Report: Warriors Almost Traded Draymond Green To Grizzlies

According to Logan Murdock of The Ringer, the Golden State Warriors almost traded Draymond Green to the Memphis Grizzlies. 

Murdock revealed this tidbit on The Zach Lowe podcast. 

“I know that there was a deal in place to send Draymond to Memphis and the return on that would have been interesting,” Murdock said. “It’s so interesting that Steven Adams was the catalyst to almost beating them in the first round because in that trade, Steven Adams would have come back to Golden State, along with Dillon Brooks.

“I heard that as well, Tyus Jones and a couple other people. But the reason why that deal fell through is because Tyus Jones got rerouted to Washington and it no longer made the deal work. That’s something they wanted. They really wanted a backup point guard.”

Green has spent his entire career with the Warriors, who have won four championships with Green and Stephen Curry. 

A four-time All-Star, Green has career averages of 8.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.6 assists. 

The Warriors lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of this year’s playoffs in five games. Curry missed Games 2-5 after suffering a Grade 1 left hamstring strain in Game 1.