Golden State Warriors: Bold predictions for a new era

1. Draymond Green averages 15 points per game

While Draymond Green unsurprisingly took a major step back offensively during KD’s three-year tenure with the Golden State Warriors, he is quite capable of averaging at least 15 points this season.

Honestly, Draymond was never meant to lead his team in scoring and shooting percentages, especially due to his defensive-oriented play style and having teammates who can handle the offensive to such a consistent degree that has never been seen before.

Despite Draymond’s play style failing to reflect that of a typical superstar, he has filled his role in perfectly (as the defensive anchor) with the Warriors. He has shown that he can adapt to any major changes his team makes and step up when needed on the offensive end.

Here’s Draymond’s line during his career-best 2015-16 NBA season: 14.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.5 steals in 34.7 minutes per game on a shooting line of 49 percent overall, 38.8 from 3-point range and 69.6 at the foul line in 81 appearances.

Notably, Draymond posted career-highs in points, rebounds, assists, field goal and 3-point percentage, blocks and minutes per game.

If Draymond can gain that confidence back this upcoming season, he will likely surpass his previous career-highs due to that fact that he needs to produce more offensively this season in Klay’s absence and that the Warriors have more competition than they’ve ever had.