Watch: Draymond Green Injures Elbow While Setting Screen in Home Opener Against Clippers

The Golden State Warriors have something to think about, and they better work on a plan B or an alternative for their game this season. Draymond Green hurt his elbow after setting a screen, but returned in the second quarter of the game.

The screen didn’t include a lot of contact, and the Warriors can’t afford losing another star to an injury.

“Bob Myers just went back to the locker room to check on Draymond Green, who hasn’t emerged,” The Athletic’s Anthony Slater tweeted. “TNT video showed (medical director Rick) Celebrini putting pressure on his right forearm/elbow area.”

The situation doesn’t look good at all, and the Warriors aren’t really happy about their current game. Green even said they “sucked.”

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said, “This is not a one-off—this is the reality. There’s going to be nights like this this year. You’ve got to play through it, you’ve got to keep fighting and keep getting better. That’s the plan. …

“It doesn’t feel very good. Losing stinks. It’s no fun. This is more the reality of the NBA. … The last five years we’ve been living in a world that isn’t supposed to exist. Five years of, if I remember, the best record anybody’s ever had over five years. So this is reality, nine guys 23 or younger, and we’re starting over in many respects.”

Kevin Durant is out, and Klay Thompson won’t return this season. Yes, you thought he’d return by February, but that’s not true.

“It’s unlikely that he’s going to play this year,” Kerr recently told NBC Sports Bay Area. “So we have to understand that.

“You have to look at it realistically,” the Warriors coach said. “I had an ACL [tear] in college, and I missed a whole season. Generally, an ACL for a basketball player is a full-year recovery, and if it’s a full year for Klay, that puts them out for the season.

“We’ve kind of left the door open in case the rehab goes perfectly and the doctors say he can go. But the reality is, on April 1, that’s the nine-month mark. … April versus nine months post-op for an ACL.

“We have to prepare our young guys to fill that role behind him, and when he gets back, whenever that is, hopefully these young guys now are developed and in the rotation and ready to really be contributors on a playoff team and we can get better.”