{"id":1517364,"date":"2022-06-29T06:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1517364"},"modified":"2022-06-29T07:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T11:24:01","slug":"draymond-green-reveals-brutally-honest-truth-about-warriors-we-knew-all-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/draymond-green-reveals-brutally-honest-truth-about-warriors-we-knew-all-along\/","title":{"rendered":"Draymond Green Reveals the Brutally Honest Truth About the Warriors That We Knew All Along"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> and Golden State Warriors<\/a> were on the verge of having one of the greatest rivalries in NBA<\/a> history. But one event changed everything: Kevin Durant's move to the Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durant\u2019s Warriors signing drastically altered the power balance in the league. No one could beat a healthy Golden State team because it had three of the greatest shooters ever in Durant, Stephen Curry, and Klay Thompson, and one of the best defenders of this generation, Draymond Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, would the Warriors have still beaten the Cavs in the 2017 and 2018 Finals had Durant never joined them? Green recently gave us the answer we have known all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draymond Green shared the brutally honest truth about the Warriors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson (from left), Stephen Curry, and Draymond Green celebrate a win over the Washington Wizards on March 14, 2022. | Jane Tyska\/Digital First Media\/East Bay Times via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Warriors won their first title in 2015 after beating a LeBron James-led Cavs team without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. They then went on to win 73 games in 2016, but a healthy Cavaliers squad rallied from a 3-1 deficit and beat them<\/a> in that year\u2019s Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story goes that Draymond Green went to his car after that Game 7 loss and called Kevin Durant, crying from the parking lot. That doesn\u2019t seem to be totally accurate (Green and Durant discussed<\/a> their text exchange last year), but KD ended up going to Golden State<\/a>, and the Warriors went to three more Finals, beating the Cavs in the next two before losing to the Toronto Raptors in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KD's decision to join the Warriors certainly helped them win two of their titles, but would they have still won without him? Green doesn\u2019t think that's the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"We would not have beat the Cavs coming back around without Kevin"@Money23Green<\/a> talks about how important @KDTrey5<\/a> was to the Warriors' success. @OldManAndThree<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/jdyjIOE64H<\/a><\/p>— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) June 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>