Draymond Green adjusts to new role with Warriors amid injuries
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 5, 2026, 7:09 AM
Last updated Oct 5, 2026
Draymond Green is adapting to a modified role for the Golden State Warriors as the team navigates injuries to key players like Jimmy Butler and Kristaps Porzingis. Warriors coach Steve Kerr has decided to encourage Green to shoot more three-pointers and reduce his playmaking duties to allow younger players to step forward. Green acknowledged the challenge of changing his long-established playing style, emphasizing the need to accept and adapt to these changes. This shift comes in the wake of a preseason loss to the Los Angeles Clippers as the Warriors prepare for the upcoming season.
- •Kerr is changing Green's role to enhance offensive output.
- •Injuries to Butler and Porzingis create a need for scoring solutions.
- •Green acknowledges the difficulty of changing his playing style.
- •Warriors lost 104-101 to the Clippers in preseason action.
- •Green is being encouraged to take more three-point shots.
- 7:09 AMYahoo Sports — Warriors’ Draymond Green shares sobering thoughts on his changing role
"Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is embracing the team’s future now that the team is actually in a position of need. With the Warriors needing all the offensive production they can get amid injuries to Jimmy Butler and Kristaps Porzingis, two of the team’s best scorers alongside Stephen Curry, Kerr is opting to change Draymond Green’s […] The post Warriors’ Draymond Green shares sobering thoughts on his changing role appeared first on ClutchPoints.
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