Draymond Green’s foot injury has healed, but star to miss Warriors-Timberwolves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The bruised and battered Warriors quickly are getting healthy, and Draymond Green‘s return could be right around the corner.
Green will miss his third consecutive game when the Warriors host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night at Chase Center, but coach Steve Kerr indicated that the star forward could play against the Trail Blazers on Sunday in the Pacific Northwest.
“He should be in Portland,” Kerr told reporters before Friday’s game. “Whether he plays or not, we’ll see. It will have been about 10 days between games. He’s been working, he’s been training. The injury has healed. So, he’s ready to go. It’s just a question of whether [director of sports medicine and performance] Rick [Celebrini] feels comfortable putting him out there. So, he’ll meet us in Portland and we’ll assess him there.”
Green sustained a right midfoot sprain in the Warriors’ loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Dec. 4 and missed their next two games — both wins — against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday and Chicago Bulls on Sunday.
But in an odd scheduling quirk, the Warriors had four days off between Sunday’s game against the Bulls and Friday’s game against the Timberwolves.
As Kerr mentioned, Green’s foot injury has healed, but the 35-year-old is away from the team for personal reasons.
The Warriors practiced on Wednesday and Thursday, and Green was excused on both days. He also was excused from Friday’s game.
In 20 games this season, Green is averaging 8.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 28.2 minutes.
While Green attends to the personal matter, his longtime running mate, Steph Curry, returns to the lineup on Friday night after missing the last five games due to a quad contusion.
Barring another unforeseen injury, veteran center Al Horford (right sciatic nerve) would be the only player on the Warriors’ injury report if Green returns Sunday.
In short order, Kerr could have a fully healthy roster at his disposal.
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