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Draymond Green Back At Practice, Optimistic About Return

Draymond Green Back At Practice, Optimistic About Return

Draymond Green practiced with his Warriors teammates today for the first time since injuring his lower back in early January, writes Kendra Andrews of ESPN.

Green went through 5-on-0 conditioning and participated in shooting drills and β€œa lot” of other drills during today’s session. He told Andrews that he has improved a lot in the weeks since suffering the injury.

β€œMy progress has been tremendous,” Green said. β€œI think, where I am today, if you knew where I was eight weeks ago or seven weeks ago, it’s night and day.”

Green was cleared to resume basketball activities in late January, but he was limited to individual workouts until today. A lot of those involved lifting weights, and Green said he can feel the benefits.

β€œI’m stronger than I’ve ever been in my life,” he said. β€œβ€¦ I spent six weeks just sitting in the weight room, working in there for four, five hours a day.”

According to Andrews, the Warriors’ training staff will monitor Green’s…

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