For a brief moment, it looked as if Draymond Green could leave the Golden State Warriors as he declined his player option.

His decision to decline the option, worth $26 million, was made to give the Warriors more financial flexibility as they pursued other moves in the offseason, but there were murmurs that Draymond could follow LeBron James to his next destination if it wasn’t the Warriors.

In the end, even after missing out on LeBron, Draymond re-signed for the same $26 million his player option was worth.

Entering his 15th season with the Warriors, head coach Steve Kerr wants Draymond to shoot threes with more confidence in the upcoming season.

Speaking on his Draymond Green Show, Draymond responded to the new mandate from his head coach.

"Shooting when the game says 'shoot', pass when the game says 'pass', not becoming a robot and just going to 1 thing, I'm extremely excited about this because the last time I shot 3's in rhythm, where I could just go up and you know what, 'I'm letting that thing fly', was 2016-2017,” he said.

Draymond is a career 32% shooter from three and he shot 32% last season. In 2016-17, he shot 30% from three, so it’s likely he’s referring to 2015-16, when he shot 38% from deep. His career high from three is 39% in 2023-24 on 2.3 attempts per game.

“I'm looking forward to that, not that I'm just going to come out casting 3's, but I definitely am going to look to get more of them up when I'm open and you know that's exciting to hear from your coach,” he said.

Draymond shot a career-high 4.6 threes per game last season, with all of them being classified as open or wide open.

Maybe Draymond was overthinking his shooting last season, and 12 of his 14 seasons were when he was a 33% three-point shooter or worse.

The numbers show that he was letting it fly last season, and he was open on every attempt because most teams don’t bother to guard him out deep. He’s a career below-average three-point shooter, and the two seasons where he shot well are the exception and not the norm.

With Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, and Yaxel Lendeborg in the lineup, they are going to be the spacing options on the Warriors, not Draymond, who will continue to run the offense with his passing and screening.

If Draymond has a strong three-point year, the Warriors will be a much better team. But it shouldn’t be counted upon.