Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors were viewed as a playoff team before the start of the 2025-26 NBA season. However, the Warriors haven’t looked like a team that would qualify in the postseason with a 13-14 record. Injuries have played a part in the team’s struggles, but Green highlighted one aspect where they’ve had the most problems.
It has been a frustrating season for Golden State. The injuries have pushed coach Steve Kerr to mix their rotation on more than one occasion. Even forward Jonathan Kuminga lost his spot in the lineup for the past three games, logging DNPs.
However, the Warriors forward said on the recent episode of his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show,” that turnovers have been the root of their issues. Specifically, the team’s late-game mistakes when handling the ball. The four-time All-Star admitted that he’s one of the causes for Golden State’s mistakes.
“Number one, it’s taking care of the ball,” Green said. “And I raise my hand. I am leading that charge in a drastic way [by] turning the ball over … If you’re turning the ball over, teams are swarming and running and shooting threes. If you’re turning the ball over, you can’t get your defense set. If you’re turning the ball over, you’re not getting a shot at the rim, which is not creating chances to get offensive rebounds.”
Green also said that the lack of scoring runs have hurt their performance.
Draymond Green said the Warriors are wasting great games from Stephen Curry
Amid the struggles that the Golden State Warriors have faced, star guard Stephen Curry has stepped up their game. This year, he’s had four games of 40+ points. The Warriors have gone 3-1 whenever he reaches that scoring threshold.
Curry has also scored 30+ points five times. But the results haven’t been the same since Golden State has gone 1-4. Draymond Green thinks the team isn’t capitalizing on the star’s scoring outbursts.
“It’s just kind of been this trickle-down effect all year,” Green said. “It’s just gotten worse and worse. You have these great opportunities—Steph [Curry] going for 39, Steph going for 48—where you need to capitalize on these wins and we’re not doing that.”
Another problem for the Warriors has been their difficult schedule. They are fifth in terms of schedule strength across the league.
