Draymond Green and Kyrie Irving are Olympic teammates this summer, which can only add to the All-Star forward’s misery.
"There are 3 Warriors on the team and I'm the champion, so I'll be throwing it in their face a bit."
– Kyrie Irving on the Olympic team
— Mike & Mike (@MikeAndMike) June 28, 2016
Green says the Golden State Warriors’ historic collapse against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals will sting forever.
Green wouldn’t bite when asked about the Dubs going after free agent Kevin Durant.
Per ESPN:
“That will never wear off,” Green said, even as he was proud to be introduced with the rest of the 2016 USA Men’s Basketball Olympic squad at a youth clinic in Harlem. “We had an opportunity to win a championship. That never goes away. [But] you got to move on.”
The idea of the 73-win Warriors potentially adding a superstar scoring machine such as Durant has the league buzzing ahead of free agency, which opens on July 1. […] “I don’t know,” Green said when asked how much better the Warriors can be with his new Olympic teammate. “There’s different dynamics to everything. At the end of the day, there is nothing set in stone. I don’t worry about things I can’t control. This is a business. I’ve always been taught that you are either getting better or you are getting worse. Teams are always trying to look ahead at what’s next.”
Green said “it’s not weird at all” playing alongside Irving despite losing to the Cavs’ point guard in the seven-game Finals. […] “Of course it is (still fresh),” Green said of the championship defeat. “But that don’t mean I am coming into this like, ‘Oh man, I am mad at Kyrie.’ Number one, they beat us, so you respect that. Number two, we are here for this. It is not about anybody’s personal feelings. It is about representing the country.”
