3 Golden State Warriors who definitely won’t be back next season
By Ian Levy
3. JaMychal Green
JaMychal Green was the Warriors’ hero in Game 2, joining the starting lineup, and breaking the Lakers’ defense wide-open with his shooting. He finished with 15 points in just 13 minutes, including hitting a trio of 3-pointers. However, he didn’t have the same effect in Game 3, a Warriors’ loss, and by Game 4 he was back out of the starting lineup.
Green filled in nicely as a deep bench guy this year, contributing versatile frontcourt defense and hitting 37.8 percent of his 3s, a touch above his career average. But he’s also 32 and didn’t give the Warriors as much in the role as Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica did the year before. Golden State will still need someone to fill that role next year behind Andrew Wiggins, defending versatile forwards and bigger wings but they would probably like to find someone with a bit more upside.
The Warriors will likely let him go when his contract expires, opening more minutes for Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga, and finding someone else to fill this role as a Plan C at the very back end of the rotation.