Is it over? This is the question NBA-types are asking these days, as Klay Thompson deteriorates, Andrew Wiggins crumbles and Draymond Green heads into league-mandated exile. After nine years, five 57-plus win seasons and four championships, has the Warriors’ dynasty reached its inevitable end?
Mike Dunleavy Jr. doesn’t think so. Hours after the NBA suspended Green indefinitely, Golden State’s top executive addressed reporters. He said he agreed with the NBA’s decision. “We think it’s the right solution right now,” Dunleavy said, adding that all parties involved—including Green—were in a “good place.” He declared he was “optimistic” this latest punishment would lead to substantive changes.
“I think this is something that a lot of people may see as a problem,” Dunleavy said. “But we’re looking to turn it into a positive. It’s at a point in his career and his life where we want to get some things straightened out, and maybe sometimes you need a jolt like that.”
