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.
The combined 2025-26 salaries of them is $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.
