OAKLAND, Calif. -- Draymond Green is speaking up for all the backups and role players of the NBA world.While Green insists he has more than enough money -- and if he fails to use it wisely over his lifetime thats his own fault -- he is determined to dish out another key assist in a long list of them already this season for Golden State: The Warriors player representative vows to do his part in helping the lower-level guys of the league earn a little more.I was one of those guys nobody would stand up for, he said.A day after the sides reached an agreement in principle on a new labor deal, Green offered the idea of a restructuring that would feature fewer players at the minimum salary level. The average salary is expected to hit $8.5 million next season and rise to $10 million by 2020-21, while minimums across the board will increase by 45 percent starting next season.Its not about where my status is at as an All-Star. Youll be taken care of. As a superstar in this league, youll be taken care of. So its not more so about us, its more so about the guys who arent on that level, Green said after Thursday mornings shootaround ahead of a home game with the Knicks. When I look at my career, I didnt expect to be at this level Im at now. I kind of identify more with those guys that have not made it to the level Ive been fortunate enough to make it to. So when I think of contract negotiations in the CBA, I think of them and how can we help them. How can we help the guys that arent making as much make more?Green made it out of Saginaw, Michigan, to attend Michigan State then got drafted 35th overall in the second round of the 2012 draft by the Warriors. An All-Star and Olympic gold medalist this past summer in Rio de Janeiro, he has accomplished far more than even he expected.He wont ever take for granted the fortunes he now has, and wants those who give him a break to rest to receive a financial bump.Youre living pretty good if youre in the NBA. I dont want someone to look at me and say that I am inconsiderate about everyone elses life outside the NBA, he said. I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective and I do keep it into perspective.Green took to Twitter on Wednesday, expressing himself with a series of posts. He said he spent time studying the new agreement but still has much to learn about the fine details.Deal.?.?. Smh, he posted.Stand for something... or fall for anything.One day we will get it right.... maybe.On Thursday, Green stressed that the last thing he wants people to think is that he is somehow complaining or that anybody in the NBA is at the hardship level of many Americans or others facing dire circumstances around the world.Nobodys going to run around complaining. Id be an idiot to run around complaining about my pay. Id look really stupid, he said. Nobodys greedy. Nobodys feeling like `Man, this is bull, Im being slighted. Were blessed to be in this situation. New Balance Ireland . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. New Balance Wholesale . 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Relegated the next.It has only ever happened to one team in the highest division of English football -- Manchester City in 1937-38 -- so Leicester is trying to avoid an unwanted piece of history this season.At the start of a week when the team from central England could clinch a place in the last 16 of the Champions League, it is Leicesters form in the Premier League that is possibly the biggest talking point.A 3-1 loss to Watford on Saturday left Leicester in 14th place in the 20-team league and just two points above the bottom three. No one foresaw Claudio Ranieris team winning the Premier League last season -- the pre-season odds on that happening were 5,000-1 -- but its rapid fall from grace is taking many by surprise, too.The relegation is very close to us and we have to react, Ranieri said after the loss to Watford. I expected difficulties, but not so strong.On Monday, Ranieri dismissed a suggestion that his players have been distracted by competing in the Champions League.I dont think its a distraction, its enjoyment, Ranieri said at a news conference ahead of the home match against Club Brugge on Tuesday. I dont see the difference.Yet, in five Premier Leaague matches played the weekend before a Champions League game, Leicester has collected just one point.dddddddddddd Leicester has already lost six games in the league, which is double the number of losses from last seasons title-winning campaign.If you see the match against Watford and the match against Copenhagen or Brugge or Porto, its the same, Ranieri said. The difference is in the Champions League matches we score, in the other matches no.Our focus is this: Try to win tomorrow and then go back into the Premier League and try to improve our table. Yes, of course I have to work harder, everyone has to work harder.Leicester was fortunate to be drawn in one of the weaker Champions League groups and the team has made the most of it, winning three games, drawing the other and conceding no goals.The Foxes only need a point on Tuesday to be sure of a place in the knockout stage, allowing the focus to switch entirely to the teams league form -- at least until February.Our fairytale is continuing, Ranieri said. We did something special last season and were doing it again this season. ' ' '