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Draymond lights up LeBron: 'You started the superteam'

Kyle Terada / USA TODAY Sports

Warning: The following post contains coarse language

Draymond Green armed with a live microphone is always going to be fun.

Green took his war of words with LeBron James to the Golden State Warriors' championship parade, calling out James for his suggestion that he never played on a superteam.

"Can somebody give (general manager Bob Myers) some f---ing credit? They want to talk about super teams," Green said. "Superteams this, superteams that, 'I never played on a superteam.' You started the superteam, bro!"

James said after the Finals that he didn't have a specific issue with the Warriors' roster construction, but added that he never played for a superteam, despite teaming up with stacked rosters in Miami and Cleveland.

"I don't believe I've played for a superteam. I don't believe in that," James bragged.

Green made the point that the Cavaliers had two No. 1 overall picks on their roster in James and Kyrie Irving, along with star forward Kevin Love who was acquired from Minnesota in exchange for another pair of top picks.

Contrast that with Golden State, which built its team through careful draft choices and thorough player development. Stephen Curry was the No. 7 pick, Klay Thompson was No. 11, and Green himself was selected in the second round. The addition of Kevin Durant suddenly gave the Warriors a "superteam" label, but they had already built the foundation and won a title before Durant even arrived.

Green also took two shots at James earlier in the day, first by wearing a "Quickie" shirt, then by claiming the Warriors made James finally abandon his sparse hairline.

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