NBA 2021 Former Golden State colleagues clarify the various controversies they have experienced
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UOne of the best teams in NBA history is the Warriors of Curry, Thompson, Green and Durant, who shared the field for three seasons between 16/17 and 18/19. ORA team that started after Draymond’s call to KD and that “ended” when they fought in a match at the start of last season against the Clippers.
Much has been said about these interactions, but never a direct exchange of protagonists until Draymond appeared on the podcast ETCs which now features the Nets player, where he claims that both stories were removed from the promotion.
“You know everything is sweet. That they believe what they want to believe, that’s what I say their shit. See what you want, hear what you want. read what you want about things you will never know. That’s the way it is, “Green concluded after more than an hour of talking about modern basketball, criticizing the analysis and what was said about the game of those Warriors, in addition to talking about those controversies.
For starters, Draymond denies talking to KD crying to ask him to come to Golden State after losing 1-3 in the 2016 final to the Cavs.
“We send each other a few messages, just saying, “I saw what happened. You saw what happened‘. And that was it. There was no urgent FaceTime. You saw what happened and we’ll wait, “Durant said.
“It is said that he called Kevin crying from the parking lot. I’m doing a shitty drama to make a movie. Things made for television. People started talking and talking. I’m not going to fight everyone. At the end of the day, however, Kevin arrived, if that (drama) helps … “, Green added.
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Many point to the November 12, 2018 game against the Clippers when Durant decided not to return to the Golden State, after Green missed the ball in the final seconds of the game and insulted each other on the bench. As they remembered:
Green – “I took the recovery and advanced the ball. Kevin asked me for the ball, but my whole plan was to go through and go back, He was shooting and I was going home, because we had a game the next day against the Hawks. So I imagined it, but Turning to pass, Kevin was not far behind, he stopped, and when you look for him to pass, the ball hits me in the leg when I look for him and everything goes wrong ”.
Durant – In my mind, that’s how I saw it: we stopped, took recovery and ran to the other side to shoot the triple. There was a disconnection, that was the problem. I wanted that moment, Dray saw it differently and that was all the shock. I didn’t run because I thought I was upset I didn’t curse the ball. Then Shai came in because she saw I wasn’t running. “
Green – “I went out, I lost the ball and Kevin yelled at me, “Damn the ball.” And I say, “I’d give you the damn ball if you ran.” We go to the bench, I put a few seats to his right and he hits a chair saying “I said fuck my ball”. And there he said, “Let’s see, you bastard, I’m doing this too, I’d give you the ball if you didn’t cry.” I do that too. We tell each other things, DeMarcus separates me and asks me to shut up. It was shit for me because no one says anything to K and if he ran the field, he would give it to him. In my opinion, therefore, everyone has made this bigger. For me it was nothing because During this stage, the only person who spoke insultingly to me was Kevin, the only one. We had a bad fight, but he called my name from time to time. Now, looking back, the media, the suspension … made it worse. When we got back from Los Angeles, Bob and Steve talked to me for 1 hour and 45 minutes. I told them there: what the hell are you talking about? They say I crossed the line, there are things I shouldn’t have said. And if they think it’s so bad, they can’t say or do anything, the only one who can figure out if this is so bad is me. We met the next morning. I told them to get out of the way, I’ll talk to K, apologize. Nobody wanted to listen to me and everything is even more disproportionate. Then I miss the next 10 games due to a toe injury and I don’t see ourselves playing for 11 games, things go on, they still have a life and if they listened and let me talk to K, everything it would be different.
During “It bothered me, yes there are things you told me, but there are people who have told me things before, but you really don’t believe it, it’s the heat of the moment. He went a little further, we’ll talk next week, we’ll see what really happens. I was so irritated because I knew they would use this to try to separate me from the group.talking about the contract, this and that, and he didn’t want to be sabotaged. I’ve seen her before. My focus was the championship three times. And it was all about what happened to the Clippers. The following week in Dallas, Klay and I talked and found that we don’t normally talk like that. It is part of our history, but ours is bigger than that. Then watch Steve say he enjoyed training more next year. You can’t help but have to deal with two such personalities about losing 20 points every week. “
Green: “I’m telling you something … I played on the next team and I didn’t have any more fun.”
The last game Durant played before he was injured in February was against the Warriors, the first time Green was measured after leaving Golden State, and KD admits it’s a bigger challenge because of how much they know each other.
“It’s more competitive. Playing in February, you defended a shot like no one else could. You saw her coming, you did it. It’s familiarity, after seeing him so much. He will score others and we will have fun. All this comes to mind, it’s fun. “
Green shares the sentiment, saying it’s a chess game like no other. “We’ve done it before, but now it’s different because we went to the top together, we share something that few people share and that unites you naturally. The competition is changing. That also shows that youI also understand what you want to do; stopping him is a different story, but you know so much … It makes the competition more fun because, as important as Kevin’s ability or what I contribute is, it’s a game of chess, because you know that if I do that, it can upset him, but he knows that if I do that, we can affects.. It’s more fun to face K or Andre (Iguodala). It’s fun, trying to win that chess. ”