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NBCSports- Multiple stories have come out the last three days with snippets of what Draymond Green reportedly said to Kevin Durant on the bench Monday.
Now, with the Warriors trying to put the drama behind them, a new story from Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes reveals that Green dared Durant to leave the team in free agency next summer. “We don’t need you. We won without you. Leave," Green said to Durant while in the huddle following the end of regulation against the Clippers, according to Haynes. ------ I've said that the Golden State Warriors didn't need Kevin Durant. You've said that the Golden State Warriors didn't need Kevin Durant. Almost everyone with even the smallest vested interest in the NBA has said that the Golden State Warriors didn't need Kevin Durant. Hell, it both was and still is the crux of the same circular argument that gets brought up every time anyone is made aggravated by how predetermined the playoffs has been the last couple of seasons. Therefore, claiming a person can't make that argument would make me a hypocrite. ::insert light bulb emoji:: Unless...the person who happens to be making that argument is directly responsible for forcing us to have the goddamn endless debate in the first place. It's quite clear that, in response to being talked down to after clumsily stumbling away a potential game-winning possession, Draymond Green did what Draymond Green always does by hitting below the belt. Unfortunately for him, we haven't forgotten that he became all-too-familiar with Kevin Durant's groin when he spent all that time fluffing him prior to free agency. Again, the winningest team in NBA history, who more than likely would have already been celebrating back-to-back titles if not for their emotional leader's affinity for causing testicular trauma, most definitely did not need Kevin Durant. I'm just more than certain that's not what Draymond Green was saying as he was huddled hopelessly in his car begging KD for his services immediately after being humbled by Kyrie Irving and LeBron James. As unlikable as I think the consensus second best player in basketball has become, nothing about how the last two postseasons have played out lends credence to this two-faced idea that the back-to-back Finals MVP has been some sort of passenger on this title train. Anyone that hadn't just embarrassed themselves by tripping over the ball as the clock expired might even say that goes without saying. The truth is that we'll never know if the Warriors needed Kevin Durant the last two seasons, but the fact is that they all gave up the right to claim as such when they pursued him. I don't care how deflated Draymond's ego was in the moment, because he's the one who made the choice to pay the price of his pride when he shamelessly went shopping for a mercenary. I think it was already quite obvious this whole fight started due to one dickhead's deflection tactic. However, claiming some sort of buyer's remorse - even if it was just disingenuously said to hurt feelings that have proven very vulnerable - is quite laughable when you consider the lengths the consumer went to in insuring the purchase of back-to-back championships after directly costing his then homegrown team their second one. Simply put, it's behavior that's very fitting of a...shall we say..."bitch", and I double-dog-dare Draymond Green to tell me otherwise.
Sidenote: To keep things square, Draymond Green saying "we don't need you" is only as dumb as Kevin Durant saying "don't ask me about that again" in reference to a beef from three nights prior in which his own teammate had to be both fined and suspended by his own team to protect his own feelings...
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