Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green 'petty kings', Kevon Looney affirms
Looney confirms 'petty kings' Steph, Klay, Dray hear everything originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
The Warriors' dynamic trio of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green can be described in several ways.
Some might call them a Big Three, and others simply might say their dynasty run speaks for itself. Kevon Looney, however, confirmed a perfectly suiting moniker about which the NBA world long has speculated.
"Them three hear everything," the Warriors center said Thursday on 95.7 The Game’s "Willard and Dibs." "Everyone else, if they do hear it, they don't talk about it as much. But Steph, Klay and Draymond, they hear everything. You won't think they do, but then they talk about a press conference from six months ago, and I'm like, I don't know how they recall that.
"Those three definitely are the petty kings. And then you got Andre [Iguodala] in the background who’s egging it on."
Coming off their fourth NBA championship in eight years, the Warriors' 2022-23 season has been filled with the highest of highs and lowest of lows. As the playoff picture began to form, critics didn't believe the defending champs were capable of defending their latest title.
But if we’ve learned anything about the Warriors over the years, it’s that all the disrespect and doubt is nothing but music to their ears. They thrive off it, and it fuels them in a very dangerous way.
The Celtics and the city of Boston were petty-king victims last year. The Memphis Grizzlies continue to be victims. The Sacramento Kings could be next, in this year's first-round playoff series.
“Right now, I haven’t been hearing a lot of noise. We’ve just been locked in and focused on the game plan," Looney said. "But when you get there on the court, and you get the fans going and people get to talking, you know it’s going to get to to another level. Right now, we’re just focused on the game plan, but we know how the crowd is going to be -- home and away.
"We live for that. And we got guys who, they’re not talking about it, but they’re hearing everything, they're seeing everything. That's what Steph, Klay and Draymond do. They hear all the noise. But right now, we’re just trying to lock in and block it out. But once it starts, you try to embrace it."
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The Warriors don't know what to expect from the Golden 1 Center crowd, but then again, no one does. It will be the first playoff game played in Sacramento since 2006. But if cowbell-ringing Kings fans outweigh their Northern California neighbors and continue to be loud, as they've been all season, the "petty kings" just might have to come out.
