“I’AM LEAVING” NBA Power forward Draymond Green has announced that he is leaving the Golden State Warriors due to…..

Steve Kerr appears to be going all-in on small yet again, amidst a pretty disappointing 2023-24 season for his Golden State Warriors.

Dubs forward Draymond Green has been transitioned to a gig as the team’s starting center.

Anthony Slater of The Athletic writes that this decision seems to have improved Golden State’s Jonathan Kuminga-Andrew Wiggins tandem.

Across 377 minutes together, Kuminga, Wiggins and Green are registering a plus-70.

At all of 6’6″, the Warriors big man is striving to stay healthy while manning the middle against taller, bigger traditional centers.

He’s been dealing with lower back pain on and off for the last week. Green explained the challenge of the gig, as Slater relays.

It’s definitely more taxing because at the five you are involved in every possession,” Green said.

“At the four, fours don’t crash [the boards] every time. You may not have to box out every possession.”

“At the five, you got to box out every play,” Green said.

“Fives are trying to get the ball every play. Even something as simple as that, let’s call it 20 more box outs a game.

That’s contact. That’s a battle. So it’s definitely more taxing. But I’m cut out for it.

“I can do it. I’m cut out for it,” Green asserted confidently.

“I don’t overly worry about it because I know we have fives that are perfectly capable of taking over and doing what we need them to do. It’s not something I think about.