During the offseason, Draymond Green signed a four-year $100 million contract extension with the Golden State Warriors.
However, he has endured a difficult start to the season, first navigating a calf injury and then making some bad decisions that have led to an indefinite suspension.
Green is a legitimate difference-maker for the Warriors when he’s on the court. However, his recent string of issues has certainly led some fans to believe a trade could be possible.
During a recent episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” Simmons discussed a potential trade that would send Green to the Los Angeles Lakers in return.
Last season, numerous trade proposals would have sent Green to the Lakers so he could team up with LeBron James. Yet, those proposals never amounted to more than conjecture. The same will likely happen with Simmons’ proposal.
Still, Green’s future with the franchise is slightly less clear than it was heading into the season.
It will remain that way until he’s cleared to return to the court and begins making a good impression with his performances and leadership. Warriors fans know what Green is capable of. Now, he will need to remind the rest of the world.
With the ultimate honor to Johnson’s name, some wondered whether the former Cowboys head coach even cared whether he went into the team’s Ring of Honor. He did and does.
Johnson will take his long-awaited, and as Jerry Jones himself said, “rightful place,” on the AT&T Stadium facade next to Darren Woodson at halftime of Saturday night’s game between the Cowboys and Lions.
“I don’t think anybody can ever imagine what this means to me,” Johnson said in a pregame news conference. “This was a special time in my life. This was something that paid dividends for me for the rest of my life.
It’s something that I’m extremely proud of. We took over the worst football team in the NFL. The worst. Three straight losing seasons and a 3-13 record [in 1988].
Not only did we win Super Bowls, but we were able to put together the team of the ’90s. So, obviously I’m very proud of it, and I’ll be proud to have my name up in this stadium.”
Jones said former team president Tex Schramm, who himself is in the Ring of Honor, told Jones after Jones bought the team that the Ring of Honor needs to be exclusive. Johnson will become the 24th member of the Ring of Honor, the fourth non-player.
“What he wanted to be is someone who had really made a serious stamp for the franchise, not necessarily the won-loss record, [but left a mark on] the franchise,” Jones said. “It turns out there’s only one other coach, and that’s of course Tom Landry, and there’s actually only three there today who aren’t players.
The point is: Jimmy is that, and he did make that kind of difference for the franchise. Obviously, a great coach and a great manager of the team, and so all of that is I think reflective in a lot of ways with the [Pro Football] Hall of Fame. Jimmy, you now and forever more and rightfully so are in the Cowboys Ring of Honor.”
