Draymond Green, Stephen Curry, and Klay Thompson have grown and achieved a lot together as the core that the front office of the Golden State Warriors chose to build around.
"I couldn't imagine sharing this journey with anyone else. We've built this thing from the ground up…"
— NBA (@NBA) June 15, 2022
Draymond Green on his relationship with Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. pic.twitter.com/UKJczE3ZNs
Since the 2012-2013 campaign, the Warriors have only missed the playoff once in the 2019-2020 season after the departure of two-time Finals MVP Kevin Durant and the absence of Thompson due to a torn ACL. The Warriors qualified for the play-in tournament, but they ultimately ran outta stamp in losses to the Lakers and Grizzlies.
This past season, Golden State (53-29) finished third in the Western Conference and ran through the Denver Nuggets, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Dallas Mavericks to make it back to the Finals for the sixth time, this time for a date with the Boston Celtics.
The time between the Warriors’ last Finals appearances has been well documented. Green, Curry, and Thompson have endured a lot, especially Thompson, who didn’t play a game for 941 days after suffering a torn Achilles during the 2020 offseason. Curry broke his hand in 2019-2020, leaving Green out there without the Splash Brothers for the first time in what seemed like forever.
Going into Game 6 of the Finals, Green expressed his gratitude for the Splash Brothers.
“I couldn’t imagine sharing this journey with anyone else. We’ve built this thing from the ground up.”
The core of the Warriors has a chance to close out the Finals on Thursday’s Game 6 and win their fourth title since 2015.
