Draymond Green questions the Cavs’ opponents
By Derek Tahara
Golden State Warriors All-Star forward Draymond Green has questioned the competitive levels of the opponents of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In case you’ve been living under a rock watching the Golden State Warriors the past couple years or so, you probably know Draymond Green as the polarizing, controversial player who is outspoken about calls and gets in the grill of teammates, coaches, officials, opposing players, you name it.
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On Monday, Green was asked by reporters after shootaround about the level of competition the Cleveland Cavaliers have faced this postseason, while sweeping the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors.
According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, Green “thought teams would compete a little harder.” “I just watched San Antonio-Houston. I like to watch good basketball. When you watch Cleveland play, you’re only watching one side of the good basketball. That’s kind of weak.”
Green’s comments are both throwing slight shade at the Raptors and Pacers, while commenting that the Cavaliers are playing excellent basketball thus far in the postseason. He is throwing shade at the Raptors and Pacers because they are not good enough to win at least one game against the Cavs. In a way, Green is throwing a little bit of shade at Cleveland because of how good they are that nobody else can compete with them.
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Now, before you say “Wait, that’s just like the Warriors too though,” I have to give a lot of credit to the Jazz in how hard they are defending and making it difficult for the Warriors’ shooters to get good, open looks. In a way, this Warriors-Jazz series can be compared to the Cavs-Pacers series with how the games are for the most part close until talent and execution takes over and there are few teams like the Warriors and Cavs, who have both qualities.
Will Green’s comments come back to bite him?
Only time will tell.
The Warriors have to focus on closing out the Jazz and onto the Western Conference Finals before looking toward June.