Draymond Green has three options: opt in to his current deal, opt out for a longer contract, or opt in and get traded. He hasn't talked formally with the Warriors yet and wants to finish his career there, but says any deal has to feel right for both sides or it breeds resentment.
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I have a player option coming up this year. I don't know what's gonna happen, you know? Like, what does that look like? Is that an opt-in and finish the contract? Is that an opt-in and get traded? Is that an opt-out and sign a longer-term deal? Like, I don't know what that looks like. We obviously haven't had our conversations yet. Exit interviews coming up this week. None of that stuff will get done in an exit interview, right? Like, that's stuff that will play out over the next couple months. But this year was a little bit different for me. Like, you know, even going through the trade talks at the deadline, I've never gone through that before. I think I would love to finish in the place that I started, but ultimately it has to make sense. You know, for Golden State Warriors organization. And it also has to make sense for me. You know, this isn't a one-sided thing where it just makes sense for me and I just do whatever's needed. Like, no, it, it gotta feel good on both sides. What I've learned in this job and showing up every day, if it don't feel good on both sides, at some point it's gonna crash and burn. And I don't wanna put myself in a position to where I'm just like, "Oh man, I wanna be here so bad that you can do anything to me." Because ultimately you have to kind of think with that mentality. How am I gonna feel about this when I don't feel like going to the gym the next day. Woo!