Marcus Thompson of The Athletic went behind the scenes on what caused the Warriors to suspend Draymond Green.
It isn’t pretty.
Green took exception to how Durant addressed him. The exact dialogue couldn’t be recounted as it was said, but it began with Green immediately firing back.
Who the fuck you talking to?
According to multiple sources, Green then went on to make it clear he’s been making plays for years. He reminded Durant the Warriors were winning before Durant showed up so he wouldn’t stand for Durant talking to him as if he were a scrub. Green accused Durant of making the whole season about him even though he was going to leave after this season. Green let out his frustrations about how Durant has handled free agency — keeping his options open and keeping the story alive, consuming the Warriors and their season with talk of what Durant will do next.
That’s the mild version. The original version included Green calling Durant a “bitch” several times — disrespect that management said was too harsh to overlook.
The irony of this is Draymond saying the Warriors were winning before him, but Draymond also being the guy who was crying to KD in the car to come to Warriors.
One Warriors player off the record said this was final straw and KD is definitely leaving after the season.
The only question is this something that is so bad that it will cause the Warriors not win another championship. At the moment as long as they are all healthy, they are still the prohibitive favorite.
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