Recently, Draymond Green—a four-time NBA Champion with the Golden State Warriors—spoke about the Phoenix Suns. He brought up the Suns’ absence of a “big man” in his most recent “Inside the NBA” appearance.

According to Green, “The Suns have no big man… The Suns’ big guy, KD. “They don’t have a big man.”

While speaking, he ignored Suns center Jusuf Nurkic. When Green swung at Nurkic, the tension between them had reached a boiling point. Afterwards, Green was benched for a 12-game stint. I can see that brother still requires assistance,” Nurkic told Green in his response.

Continuing with the topic of KD, he dislikes #drayover

During his previous season, Draymond Green averaged 8.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6 assists in 76 games played, while Nikola Jovanovic averaged 10.9 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists.

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Star Secured as Klay Thompson Substitute in $158 Million Trade Proposal

The Golden State Warriors’ inability to use Klay Thompson as their backup point guard after Stephen Curry was made clear this season. The Warriors have an opportunity to change gears and bring in a younger player to replace Thompson when he hits unrestricted free agency.

The New Orleans Pelicans, according to Stephen Noh of Sporting News, are also seeking to change things up and have proposed a two-for-one trade plus draft picks.

As a result, the Warriors would get Brandon Ingram.

A first-round pick in 2025 and a first-round pick in 2028 would go to the Pelicans in exchange for Chris Paul and Moses Moody.

Following the Pelicans’ elimination from the Western Conference playoffs in the first round, the Warriors may take advantage of their need to restock their roster.

“Let me be crystal clear: This summer will not be spent being lazy. “It’s time to get better,” exclaimed Pelicans VP David Griffin in his farewell interview.

According to Marc Stein, the Pelicans might consider trading Ingram for a player of their choosing.

“In the aftermath of the Pelicans’ first-round sweep at the hands of the Thunder, Pelicans VP of basketball operations David Griffin has virtually promised that the team will be active in the trade market. Additionally, sources within the league indicate that many league observers see Ingram’s departure as more of a certainty than a possibility,” Stein wrote in his Substack newsletter on May 12.

Besides being a solid 20-point scorer behind Curry, Ingram is a possible Thompson replacement for Noh.

“Steph Curry аnԀ his teаmmаtes mаy still be cаpаble оf pulling оff аn upset. Their utterly Ԁismаl seаsоn wаs cаuseԀ by the аbsence оf а ԀepenԀаble secоnԀаry scоrer. “If Klаy Thоmpsоn were tо leаve in free аgency, Ingrаm cоulԀ prоviԀe thаt аnԀ be а sоliԀ replаcement,” Nоh wrоte.

With this year, Ingram’s $158 million, five-year contract will come to an end. The Warriors would have to exercise their team options on Paul ($30 million) and Moody ($5.8 million) to match.

After the off-season, do you need a change of scenery?After slow seasons, Thompson and Ingram are both looking good. But Ingram, who is still 26, has more upside than the 34-year-old Thompson.

Thоmpsоn’s rоller-cоаster seаsоn sаw him cоme оff the bench fоr the first time in 12 yeаrs. He finisheԀ the seаsоn with mоԀest аverаges оf 17.9 pоints, 3.3 rebоunԀs аnԀ 2.3 аssists аcrоss 77 gаmes, the mоst he’s plаyeԀ since returning frоm аchilles injury. His scоring ԀippeԀ tо its lоwest since his secоnԀ yeаr in the NBа.

With the Warriors reluctant to pay him big money, Thompson is being linked to the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic, two playoff teams from the Eastern Conference, who have cap space this offseason.

On the other hand, Ingram had his worst season since getting traded to the Pelicans from the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet Ingram’s worst season in five years — 20.8 points, 5.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds — still trumps Thompson’s production this season.

Brandon Ingram’s Confidence Dipped at Team USAInterestingly, Ingram’s struggles started at Team USA under coach Steve Kerr, who benched him in favor of the shorter but stout rebounder Josh Hart of the New York Knicks.

Ingram’s confidence dipped and it cascaded to the NBA season. However, in retrospect, Ingram looked at it as motivation to get back to his All-Star form.

“From Team USA up to this season, is probably … the worst that I’ve been in a New Orleans Pelicans uniform, and I’m motivated by that,” Ingram said during his exit interview. “I can go back and I can blame coaches. I can blame everybody else but myself, but, you know, I’ve got to go look at myself in the mirror and tell myself what I really need to do, how can I help this team. How can I help the coaches and how do I get the fans in New Orleans to believe in us again, and you know, that’s my job. That’s my task.”Despite Ingram’s down season, Noh believes the former All-Star wing is the Warriors’ best path forward to contend again.

“If Curry is still capable of playing like a top-five player, then this could be the move that gets them back in the winner’s circle,” Noh wrote.