The Undefeated presents: A Playoff Diary with Draymond Green, Part 10

May 10, 2016

Draymond Green has evolved into one of the most interesting personalities in the NBA, and perhaps all of sports — the vocal leader and emotional engine for one of the most compelling NBA teams in recent memory.

Green has agreed to give Marc J. Spears of ESPN’s The Undefeated an exclusive look into his life on and off the court, via a playoff diary that Green hopes will end with a second straight NBA championship for the Golden State Warriors.

Diary entry No. 10: May 12, 2016

Draymond Green is in his home in Berkeley, California. He is watching as the third-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder beat the second-seeded San Antonio Spurs 113-99 to win a best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series 4-2.

“OKC did what they had to do to win the series. When you’re looking at the series and see the Spurs’ Game 1 blowout, you’re definitely not thinking, ‘Oh, this is going to be over in six and I see OKC winning.’ But you’re also not just going to throw OKC out after Game 1 and say, ‘Oh, they have no chance of winning this series.’ The way the Thunder bounced back says a lot about them, a lot about the character of the team, and a lot about the will and leadership from KD [Kevin Durant] and Russ [Russell Westbrook].

“If this is it for Tim Duncan, he has meant a lot to the game, the way he has carried himself and what he has done for the Spurs for a number of years. He is the centerpiece of the golden standard in the NBA. When you talk about the NBA and consistency, the Spurs are the golden standard for that, and he has been the centerpiece of all of that. He has done some tremendous things for the game and he’s arguably the greatest power forward of all time.

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