against the Clippers on Tuesday and the Bucks on Saturday sandwiching a road stop in Denver on Thursday.
The Warriors were 29-7 before Green was forced to the sidelines. He was averaging 7.9 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 7.4 APG, 1.4 SPG and 1.2 BPG in 34 games.
Green’s defensive presence has been sorely missed, especially in recent games. The Warriors have allowed 122 or more points in their last four contests.
Steve Kerr – he’s a “great coach” as long as he has at least 4 All-Star players on the court ……. otherwise you’d think his team was tanking (again).
Kerr is a great coach. He innovated the league. Why tf would they tank this year?
@Tacocat
I wouldn’t say he “innovated” the league. His last year as coach Mark Jackson the Warriors shot 2,037 3pt attempts and won 51 games. He largely inherited most of the team. The one notable thing he did was make Draymond a starter and allowed him more playmaking opps.
The same type of people say that Phil Jackson is not a great coach. The question to ask is how did the Lakers do with their Stars before Phil Jackson arrived?
Same thing with the Warriors. They didn’t get there even with curry Thompson green Etc until a guy like Steve Kerr came in and helped them figure it out and got over the top…
Nice story
I agree Jackson is a great coach but not the greatest, in my mind that’s Pops.Take nothing away from Jackson but Pops not only coached his stars, he also drafted and developed them.
@GSW
Jackson is one of the greatest more for his ability to manage egos than anything else.
I do think Mark Jackson got shiested. If coaches get credit for players drafted then give Jackson credit because Klay and Draymond were both drafted under his watch and his 3 year win record went from 23 to 47 to 51 wins and 2nd placed in Pac Div. wins. That has to be the first time a NEW head coach come in and turns a bad team into a 51 win team. They went from 23 wins to a WCF appearance in 1 year. Yet this guy never seems to be mentioned in future coaching jobs. Sad the Knicks don’t bring him home.
That’s Phil Jackson and then transitioned to a Mark Jackson in reference of, the Steve Kerr subject.
Yes we got you on the Jackson and Jackson.
The reason why Mark Jackson has not been hired again is because he split the organization. He banned certain management from practice and alienated others. That is not good for a coach whose main job is to manage players and bring cohesion and unity towards one main purpose.
And the fact that he was not great with X’s and O’s on offense so you can’t Hire him because he’s awesome and overlook the personality stuff. He’s just “pretty good” so you can’t Overlook the personality stuff.
@Gary
There are a room of coaches that atte not so good ppl and aren’t very good coaches. can you imagine a rookie coach coming into the nba, taking a team with only 23 wins and with a core of 4 or 5 key players with 4 years or less in three nba to a 51 ein team in 3 years and to three WC semi finals in unheard of, without a LBJ addition. Meaning, aside from Curry, he drafted most of the core and steered them to a 28 game improvement. that’s fantastic. but yet Kerr gets all the credit.
Mark J was not known to draft. Gary has more local stories.
He did not used to be as smooth as now; I could not stand him and his phrases years ago… his tv job exposed him mentally. He has gown into it but is a different generation now.
Just realized the Warriors only have 17 games left in the season. Even if Wiseman does come back this year he won’t be much of a factor. Hopefully Draymond is healthy enough for them to make a run in the playoffs
It’s too late frankly. By the time Green returns, and he and Wiseman get into playing shape and an effective rotation, the Warriors will be getting knocked out in the first round against a tougher team than they would have faced at the #2 slot.