Draymond Green: No one has ever beaten the Warriors when whole… Ever

Why did you always believe during the last two down seasons that the Warriors could make it back to the Finals? Draymond Green: Because nobody had beat us. No one has ever beaten us whole. Ever. Has not happened yet. In 2016, I got suspended from a game [in the Finals]. In 2019, Kevin Durant goes down [during the Finals]. But then you follow that over to Cleveland, no one has ever beat us whole. So just say, ‘Oh, you’re done,’ but no one has proven that yet. So, even more so than my belief, there was no reason not to believe, because no one had done it. Still happened. I just didn’t believe that people had us figured out. We just had some unfortunate things happen. That happens. That happens to everybody. But I just didn’t think because of that we were done. Like I thought, ‘All right, we’ll get back out there, and we’ll be fine.’
Source: Marc J. Spears @ Andscape

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Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Draymond Green gets reflective with @Andscape as he talks about appreciating his 6th #NBAFinals appearance, the Warriors’ legacy, sharing these moments with his son, why losing to Lakers in the play-in was a “dark moment,” the #Celtics and much more. bit.ly/3akbZ9G #nba – 9:06 AM

Jason Dumas @JDumasReports
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Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
As he preps to face the Celtics and DPOY Marcus Smart, Draymond Green says he took being voted to the All-Defensive second team as a “slight” espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:43 PM

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Kerith Burke @KerithBurke
Knowing Draymond’s hope to earn DPOTY, I asked if he felt like All-Defensive 2nd Team was a compliment or a slight. Draymond said, “It’s a slight. I think when I look at the first team, I’m not sure I can pinpoint definitely five guys that had a better defensive season than me.” – 5:29 PM

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Draymond Green sees Second-Team All-Defensive as a slight. Doesn’t see five guys who were better at defense than him this season – 5:16 PM

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Are the Warriors a legacy team now like the San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics? Draymond Green: Yeah, but we were that before this year. This didn’t change nothing. It just amplified it. But we were already that. -via Andscape / June 1, 2022

Draymond Green was undoubtedly appreciative and ecstatic to advance to his sixth NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors. What brought him more joy and helped him reminisce and put it all into perspective, however, was seeing the adulation of teammates who had made it for the first time just like he did in 2015. -via Andscape / June 1, 2022

“It’s happened multiple times for me now,” Green told Andscape after the Warriors’ practice on Monday. “You go through these moments, and you feel like you put all the work in to get through, and then you get to the moment, and the only two things I can think about once you get to the moment: No. 1, is the feeling of appreciation that I get for seeing guys that have not done it before. That first-time feeling, and just sitting there and watching them, and how they react, and how they smile, and how they appreciate that first-time feeling. “You go through it, and you like, ‘Man, I got to feel that again.’ And the reality is you never feel it again. You go through it that first time, you never feel that way again. … And so, I think for me, I get to that space and then you just start to look around, and it just brings joy to see guys go through it for their first time.” -via Andscape / June 1, 2022