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Draymond: Celtics fans booing Durant might scare away free agents

Kyle Terada / USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

The Boston Celtics were one of six teams Kevin Durant met with as a free agent this summer before he decided to join the Golden State Warriors.

So, when the Dubs visited the Celtics on Friday in Beantown, people in the crowd showered the 2014 NBA MVP with boos.

Draymond Green thinks it's a bad look for the fan base, and doubts it bodes well for the team's future free-agent prospects.

"Fans must be desperate," he told reporters, as quoted by Chris Haynes of ESPN.

"Like, who boos a guy for taking an interview? That's crazy. Y'all booing somebody for interviewing y'all. Man, they may scare free agents away. You don't want to take an interview and then make enemies for taking an interview. I don't know. They may want to be careful with that."

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Green added that people shouldn't be that salty over someone making a choice that brings them joy.

"If you're that mad at what somebody else did with (their) life, you need to evaluate your own life," he said. "He made a personal decision for his life, for his happiness, for his career. And if people that mad, they need to re-evaluate where their head is at in life. Because I don't know if I can stay that mad at somebody for deciding to do something with their life. That's a slippery slope."

Durant finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, and three steals in Golden State's 104-88 win.

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