Draymond Green is requesting that the NBA require all NBA teams to add important health and recovery equipment to all their arenas.
Talking on his podcast, Green expressed that the league should require all NBA arenas to have hot and cold tubs for players’ recovery while elevating health standards for players, especially after games.
Draymond Green Wants Health Additions In NBA Arenas
GettySAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 02: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after a call in the first quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Chase Center on April 02, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Green is also hoping to see recovery-specific tubs in hotels where teams stay at during road games.
“We’re high-level athletes. We have routines. You do things to get your body accustomed and ready to go,” he said. “There’s things that we have at our disposal that help us aid in recovery, aid in activation. On the road, you’re already thrown out of the way you eat, where you sleep, where you are, your familiarity, but you’re completely thrown out of your routine.”
“Every day, I get in the hot tub to get my body going. The hot tub helps me a lot. If there’s no hot tub, at least you get in the sauna. The Memphis hotel doesn’t have any of those. But guess what, neither does the Memphis arena.”
Green also described what players experiences while travelling during the regular season such as the weather and temperature changes, which, according to him, impact players’ health.
“I had nothing to possibly get my body ready. You go to some of these arenas, chairs are old, super low, they’re awful for your hips,” the Warriors star said. “You sit there, you sit up, and your hips are hiked up in this bad position. That affects safety. That affects player health. You need to have new chairs. They should be a standard height.”
“We know these things. That should be a requirement. If we’re talking about putting the best product on the floor, we’re talking about player participation for fans. There’s no reason that there’s not a cold tub and a hot tub in every locker room in the NBA. Because, again, that’s a part of routine,” he added.
Green insisted that there should also be talks about prioritizing players’ health, on top of the discussions made to make the sport a better product to watch.
“That’s player recovery. That’s player health. That’s player safety. But we talk all these things about how we want to make the games great, how we want players on the floor. But we have all these little things that affect player safety, that affect player health, that we do nothing about. Why is that?”
Draymond Green’s Injury History
GettyPHOENIX, ARIZONA – APRIL 17: Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors reacts during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament game at Mortgage Matchup Center on April 17, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Warriors 111-96. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Draymond Green has managed a recurring series of back, ankle, calf, and foot issues throughout his career.
Green has battled a series of lower-body and back issues that have sidelined him for short and moderate stretches, but his most significant health hurdle occurred during the 2021-2022 NBA season when an initial complaint of calf tightness was later diagnosed as a disc injury in his lower back, causing him to miss 31 consecutive games from January to March.
Prior to that, his early career featured minor wear-and-tear disruptions, including an ankle sprain in 2016, knee soreness and shoulder inflammation during the 2017-2018 campaign, and a torn ligament in his left pointer finger in late 2019.
Green also dealt with minor lower-back soreness and routine injury management toward the end of the 2025-2026 regular season.
Green will be playing in his 15th NBA season next season. Much will again be expected from the 36-year-old as he backstops Warriors legend Steph Curry.
Warriors Star Draymond Green Requests New Health Protocol For All NBA Teams