JaMychal Green is headed to San Franciso to play with the Golden State Warriors after completing a contract buyout with the Oklahoma City Thunder last month.
Green is on an expiring $8.2M contract.
Vet minimum (8 years of service) is $2.63M.
Golden St. would incur a $1.83M cap hit (2 years of service).
3 roster spots still open for the Warriors. https://t.co/WZUJmLMlZe
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 19, 2022
Green reportedly agreed to a one-year deal to help provide another stretch forward coming off the bench after the Dubs let Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica walk in free agency this summer. Green is a career 36.6 percent shooter from long distance but is coming off a disastrous campaign as a shooter after shooting the long ball at a 26.2 percent clip last year in Denver.
Green will also be relied upon for his physical defense in the paint. When beat reporters asked him about what he expects his role to be, the Alabama product said he aims to replicate the same effort and energy Draymond Green puts out on the floor.
“Be a dog, Do the dirty work. Help Draymond out with the dirty work.” Green said.
Green says he sees his main role with the Warriors will be to “be a dog, do the dirty work. Help Draymond out with the dirty work.”
— Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) August 1, 2022
As far as his struggles from deep go, Green said that he plans on addressing and fixing them this summer.
“It’s all about rest and confidence. As long as I get my reps this summer, I’ll be good to go. I was just fighting through some things last year.”
Green attributes some of his poor shooting last season to a wrist injury.
“It’s all about rest and confidence. As long as I get my reps this summer, I’ll be good to go. I was just fighting through some things last year.”
— Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) August 1, 2022
Green averaged 7.2 points and 4.5 rebounds on 47.4 percent shooting from the field and 34.8 percent from long distance during his tenure in Denver.
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