Chris Paul said he's willing to sacrifice to help the Golden State Warriors win after coming off the bench for the first time in his career on Sunday.

"It's whatever I've got to do to help our team win. So if that means this, if it means not finishing some games or whatnot, you know, if you get a chance to play long enough in your career, there's things that's going to change, there's things that's going to be different and I'm here," said Paul following the Warriors' 106-95 win over the Rockets on Sunday.

Paul finished the game with 8 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds.

Paul had started 1,365 games before the game, representing the most career starts before coming off the bench for the first time in league history. 

Sources told ESPN last week that Paul will play the majority of his minutes with the bench unit this season.

Chris Paul will have a new experience in his 1,366th NBA game. Paul will come off the bench for the first time in his career.

With Draymond Green returning the Golden State Warriors, Paul will come off the bench against the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. Green is returning after missing the Warriors first to games due to a sprained ankle.

Draymond Green will make his season debut on Sunday. The Golden State Warriors are traveling to play at the Houston Rockets. Green missed the Warriors first two games of the season due to a sprained ankle suffered ahead of training camp.

Green said he would play "Tomorrow. For sure." when asked today. Green said he was unaware of any sort of minutes restriction, or if he would start of come off the bench. Chris Paul has started in Green's place in the Warriors first two games.

Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors have remained far apart on a contract extension, which has led him to try to not even think about it at all and focus on his process on the court.

“I’m focused on just the daily dedication it takes to do this job," said Thompson. "I’m not really worried about an extension right now. That it will all play itself out."

Thompson was asked whether that has essentially led him to put an unofficial deadline on the talks with the regular season now underway.

"I just don't want to think about it. I don't like thinking about it."

Thompson re-signed with the Warriors in 2019 after tearing his ACL during Game 6 of The Finals.

The NBA Opening Night doubleheader averaged 2.78 million viewers on TNT, marking the lowest viewership in nine years.

The number also represented a 16% decline from last year's opening games.

The Lakers-Nuggets game averaged 2.84 million viewers, making it LeBron James' least-watched season opener since 2008.

The Suns-Warriors game averaged 2.71 million viewers.

The two games matched up against Game 7 of the Diamondbacks-Phillies National League Championship Series, which averaged 8.99 million viewers.

Draymond Green will miss the Golden State Warriors' season opener against the Phoenix Suns due to a left ankle sprain.

Green, who was cleared for full practice, suffered the injury three weeks ago.

The Warriors play their second game on Friday against the Kings.

Steve Kerr did not specify who would start in Green's place. 

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been cleared for 5-on-5 work. Green's status for Tuesday's opener against the Phoenix Suns remains to be determined.

Green suffered a sprained left ankle in workouts ahead of training camp. The veteran big man missed the entire preseason and all practices to this point.

The Golden State Warriors are releasing Rudy Gay and Rodney McGruder, sources told Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

The Warriors' roster now stands at 13 players.

The team is also looking to fill the 14th spot within the first two weeks of the season. 

Andre Iguodala has retired from the NBA at the age of 39.

Iguodala said he turned down interest from the Golden State Warriors and several other teams before deciding to retire.

"It's just the right time," Iguodala told Andscape in a phone interview. "Time started to get limited for me, and I didn't want to put anything in the back seat. I didn't want to have to try to delegate time anymore. Especially with on the court, off the court with family. A lot.

"You want to play at a high level. But then family is a lot. My son is 16 and then two girls. So [I'm] looking forward to seeing them grow up in those important years."

Iguodala was the ninth overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft out of Arizona. Iguodala made just one All-Star Game, but he won four championships as one of the parts of the Warriors' core. In July 2013, Iguodala turned down a five-year contract with the Nuggets to join the Warriors via sign-and-trade on a four-year, $48 million contract. 

"We won four championships; that's kind of unheard of," Iguodala said. "There are only a handful to teams that can say that. You got the Bulls, the Lakers, Celtics, us, and that's it. No organization has been run like this. And I think it's a testament to us believing in each other, playing the right way. The game was played beautifully and had perfect timing for me right there in my prime. And things just happen the way they were supposed to happen when they happened, and it makes you actually strengthen your faith. You just give it all the way up to someone else to say, 'Let me play to my maximum ability based on the work that I put in and the focus that what I have put into the game has paid off.'"

The Golden State Warriors have waived wing Javonte Green. Golden State had signed Green to a non-guaranteed camp contract earlier in the week to secure his G League rights.

Green is now likely to start the season with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the G League. Green spent the last two-plus seasons with the Chicago Bulls.