Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy denied that Draymond Green was in active trade conversations in advance of this week's deadline despite the team's pursuit of Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo. "I'd walk that back," Dunleavy said. "His name was not in conversations other than the ones where teams called me to ask about him. The idea that he stayed with the Warriors past the deadline was greatly exaggerated.
The Warriors' defense is set to receive a huge boost Sunday against the Blazers as one of the league's top stoppers returns to the lineup. Draymond Green, 35, has missed the past three games with both a right foot sprain and for an excused personal reason, but made the trip up to Portland and was not listed on the NBA's afternoon injury report.
Green had a verbal altercation with a courtside fan during the second quarter of Sunday's game in New Orleans. In the postgame locker room, Green said that the man had called him a woman's name but declined to specify what name it was. In an interview with the Associated Press, the fan identified himself as Sam Green and said he continually referred to Draymond Green as Angel Reese, the WNBA star who became a household name at nearby LSU.
