{"id":601363,"date":"2026-04-23T10:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601363\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:04:08","slug":"nba-insider-reveals-path-to-draymond-green-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601363\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA insider reveals path to Draymond Green extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along with Steve Kerr, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/5069\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Draymond Green;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Draymond Green&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draymond Green<\/a>&#8216;s future is a topic of conversation as it pertains to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/golden-state-warriors\/9\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden State Warriors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Golden State Warriors&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Golden State Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Defensive Player of the Year Award winner has a player option for $27.67 million before he would reach free agency following the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Although the likelihood of him opting in for next season is likely, NBA insider Anthony Slater revealed a way that the two sides could agree to an extension.<\/p>\n<p>Slater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=71A05hjB6aU&amp;t=2001s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">said<\/a>, &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t rule out the decline and extend at a lower number if it helps both sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Green would leave some money on the table if he were to go this route, he&#8217;d be able to stay with the team that drafted him back in 2012, something he&#8217;s already <a href=\"https:\/\/dukewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/warriors\/2026\/04\/18\/draymond-green-reiterates-commitment-to-warriors-after-play-in-loss\/89675172007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:expressed interest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;expressed interest&quot;}\" class=\"link \">expressed interest<\/a> in doing. As for Golden State, they&#8217;d be able to save money that could be spent elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>That said, these decisions are unlikely to be made until after Kerr&#8217;s future is resolved.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Warriors Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/warriorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/warriors\/2026\/04\/23\/nba-insider-reveals-path-to-draymond-green-extension\/89746989007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBA insider reveals path to Draymond Green extension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NBA insider reveals path to Draymond Green extension&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NBA insider reveals path to Draymond Green extension<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Along with Steve Kerr, Draymond Green&#8216;s future is a topic of conversation as it pertains to the Golden&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[101472,47440,261569,13339,2243,355,110134,99,30534],"class_list":{"0":"post-601363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-anthony-slater","9":"tag-conversation","10":"tag-defensive-player-of-the-year-award","11":"tag-draymond-green","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-player-option","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-steve-kerr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}