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Draymond Green explains why he’d rather miss the playoffs with Golden State than leave to chase another championship: “If there’s something I can offer a team and I’m the missing piece that helps them get over the hump, that’s different. That’s contributing to a championship. But going somewhere just to fall into one more? No. The Warriors would have to not want me anymore.” “I’ve been there 12 years. People forget the Warriors were the laughingstock of the NBA when I arrived. They won 23 games the year before. When I got drafted, Marshawn Lynch laughed at me. He said, ‘You got drafted to the Warriors? Y’all suck.’” “I remember walking around downtown Oakland as a rookie, passing out tickets to games. That was October 2012. We won our first championship in June 2015.” “We built this thing from the ground. That’s our baby. The Warriors were nothing. To see that growth and take part in it isn’t something you just walk away from. They would have to not want me anymore. I will always do right by that organization. I’ve never been treated badly.” “If I had to stay in Golden State another five years and we didn’t make the playoffs once, I’d be totally fine with that. I’d rather struggle with the same guys I succeeded with.” “We succeeded together. I’d rather struggle together. As long as they have me, I have no reason to ever want to leave.”