Trail Blazers Injury Report: 2 Warriors Stars Downgraded Ahead Of Portland Match

Alex Kirschenbaum | Apr 11, 2024

Mar 14, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green celebrates with guards Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry. / Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

The Portland Trail Blazers' ignominious 2023-24 season is wrapping up. The team sports a miserable 21-58 record, the fifth-worst in the league, meaning it is ideally placed to notch a top-five pick in this summer's NBA draft lottery once again.

Portland has three games left on its slate. The first is a matchup with the Golden State State Warriors tonight. At 44-35, the Dubs are currently the tenth seed in the Western Conference. Golden State is just 0.5 games behind the ninth-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, and has won eight of its last ten contests. The team is angling for a win tonight against one of the dregs of the West, but it could be doing so without two of its immortals, as well as a key frontcourt reserve.

According to a recent NBA injury report, five-time All-Star Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson (right knee tendonitis) and four-time All-Star Warriors power forward/center Draymond Green (right knee contusion) are both considered questionable to play, as is backup big man Dario Saric (right knee lateral joint pain).

Though Thompson and Green, both now 34, are a bit diminished from their athletic primes, they remain two of the most critical players on Golden State. Thompson is no longer a two-way superstar and one of the best defensive wings ont he planet, but he remains a critical three-level scorer. Green's behavior seems to have finally become the biggest impediment to his own play, but when he's available, he can still make a huge impact on defense, while occasionally being able to nail a corner trey. It looks like the Warriors' most important player, All-Star point guard Stephen Curry, will be available.

But those three potential absences pale in comparison to Portland's ailing roster.

Seven Blazers players, including multiple starters, have already been ruled out, and one late-season fantasy basketball waiver wire sleeper is questionable.

The Trail Blazers will be without guards Shaedon Sharpe (left ankle sprain), Malcolm Brogdon (right elbow tendinitis), and Anfernee Simons (left knee tendinitis), forwards Toumani Camara (left rib fracture), Jerami Grant (right hamstring strain), and Matisse Thybulle (right ankle impingement), and center Robert Williams III (right knee ligament tear). 6'9" point guard Dalano Banton, the aforementioned fantasy darling, is considered questionable with a sprained left ankle