Draymond attacks Pierce, all Durant critics
Draymond Green has had it up to here with former and current players, members of the media, and anyone else who has something bad to say about Kevin Durant and his decision to sign with the 73-win Golden State Warriors over the summer.
Veteran forward Paul Pierce was the latest name to call out the four-time scoring champion, saying how his generation was far more competitive than today's crop of players, and that the Oklahoma City Thunder would have still been a contender had Durant stayed put.
The Truth's comments were seemingly the straw that broke the camel's back, as Green went on an epic tirade Thursday night concerning Pierce's thoughts and how they're wrongly being echoed by far too many people.
Per the Mercury New's Anthony Slater:
I just wonder at what point do they get bored talking about the same thing? You got all these guys talking. Like (Paul) Pierce today, like, dude nobody care what you did or who you did it for. Just give it a break. Everybody got something to say and want to take everything he say and twist it. Like, he play with the Warriors. OKC has their team, we have our team. He left there.
Nobody complain when somebody leave Apple and go to Google. Aren't they in competition with each other? Nobody talk junk about the CEO who leaves Apple and goes to Google. As a basketball player, you are the CEO of a business. You are a big business. Kevin Durant is a big business. He is the CEO of that business. So him going to play basketball for a different team, the CEO decided to leave where he was at and go somewhere else.
But there's so many guys in this league that are so stupid they don't think like that. They don't think business wise. It happens every day in the world. But in basketball, it's a problem. Aren't you competitive in your day job if you work for Apple? Don't you want to outdo Google? What's the difference on the basketball court? It's your day job.
You want to do what's better for you. If it's better for your family life, better for your happiness. Ain't no one criticizing them. I don't understand it. I'll never understand it. So that's just me. And I'd be willing to bet my salary ain't many guys in this league more competitive than me.