Is Draymond Green Worth A Max Contract? NBA Twitter & Reportedly The Warriors Don’t Think So
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The NBA’s loudest voice plus the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green, thinks he’s deserving of a max contract. NBA Twitter and reportedly his own team don’t feel the same way.
Is Draymond Green Worth A Max Contract?
Word on the street is Draymond Green is looking to get paid. Per Yahoo Sports, Green can start looking for a new contract beginning August 3. Sources tell The Athletics’ Anthony Slater and Marcus Thompson II that the boisterous four-time NBA champion feels he deserves a max contract that would net him $164.2 million over the next five seasons.
The question remains, is he worth all of that dinero?
Draymond Green, while being a vital member of the Golden State Warriors championship teams, hasn’t averaged more than eight points per game since 2017, so he doesn’t scream maximum contract. Also, there were times when Green was stinking up the place and had fans wondering if he fell off a cliff.
Green is set to make $25.8 million this upcoming season and has a player option of $27.6 million the following season but is reportedly seeking more money, and the Warriors are a bit hesitant dishing out all of the cash for the 37-year-old forward.
The Athletic also reports the Warriors might be in a pickle because Finals MVP Stephen Curry “would not be happy if the Warriors lost Green because the team didn’t want to pay him.”
The Warriors might be reluctant to do so because they paid $346 million in luxury taxes and player penalties, and if they decide to back the Brink’s truck up for Green, that number could jump to $400 million, something the Warriors do not want.
The Warriors also have to pay other players like Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole, who are also vital to the team’s success.
NBA Twitter Has Thoughts
As expected, NBA Twitter is lighting Draymond Green’s a** up and unanimously agrees that he is not a maximum contract type player.
Draymond Green: I deserve a supermax contract extension
The Warriors: pic.twitter.com/Y3YJ3VMNPz
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 27, 2022
LOL.
You can peep more reactions in the gallery below.
Photo: Cassy Athena / Getty
1. LOL
Draymond Green just asking for a max contract that he knows he won’t get so he can have an excuse to leave the Warriors and team up with LeBron
pic.twitter.com/8UJlHWumTq
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 27, 2022
2. Tears
I believe Draymond Green will have to extend that exploration to Europe and outer space as well. https://t.co/02yu1fQmtz
— Eddie A Johnson (@Jumpshot8) July 28, 2022
3. Damn, saying goodbye already?
Thanks for a great career Dray
we loved your time here. Good luck on your future endeavors #DubLegend https://t.co/MgFuSbHATu
— Rcito
(@ramon_rican) July 27, 2022
4. Bruh
Draymond Green after fleecing the Warriors for the max pic.twitter.com/9rSLjw6xDE
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 27, 2022
5.
The Warriors don’t win without him.
But I don’t think he’s worth more than 15 million a year to any other team.
Paying a 37 year old Draymond green $50+ million is definitely not something any team would want to do either https://t.co/eUmgK33gr0
— DBG (@DBGyt_) July 27, 2022
6.
*Draymond Green is rumored to be seeking a max contract*
Joe Lacob: pic.twitter.com/qfNSCDLPRA
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) July 28, 2022
7. Oof
“If Draymond [Green] comes out and has some tremendous, surprising bounce back year, and [the Warriors] win another championship, then we can start talking and thinking about [a contract extension]. But right now, absolutely not.”
— Chris Broussardpic.twitter.com/YHPhlFhFQB
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 28, 2022
8.
Imagine paying Draymond green 40 mil a year to play 50 games and to stink in the playoffs and he’s also gonna dick ride ya opps on his podcast every week
— dame
(@DameDeadAF) July 27, 2022
9.
Id rather draft Anthony Bennett with the first overall pick again, before I Paid Draymond green 40 million a year
— JP – The Wholesome Truth Teller (@jay_pea619) July 27, 2022
