Draymond Green Doesn’t Care Kevin Durant Didn’t Want To Play For Warriors Again: ‘Didn’t Affect My Life One Bit’

Draymond Green told NBA reporter Mark Medina of Sportskeeda that he doesn’t care Kevin Durant didn’t want to play for the Golden State Warriors again. 

When Durant found out that the Phoenix Suns had a deal in place to send him back to Golden State, he made it known behind the scenes he didn’t want to play for the Warriors again. 

“Didn’t affect my life one bit,” Green said. “Why would it? I don’t concern myself with guys who aren’t here.”

The Warriors acquired Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat after hearing that Durant didn’t want to play for them again. 

According to NBA insiders Ramona Shelburne and Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Durant told Stephen Curry it didn’t feel right and that this wasn’t the time to play for the Warriors again. 

“It was a lot to digest. So Durant and Curry discussed the idea on Saturday, hours before the poker tournament. Curry wanted to get a read on how Durant would feel about returning to the team he’d chosen to leave after the 2019 Finals, sources said,” Shelburne and Windhorst wrote. “Durant told him that it didn’t ‘feel right’ and that this ‘wasn’t the time’ to revisit their basketball partnership, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the conversations. That he was happy in Phoenix and wasn’t looking to play elsewhere.

“It was a soft ‘no,’ one that discouraged the Warriors’ decision-makers, but didn’t fully deter them from pursuing talks with the Suns. They hoped Durant’s feeling about a reunion might change once he learned the extent to which Phoenix had engaged in trade conversations with multiple teams without involving him.”

Durant, Green and Curry were teammates on the Warriors from 2016-17 to 2018-19. The three NBA stars led Golden State to two consecutive championships in 2017 and 2018, with Durant winning two Finals MVPs. 

In Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors, Durant tore his Achilles. The Warriors lost to the Raptors in six games and Durant signed with the Brooklyn Nets in the offseason. 

Durant and Green got into a verbal fight during the 2018-19 season against the Los Angeles Clippers.