What are the Warriors' expectations with Draymond Green's return? 👀 | NBA Countdown

FACTS. SAYING THIS IS CHEMISTRY AND IDENTITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> WELCOME BACK TO NBA COUNTDOWN, PRESENTED BY DOOR DASH. >> IT HAS BEEN AN ARDUOUS SEASON FOR GOLDEN STATE 17 MINUTES 19 BUT REINFORCEMENTS ON THE WAY, DRAYMOND GREEN IS RAMPING UP TO RETURN IN THE NEXT WEEK, AND ON TUESDAY GREEN >> TO REPORTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS SUSPENSION. >> I HAVE CAUSED MY TEAM ENOUGH, I’VE COST THIS ORGANIZATION ENOUGH. IT’S NOT A TIME FOR ME TO COME BACK TO SAY I WILL GET BACK WHEN I CAN, YOU CAUSED THIS YOURSELF. YOU JUST

GIVE GRACE AND I WILL TAKE MY TIME AND GET BACK WHEN I CAN. IT’S NOT AN INJURY. CAN I ACCEPT THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN OVER THE TOP, OF COURSE? CAN I REMOVE THOSE, AM I CAPABLE OF REMOVING THOSE? OF COURSE. >> FOR THE WARRIORS, ONE GAME UNDER 500, BOTH IN THE 15 GAMES GREEN HAS PLAYED AS WELL AS THE 21 GAMES HE HAS MISSED. HOWEVER, HE HAS OUTSCORED HIS APPOINTMENTS BY ALMOST 2 UP TWICE PER GAME WITH GREEN BUT WITHOUT HIM THEY HAVE OUTSCORED. NOW THAT DRAYMOND GREEN IS COMING BACK FOR GOLDEN STATE

WE EXPECT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK, WHAT DO THEY NEED MOST FROM HIM TO GET BACK TO THAT CALIBER? >> AVAILABILITY, PERIOD. THAT’S WHAT YOU

NEED FROM HIM. YOU NEED HIM TO DO THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO KEEP HIM ON THE COURT AND INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM BEFORE AND AFTER. YOU NEED HIM TO BE A CONSTANT PRESENCE. THAT’S WHAT YOU NEED BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN THEY BEEN DEPRIVED OF. WHEN DRAYMOND GREEN IS ON THE COURT THEY ARE BETTER THAN OFF THE COURT. HE IS THEIR BEST PLAYMAKER, I DON’T KNOW WHO SETS UP KLAY THOMPSON AND STEPH

CURRY BETTER THAN DRAYMOND GREEN. I LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. OBVIOUSLY HE PULLS THEM DEFENSIVELY. WE CAN BRING UP ANYTHING ABOUT ANYBODY. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF WE DON’T SHOW UP. IT DOESN’T MATTER. YOU’VE GOT TO SHOW UP FIRST AND EVERYTHING STARTS FROM THERE. >> ZERO NONSENSE. >> ZERO NONSENSE. GOING TO STAND ON BUSINESS. ZERO NONSENSE. NO. NO FLAILING, NO KNEES FLYING OUT. NONE OF THAT. >> I AM SORRY, ALSO, I NEED TO STEAL DO THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME DRAYMOND GREEN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE HIM DRAYMOND GREEN IN MY ESTIMATION, HE

SAID HE WOULDN’T BE MAD IF YOU GOT A FEW TECHNICAL FOULS. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DISAGREE. >> YOU CAN SCREAM AND GET ON AN OFFICIAL. YOU CAN DO ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE NONSENSE THAT TAKES THEM OFF THE COURTS, PERIOD. IF THEY GO DOWN THAT LINE AND HE HASN’T LEARNED THAT LESSON, THEY ARE DONE. IF THEY START CHEWING UP THE LAST DANCE MUSIC FOR THE DOCUMENTARY, I’M NOT KIDDING THEY ARE DONE. THEY HAVE THE REST OF THAT CLIP IN HIS OWN WORDS, EXIT STAGE LEFT. THEY WERE HORRIBLE BEFORE AND THEN THERE GOING TO BE HORRIBLE ONCE

