Steve Kerr shares Draymond Green update as Warriors star nurses foot injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors expect to have star point guard Steph Curry back for their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, but it remains unclear if his teammate Draymond Green will be back on the floor at Chase Center.
Green has missed Golden State’s last two games with a right foot injury, which sidelined him in the second quarter of the team’s 99-98 loss to the 76ers in Philadelphia last Thursday. The veteran power forward is making strides toward a return, however, as Warriors coach Steve Kerr told 95.7 The Game on Tuesday.
“He’s scheduled to practice [Wednesday], and with the scrimmage [Thursday], we’ll have a much better feel afterwards for how close he is,” Kerr told the “Willard & Dibs” show. “But I don’t have an answer yet as to whether he’ll play on Friday, but I’m excited to get him back and pair him with De’Anthony [Melton].”
Green sustained the injury with just under five minutes remaining in the first half Thursday when 76ers forward Dominick Barlow rolled onto the Warriors forward’s leg. He limped to the Warriors’ locker room and when the second half began, center Trayce Jackson-Davis replaced him in the lineup.
Green has yet to play much with Melton, who made his 2025-26 NBA season debut in the Warriors’ loss to the 76ers after undergoing ACL surgery in December 2024. The defensive-minded duo sharing the court together again excites Kerr, as does Curry’s return from a five-game absence due to a quad contusion.
“You can see the defensive capabilities,” Kerr said of Melton and Green. “And by the way I think we’re up to fourth or fifth in the league in defensive rating. So [Melton has] contributed to that the last few games, and we are doing better as a team just containing the ball and helping. So that part’s really exciting. And as we get our full complement of players, you get Steph back, it gives us a chance to put our best foot forward.”
With a core of older players, there certainly will be lulls where the Warriors aren’t at full strength. But the possibilities when they’re firing on all cylinders are endless, and Green’s looming return — plus recent contributions from younger, under-the-radar players such as Pat Spencer — certainly will help.
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