3 Teams Most Likely To Land Draymond Green In Free Agency

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has made quite a name for himself in the 2015 NBA Playoffs (and the regular season for that matter), cementing his value as a max-contract player heading into restricted free agency in July. With that in mind, here's the 3 Teams Most Likely To Land Draymond Green In Free Agency.

3. Houston Rockets

This deal isn't financially feasible with the Rockets' current roster construction, but Corey Brewer, Clint Capela, Terrence Jones, Joey Dorsey and Donatas Motiejunas are have deals with one year left that could be extremely offloadable in multiple different trade scenarios. It's feasible that GM Daryl Morey keeps a budget brigade together, holding onto Jones and maintaining optimism that 2015 free agent Josh Smith has truly found his way under head coach Kevin McHale.

Or they could move on from one or both of them in favor of Green, using room from a rising salary cap to invest in a floor-spacing power forward who can open a cavalcade of opportunities for Dwight Howard in the paint and James Harden on the slash and kick.

2. New York Knicks

Heading into the second year of implementing the triangle offense, Knicks president Phil Jackson and head coach Derek Fisher are going to be on the lookout for catch-and-shoot bigs who have major two-way value. That's the exact resume of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award runner-up, who combines top-tier activity and effort both defending the perimeter (opposing players shoot just over 26% from downtown against him) and the restricted area with a spot-up three percentage around 36% -- more than desirable when you consider Green's added value heading towards the iron.

1. Golden State Warriors

While the other two destinations are intriguing, the Warriors have maintained the line this season that they're willing to max out Green (or close to it) with the extra year in order to keep him as the primary bodyguard of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. In truth, a system like Steve Kerr's where Green is anywhere from the third to fifth option on a given night is suited to a grinder like him. He's the grit underlying the Warriors' flash, and we remain (at least relatively) convinced that the Dubs won't let him slip away come July.