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Warriors named best fit for $100 million four-time All-Star forward

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An NBA insider believes the Golden State Warriors will retain their 36-year-old four-time NBA champion this summer.

Warriors named best fit for $100 million four-time All-Star forward originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Regarding contracts, the Golden State Warriors have two high-level assets to consider re-signing.

Kristaps Poringzis is one of them, as the 7-foot-2 center is set to become an unrestricted free agent after spending the second half of the season with the Dubs. The Warriors’ 36-year-old four-time All-Star forward, Draymond Green, is the second one, as he holds a $27. 7 million player option for the 2026-27 campaign.

If Green opts out of his player option to seek a more lucrative deal, ESPN’s Bobby Marks still believes Golden State is the best fit for the 2017 Defensive Player of the Year. “ The deal I'd offer: Two years, $40 million,” Marks wrote Friday. “Green would lower his $27.

7 million player option to $19. 2 million and, as a trade-off, be given a second year worth $20. 8 million.