David Lee is the highest paid player on the Golden State Warriors and is signed through the 15-16 season, but he's become an auxiliary option this season.

Draymond Green supplanted Lee as the starting power forward and Lee also splits time with Marreese Speights.

Lee had his second DNP-CD in three games on Monday.

"We're winning and we're having fun," Lee said. "It's hard at times. I couldn't do this if we weren't winning. But we are. I'm not going to put myself ahead of that."

"I communicate with all my players, all the time," Steve Kerr said. "And every player is different. Every situation is different. This is a really tricky one.

"David's a great player. He's been an All-Star. He's still in his prime," he went on. "What's been tricky is that we’ve developed a formula while he was out that has been very effective for us. And you compound that with the fact that the whole league is going small at the 4-position and every night you're playing a 3-point shooter at the 4 spot. We've adapted to that. We've adapted to our early-season lineups. Draymond has obviously grabbed that position. So it's tricky."