Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green says he’ll miss All-Star game, aims to return in 3-4 weeks

SAN FRANCISCO – Golden Empire Warriors front Draymond Green said on Thursday he is expected to be sidelined for another three to four weeks with a disc injury in his lower back that has sidelined him for 14 games.

Green, who earned his fourth All-Star pick on Thursday as a reserve for the Western Conference, also said he will sit out the festival to restore his back health.

But he has made it clear that a timetable for his return is not set.

“I can’t really put a definite timeline on it because at the moment I’m just recovering and building strength and just letting my body heal,” Green said. “Ideally I’d love to come back in the next three to four weeks. But I can’t guarantee that.

“When faced with a comeback, one thing I’m not going to do is come back. And if I don’t come back in three weeks, that doesn’t mean I can’t play. I want to come back when I’m on my own. 100% believe that I’m healthy, that I’m in great shape, because the reality is, I don’t want to come back unlike a certain match.”

Green said the initial injury appeared on January 8 while he was sitting at home, but did not know that it was his back that had been injured. He said that at first he only felt pain in his calf.

Green informed the Warriors director of sports medicine, Rick Celebrini, about his calf. Celebrini put Green through a number of tests, which Green said he couldn’t do. Green managed to get through the bomb the next day – before Klay Thompsonback against Cleveland Cavaliers on January 9th – and immediately knew he wouldn’t be able to compete.

But Green said he still doesn’t know that his back is the problem. That was revealed to him later that week when he underwent a magnetic resonance imaging.

“When I replayed everything from earlier that day, the look on Rick’s face when I couldn’t take some tests told me right away what it was,” Green said.

Green said he has some anxiety because he is dealing with his back, but said all the news he has received from his doctors makes him feel at ease.

The biggest joy for Green is that the doctors say he will not need surgery, nor any injections.

“When you’re dealing with the backside, [surgery] There’s always a possibility, so we have to cross that bridge to see if that’s necessary,” Green said. No one thought it was necessary, and my development has shown that to be the case so far. And I believe it will continue to do so. “

Green said he’s not worried that the injury will flare up again and he hasn’t felt pain in his back since the calf pain first appeared. His calves also feel normal again.

Last week, Green was able to return to the field for the first time since January 9 and has had mock-ups. He doesn’t have a clear schedule for what’s next in his recovery, but his priority will be to regain strength, while also ensuring his game returns to pre-injury status. .

“I want to feel good about my game, I want to feel good with my condition, and I want to feel good about my body. And that takes time to bring all three of those things together. page,” Green said. “I was locked in the process of getting there. But I needed those three things to bond just because of the nature of the injury.”

No green and James Wisemangone since April last year, Warriors has only one hub of operations: Kevon Looney. On Thursday, Warriors general manager Bob Myers admitted there are some concerns that Looney is their only real option right now.

Myers has been informed that both Green and Wiseman, who are recovering from a meniscus tear, will be cleared to rejoin team activities this season, and as such, he and the Warriors are not actively looking Earn one more center in the upcoming commercial term. .

“As it sat here tonight, we were told that both of those guys, Draymond and James, would be back to help us make some games… and we thought those two might be able to. helps us more than anything else we look at in the market.”