Draymond Green Injury News Announced Right Before Nuggets Game

Moments before Sunday's Nuggets-Warriors game, Draymond Green was ruled out with back soreness.

Earlier Sunday, Kristaps Porzingis was also ruled out with an illness.

Both join Stephen Curry (knee) and Jimmy Butler (season-ending ACL tear) on the out list for the Warriors.

Warriors Have a Boatload of Money on the Injured List

Curry, Butler, Porzingis and Green are the highest-paid Warriors.

Their combined 2025-26 salaries are $170 million.

The Nuggets will be without Aaron Gordon, Peyton Watson and Jalen Pickett, but they will have Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic against a Warriors team whose highest-paid healthy player is Moses Moody ($11.6 million 2025-26 salary).

Expect Moody and Gui Santos to take a huge percentage of Golden State's offensive load.

But frankly it would be a surprise if the short-handed Warriors can keep pace with a Nuggets team that beat the Trail Blazers by 54 points on Friday.

The Warriors have just nine players available.

Starters
PG Pat Spencer
SG De'Anthony Melton
SF Moses Moody
PF Gui Santos
C Al Horford

Reserves
G Gary Payton II
G Brandin Podziemski
SG Will Richard
C Quinten Post