HE GETS BACK. LET’S NOT ACT LIKE HIM COMING BACK IS GOING TO BE — THE WARRIORS ARE GOING TO BE BACK TO BEING RELEVANT, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. THE THING THAT DRAYMOND NEEDS TO DO IS HE NEEDS TO SACRIFICE. AGAIN. RIGHT NOW THE WARRIORS STILL NEED TO BE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE. JONATHAN NEEDS TO MOSES MOONEY NEEDS TO BE PLAYING MINUTES. JACKSON DAVIS NEEDS TO BE PLAYING MINUTES. LOOK. LET’S BE REAL. IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY THE WARRIORS ARE NOT BEATING THE NUGGETS OR THE CLIPPERS OR THE LAKERS IN A SEVEN-GAME SERIES. BEEN ON THE

DECLINE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. COMING BACK, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY DO FOR THEM? NOTHING. >> PLAYOFFS TO BEGIN TODAY. LESS THAN IS STILL MONTHS AWAY, MIKE DUNN MAYBE, OWNERSHIP, THEY WILL SPEND THE NEXT THREE WEEKS DECIDING WHO WE ARE IF WE ARE GOOD ENOUGH. KLAY THOMPSON HAS PLAYED MUCH BETTER. DRAYMOND GREEN HAS PLAYED MUCH BETTER WHEN HE’S BEEN ON THE COURT. ANDREW WIGGINS, THAT’S GOING TO BE THE PLAYER AND GOLDEN STATE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN TRADE TALKS. THEY’VE BEEN ON THE PHONE A LOT WITH TEAMS. WHEN HE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP TWO YEARS

AGO, HE WAS DOMINANT. DEFENSIVELY IN THE FINAL SERIES — >> SECOND BEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM. >> THEY NEED HIM PLAYING ON A VERY HIGH LEVEL AGAIN. I THINK THERE’S TIME FOR THE GOLDEN STATE TEAM BUT AT THE DETROIT DEADLINE, IT’S NOT THERE, I THINK YOU WILL SEE CHANGES. >> LET’S BRING UP THE NUGGETS, WE CAN SAY WHAT WE WANT ABOUT THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS. NO TEAM IN THE NBA HAS PLAYED MORE CLUTCH GAMES, HAD MORE CLUTCH MOMENTS THAN THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS. FIVE POINTS WITHIN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES. 28 GAMES, RIGHT WITHIN RANGE, OFF

THE CHARTS, THAT HASN’T BEEN THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS, IF YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCED VETERAN WAS A PLUS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL FOR THEM, COULD THAT BE OF ASSISTANCE IN A FEW OF THOSE GAMES? MY ANSWER WOULD BE YES. >> THEY STILL HAVE ONE OF THE BEST FEW CLOSERS, PLAYING SUPER HIGH LEVEL. >> WE CAN STOP AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT GETTING IN TO THE PLAYOFFS. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE DRAYMOND GREEN PLAY TOSSING WITH STEPH CURRY, THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS EXPECTATIONS IS TO COMPETE FOR AND NBA TITLES. THOSE THREE ARE DONE. THEY ARE DONE.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN THOSE THREE ARE DONE? >> I MEAN THE DYNASTY ARE DONE. WE KNOW STEPH CURRY GOT A LOT IN THIS BAG. I MEAN TOGETHER, THEY ARE DONE FOR. >> YOU PUT IT INTO TERMS AND WE START THIS SEGMENT. ARE THEY BEATING ONE OF THE TOP FOUR SEEDS? >> THERE SO MANY TEAMS THAT ARE JUST BETTER THAN YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN THE WARRIORS ONE. THERE ARE TEAMS THAT DIDN’T EXPECT, JUST TO BE ONE OF THE BOTTOM FOUR TEAMS AND WE ARE NOT EVEN SURE THEY CAN GET THROUGH THAT. ONE TO

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