Warriors' Draymond Green Has Clean MRI on Calf Injury; Out vs. Rockets, Return TBD

The Golden State Warriors announced that the MRI on Draymond Green's left calf came back clean, meaning he's avoided serious injury, though he will not be available for Thursday's matchup against the Houston Rockets.

Green previously missed Tuesday's 119-115 loss to the Denver Nuggets in NBA Cup play due to left calf soreness. The Warriors nonetheless advanced to the Cup quarterfinals.

Green had previously expressed concern regarding the tightening of his calf, given that he had similar tightening symptoms in his left glute back in 2022 before he was forced to miss three months with herniated discs:

Superstar guard Stephen Curry will also miss Thursday night's game due to bilateral knee injury management, the second time in four games he'll be sitting with that injury designation. Curry told reporters on Wednesday he isn't concerned but that it has the potential to become a "nagging" injury if not handled correctly.

He added that he doesn't know if he'll miss future games for precautionary reasons due to the issue.

"This is what it's going to be for our team at this point, and Draymond and Steph's respective careers," head coach Steve Kerr told reporters on Monday. "So we've got to try to keep their minutes down as best we can. We've got to try to keep them healthy by being proactive. If they're dealing with nagging injuries like Steph's knees last week, like Draymond's calf now—we got to manage it all for sure."

Green, 34, has averaged 8.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.9 assists across 19 games, shooting 43.3 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from three. The Warriors are outscoring opponents by 9.5 points per 100 possessions with Green on the court this season, per NBA.com, but are being outscored by 0.2 points per 100 possessions without him.

The Warriors will be more than a little happy his injury isn't serious. The team is currently mired in a five-game losing streak after a promising—and surprising—12-3 start to the 2024-25 season.