"I think we're perfectly capable of winning games where Steph doesn't have a huge night" - Warriors' coach Steve Kerr on reliance on Steph Curry, Draymond Green's impact, and the road ahead in NBA Finals
“Westbrook has never made a teammate better, Draymond Green has made every teammate he’s played with better” - Colin Cowherd cites Draymond Green's importance to the Warriors dynasty
“Do you really, really wanna find yourself in a position where this could cost us the title?” - Stephen A. Smith says Steve Kerr has to sit down and talk to Draymond Green about his technical fouls
“Draymond Green is going to be thrown out of one of these games, I think he’s guaranteed that with his behavior” - NBA analyst says he is anxious after picking the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA Finals
“You can’t put your feet on somebody’s head.… The onus should be on Draymond” - Shannon Sharpe believes Draymond Green’s reputation helped him avoid a second technical foul vs the Celtics
“Irritant, agitator, you talk about provoker, gets people engaged, that is the epitome of who he is” - Jay Williams believes Draymond Green played his role to perfection in Game 2 vs the Celtics
“People wanna try to make it out to be a controversy… Nobody’s paying to watch this stuff” - Draymond Green says he doesn’t worry about getting thrown out, says the referees are not sparing him
"Somebody got their legs on the top of your head, and then he tried to pull my pants down" - Jaylen Brown on Draymond Green's apparently missed technical in Game 2 of Finals, says he felt it was an illegal play
"He's going to do what he does; we're not worried about him" - Al Horford defiant in defeat after Game 2 of NBA Finals, says dustups with Draymond Green had "no impact" on Celtics
"I’ve earned differential treatment; I enjoy that!" - Draymond Green defiant after controversial refereeing allows him to skip ejection for foul on Jaylen Brown in Game 2 of NBA Finals
"Why is Draymond constantly being an a**hole", "Udoka calling the refs b**ch a** ni**as", "That dutt a** mulatto Klay Thompson really believed he belonged in the top 75" - Fans utterly divided after tense Game 2 in Finals as Draymond Green apparently escapes ejection
"The biggest b**ch in the league", "F**k off Draymond Green", "How much did Draymond pay the refs" - Fans leave no stone unturned to gang up on 3-time NBA champion as his apparent technical foul goes unnoticed against Celtics in Game 2
"One thing I respect about Draymond is that he talked his s**t and backed it up" - Kendrick Perkins on Draymond Green's impact on the game being bigger than "some box score" as 3-time champ invites heat for unnoticed technical foul
Exclusive: "If you lose and you feel sorry for yourself, then you're in trouble doing that, too!" - Warriors' coach Steve Kerr on comeback approach, Steph Curry says they've got to "come out with a sense of desperation in the first quarter"
“If he doesn’t look at the hoop, it’s really frustrating for me” - Tyrese Haliburton says Draymond Green has to be more aggressive on offense vs the Celtics
“You don’t win championships, and be the team that we are if you don’t have it in your DNA” - Steph Curry confident in Draymond Green’s ability to bounce back, says “we all go through that”
“He’ll make sure he does his job, but he has to because Boston is daring him to do so” - Stephen A. Smith believes Draymond Green always steps up when the pressure is on him
“If Draymond Green can’t be the Draymond of old, the Warriors do not have a chance” - Kendrick Perkins believes Draymond Green has to step up massively, says Al Horford is doing what Draymond needs to do
“You better stick with podcasting, my god, what was that?” - Rob Parker criticizes Draymond Green for making excuses after the loss to the Celtics, says he’s a better podcaster than a ball player
"I failed him because I didn't play well" - Draymond Green on Steph Curry's value and influence, breaks down Game 1 of NBA Finals and how Golden State can contain Boston Celtics going forward
"Go to the gym Draymond you suck? I’ve been there already!" - Draymond Green tells critics to "SHUT UP," says he's been watching game film aiming for a comeback in the finals
“There is some sort of asterisk you could make to every championship… The what if’s is game is a dangerous or slippery slope” - JJ Redick reacts to Draymond Green’s comments on the Warriors being unbeatable
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